the BIG riddle topic [part VIII]

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[size=9]1 They were triplets

2 on the same spot,[/size]

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The real answer…

There are MORE THAN TWO babies, meaning they are not twins because there are 3 or 4…

Magic

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oops looks like Magnus beat me to it :content:

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@Cid
Sorry Cid but that’s not the correct answer.

@Magnus
That’s exactly correct.

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Here’s a relatively tough one…

  • Make a square that is cut into 9 equal sections.

It looks like this.

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  • Put the numbers 1 to 9 in the squares so that each row and each column and each full diagonal would all add up to the same number.

(Here’s the harder one…)

  • Make a square that is cut into 49 equal sections and do the same as you did above.(Put the numders 1 - 49 in it so that you get the same sum from adding the numbers of any column, row, or diagonal)

The square looks something like this.

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[size=9]2 - 7 - 6
9 - 5 - 1
4 - 3 - 8

(it’s not hard. Just put the 5 in the middle and try)[/size]

I’m gonna think about the harder one :smile:

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Here’s a tip for you Sandra.

There is a pattern you can use for the second one. Study the first one you made and look for any pattern you might see there. Once you find it, you can use that pattern to solve the second one. In fact, if you know that pattern, you could solve the same problem even if I asked you to fill out a 99 X 99 square.

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(Here’s a much easier one than my last riddle… )
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As of the moment… there are 7 squares in the picture. Move 3 line segments so that you will be left with only 5 squares. (You cannot remove the line segments. You must move them.)

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I wanted to ask this question already Wednesday, but I didn’t. It’s a bit chaotic in my head I believe.
It’s a question about the harder one.
Is it the point to put the number 1 to 9 in the squares or the number 1 to 49. Maybe it’s a stupid question,

It’s probably not the answer where you were looking for but this can.

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You should put the numbers 1 - 49 in the second time.

And I can’t see the answer clearly… but I think the answer you gave for the last riddle is wrong.

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( I just realized I never congratulated Sandra for answering my riddle… Sorry about that. Belated congratulations anyway. :content: )

No one has still answered these riddles of mine… (I think the first unanswered riddle is too hard… Here’s a hint… There is a pattern of placing the numbers that can help you solve it, if you know that pattern.)

Here’s the other one.

Anyway… here’s an easy riddle.

What shows up once in a minute, twice in a moment, and never in a hundred years?

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M!

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Ahhh , :happy: :eek: :lol:

I wasnt even close to that one !

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Congratulations. That’s exactly right. That’s an easy one, huh? (Now can you answer the rest?)

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New riddle…

You are given 8 water samples in test tubes. One of these 8 water samples has a deadly poison in it and you want to find out which.

You are given 3 kits that can tell you if a water source is contaminated with the poison. It can tell you if a drop of water from any water source is contaminated with that poison. Each of these 3 kits however, can only be used once.

How will you be able to determine which of the 8 water samples has the poison?

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[size=25]lets call them a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h

  1. set aside g,h
  2. mix a,b,c,d into one container and test
  3. mix c,d,e,f into one container and test
    if 2. is positive and 3. isn’t
    4. test a
    if 4 is positive then a is poison otherwise b is poison
    if 3. is positive and 2. isn’t
    5. test e
    if 5. is positive then e is poison otherwise f is poison
    if both 2. and 3. are positive
    6. test c
    if 6. is positive then c is poison otherwise d is poison
    if both 2. and 3. are negative
    7. test g
    if 7. is positive then g is poison otherwise h is poison
    and you’ve only used 3 tests

alternatively drink them one by one until you die when you die you know you have the poison[/size]

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Maybe I just don’t understand it but it seemed to me that you used more than 3 tests. You use 2 tests already in steps 2-3 and then you used a lot of tests afterward.

EDIT:

Its not the real answer but I got to admit though… your alternative answer can be techincally right.

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[size=9]Alvin, I think you don’t understand it right. What he said is what I thought too. He used the word IF.

In step 2 and 3 he uses both a test. In step 4 he only uses one test. Because it depends on what he get in step 2-3. He uses if, you only have to do step 4 if 2 is positive and 3 isn’t. You’ll do step 5 if both 3 is postive and 2 isn’t. You use step 6 if both 2 and 3 are positive. And you use step 7 if both 2 and 3 are negative.
So it depends on what you get in step 2-3 to decide if you do step 4, 5, 6 or 7. [/size]

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Now that I read it all again - and many thanks to Sandra for pointing it out - alex got it right.

Congratulations to alex for getting it right.

(When I first saw you alex in the member’s list when I posted this, I had a feeling that you would get this one. You usually get my riddles right anyway.)

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By the way… there’s actually another solution to the last riddle.

Here’s my next puzzle. I it found long ago in a book I read. I copied it into my computer long ago so I can post it here but because of a thing in spacing I never got to. I decided to post it inside the Code tags since there’s equal spacing there.

Find the word needle here. Its only found once. Its either read vertically, horizontally, or diagonally.

(The 3 here are the same. I posted 3 of them with different spacing each since maybe one of them will be easier to look at and find the needle.)

E L D E N E E D E L N E E N E D L L E E N E D L E N E E D E L N E E D E E L E N D L E E D E N E E D L E D N E L E E N E L E E L E E N E N E E L D E E D N L E D E N D E N E N L E E D E L E D E E N E L E L E E D E N N E E L E D L E N D E E D E D E L E E D N E E L D E L L D N L E N E L D L E N E E L D N E E E D E D L N E E E D L E N E E D L L E L D E L N E L E N E D E D N E N E E D N E D E D E E D E N L E L N E L D E E E E L N E E L E D E E N E D E L D E N E E D L N E E L D E N D E E L E N E N E E L D E E E E L E N N E E E D L E N E E L N N E E D L E N E L E N E L E N E N D

E L D E N E E D E L N E E N E D L L E E N E D L E N E E D E L N E E D E E L E N D L E E D E N E E D L E D N E L E E N E L E E L E E N E N E E L D E E D N L E D E N D E N E N L E E D E L E D E E N E L E L E E D E N N E E L E D L E N D E E D E D E L E E D N E E L D E L L D N L E N E L D L E N E E L D N E E E D E D L N E E E D L E N E E D L L E L D E L N E L E N E D E D N E N E E D N E D E D E E D E N L E L N E L D E E E E L N E E L E D E E N E D E L D E N E E D L N E E L D E N D E E L E N E N E E L D E E E E L E N N E E E D L E N E E L N N E E D L E N E L E N E L E N E N D

E L D E N E E D E L N E E N E D L L E E N E D L E N E E D E L N E E D E E L E N D L E E D E N E E D L E D N E L E E N E L E E L E E N E N E E L D E E D N L E D E N D E N E N L E E D E L E D E E N E L E L E E D E N N E E L E D L E N D E E D E D E L E E D N E E L D E L L D N L E N E L D L E N E E L D N E E E D E D L N E E E D L E N E E D L L E L D E L N E L E N E D E D N E N E E D N E D E D E E D E N L E L N E L D E E E E L N E E L E D E E N E D E L D E N E E D L N E E L D E N D E E L E N E N E E L D E E E E L E N N E E E D L E N E E L N N E E D L E N E L E N E L E N E N D

(Thanks to Sandra for pointing Code tags out.)