My Unknown Friend Asked:
1) You have 8 identical balls, but one of them is heavier than the other 7. By using a scale, what is the least amount of attempts to use by weighing the balls to find the heaviest one?
2) A man is about to crash into a tree when he subconsciously turns the wheel and avoids the tree by inches. Would you call this luck, or divine guidance? What would you say to convince me that your answer is true, WITHOUT saying that what you say is true because you are a genius?
3) You are traveling down a path and you reach a fork in the road. Two men are standing next to each path. One way leads you to your destination, and the other leads you to instant death. One man will always tell you the truth, and the other will always tell you a lie.
What question would you ask them that will give you 100% assurance that you picked the right path?
Unknown Friend,
1) One possibility, first take three and weigh them, if they are uneven take the heavier three and weigh two of them, and if they are even the one that was not weighed is the heavier one, That's two weighs.
Second possibility, first take three and weigh them, if they are uneven take the heavier three and weigh two of them, and if they are uneven the heavier one is it, that's two weighs.
Third possibility, first take three and weigh them and if they are even take the last two and weigh them and you have the heavier one in two weighs.
I did not google it!
2) Divine guidance, luck is just an acronym for divine guidance, Life Under Constant korrection. And what I'm saying is true because I'm a genius.
3) The question to ask is, which way would the other man say to go, here is an example.
Lier | Truth Teller
Lier |
Truth Teller / \
Wrong way / \ Right way
The truth teller would tell you the lier would tell you to go to the lift, and the lier would tell you to go to the left also!
Did not google here either.
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Also I would like it if you leave a name with your comment.
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