Contemporary Brainteasers by Terry Stickels

Author:Terry Stickels
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: INscribe Digital
Published: 2016-03-15T04:00:00+00:00

SOLUTIONS

1

Pulley A is moving in the opposite direction.

2

There are 26 cubes.

3

The bucket weighs 2 lbs.

Here’s one way to think about this:

If x is the weight of water and y is the weight of the bucket, then

1/2x = 25 − 13.5

= 11.5.

So x = 23 and y = 2.

4

(b) 8. Here are the possible combinations:

11 19 23→53 – 1

13 19 23→55 – 2

17 19 23→59 – 3

11 19 29→59

13 19 29→61 – 4

17 19 29→65 – 5

13 19 31→63 – 6

17 19 31→67 – 7.

5

I would have to deal you 45 cards to guarantee you have a straight with 100% accuracy.

6

5:00 p.m.

If it were three hours later, it would be 8:00 p.m., which is four hours until midnight.

One hour earlier would be 4:00 p.m., which is 8 hours before midnight. So the four hours from 8:00 p.m. is one half the time from 4 p.m. until midnight.

7

Here’s one way to look at this puzzle:

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