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by **Judge** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 10:43 am

destro wrote:It is not a cheat, a riddle was posed and I solved it, there were no rules as to what dimension it had to be in

Give me the points Maypax, you know it makes sense

nooooooooooooooooooooo

:angry:

by **maypaxvobiscum** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 5:02 pm

umm...actually...Destro, i kinda did accidently give a 2d image so the 3d one you did cant be counted.

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by **maypaxvobiscum** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 5:05 pm

1) You have a stack of 23 cards. Each card has an image of a cross on one side, and an image of a circle on the other side. You know that 14 cards in the stack are laying with the cross up, and therefore 9 cards are with the circle up. But you don't know in which order the cards are. Moreover, you are in a completely dark room, so you can't see anything.

How can you, without seeing anything, divide the stack of cards in two smaller stacks, in such a way that both stacks have the same number of cards with a cross up?

2) Their are three gaurds and three prisoners who need to cross a river. Their boat only holds two people at a time and the number of prisoners must NEVER be allowed to outnumber the number of gaurds on either side of the river; otherwise the prisoners will overpower the gaurds and well the story will come to an abrupt end. Determine how many trips it will take to safely transport all of the gaurds and prisoners across the river list each of the trips that need to be made and who is in the boat and who is on each of the riverbanks during each trip.

by **GRAHAM01** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 9:21 pm

maypaxvobiscum wrote:2) Their are three gaurds and three prisoners who need to cross a river. Their boat only holds two people at a time and the number of prisoners must NEVER be allowed to outnumber the number of gaurds on either side of the river; otherwise the prisoners will overpower the gaurds and well the story will come to an abrupt end. Determine how many trips it will take to safely transport all of the gaurds and prisoners across the river list each of the trips that need to be made and who is in the boat and who is on each of the riverbanks during each trip.

tie a rope to the boat and the first pair (1 guard + 1 prisoner ) row across, that means 1 pris + 1 guard on one side nd 2 guards and 2 pris the other side then the boat gets pulled back across and then the next pair cross and the same again so 3 manned trips and 3 empty trips

by **Judge** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 9:41 am

maypaxvobiscum wrote:umm...actually...Destro, i kinda did accidently give a 2d image so the 3d one you did cant be counted.

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|HOUSE| |HOUSE| |HOUSE|
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haha no points for cheater googlet destro

by **maypaxvobiscum** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 6:57 pm

GRAHAM01 wrote:
maypaxvobiscum wrote:2) Their are three gaurds and three prisoners who need to cross a river. Their boat only holds two people at a time and the number of prisoners must NEVER be allowed to outnumber the number of gaurds on either side of the river; otherwise the prisoners will overpower the gaurds and well the story will come to an abrupt end. Determine how many trips it will take to safely transport all of the gaurds and prisoners across the river list each of the trips that need to be made and who is in the boat and who is on each of the riverbanks during each trip.

tie a rope to the boat and the first pair (1 guard + 1 prisoner ) row across, that means 1 pris + 1 guard on one side nd 2 guards and 2 pris the other side then the boat gets pulled back across and then the next pair cross and the same again so 3 manned trips and 3 empty trips

i want a diagram Graham :rasp

by **GRAHAM01** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 9:36 pm

maypaxvobiscum wrote:
GRAHAM01 wrote:
maypaxvobiscum wrote:2) Their are three gaurds and three prisoners who need to cross a river. Their boat only holds two people at a time and the number of prisoners must NEVER be allowed to outnumber the number of gaurds on either side of the river; otherwise the prisoners will overpower the gaurds and well the story will come to an abrupt end. Determine how many trips it will take to safely transport all of the gaurds and prisoners across the river list each of the trips that need to be made and who is in the boat and who is on each of the riverbanks during each trip.

tie a rope to the boat and the first pair (1 guard + 1 prisoner ) row across, that means 1 pris + 1 guard on one side nd 2 guards and 2 pris the other side then the boat gets pulled back across and then the next pair cross and the same again so 3 manned trips and 3 empty trips

i want a diagram Graham

what??? come on just give me the point

by **SupitsJonF** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 9:41 pm

GRAHAM01 wrote:
maypaxvobiscum wrote:
GRAHAM01 wrote:
maypaxvobiscum wrote:2) Their are three gaurds and three prisoners who need to cross a river. Their boat only holds two people at a time and the number of prisoners must NEVER be allowed to outnumber the number of gaurds on either side of the river; otherwise the prisoners will overpower the gaurds and well the story will come to an abrupt end. Determine how many trips it will take to safely transport all of the gaurds and prisoners across the river list each of the trips that need to be made and who is in the boat and who is on each of the riverbanks during each trip.

tie a rope to the boat and the first pair (1 guard + 1 prisoner ) row across, that means 1 pris + 1 guard on one side nd 2 guards and 2 pris the other side then the boat gets pulled back across and then the next pair cross and the same again so 3 manned trips and 3 empty trips

i want a diagram Graham

what??? come on just give me the point

I'm making one now :cool:

by **destro** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 9:44 pm

Make sure its a 2 Dimensional diagram, apparently it doesn't count otherwise

by **account deleted by request** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 10:25 pm

by **maypaxvobiscum** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 7:21 am

SupitsJonF wrote:
GRAHAM01 wrote:
maypaxvobiscum wrote:
GRAHAM01 wrote:
maypaxvobiscum wrote:2) Their are three gaurds and three prisoners who need to cross a river. Their boat only holds two people at a time and the number of prisoners must NEVER be allowed to outnumber the number of gaurds on either side of the river; otherwise the prisoners will overpower the gaurds and well the story will come to an abrupt end. Determine how many trips it will take to safely transport all of the gaurds and prisoners across the river list each of the trips that need to be made and who is in the boat and who is on each of the riverbanks during each trip.

tie a rope to the boat and the first pair (1 guard + 1 prisoner ) row across, that means 1 pris + 1 guard on one side nd 2 guards and 2 pris the other side then the boat gets pulled back across and then the next pair cross and the same again so 3 manned trips and 3 empty trips

i want a diagram Graham

what??? come on just give me the point

I'm making one now

awesome!

by **account deleted by request** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 7:28 am

1/ turn them upside down so the circles become crosses and the crosses become circles then split into two piles.

by **SupitsJonF** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 7:34 am

Solution. I dont have a mouse

by **maypaxvobiscum** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 7:42 am

Saint solves #1
Graham solves #2
JonF gets a point for the masterpiece he created

thats a cool website mate.

by **account deleted by request** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 7:45 am

SupitsJonF wrote:Solution. I dont have a mouse

Thats brilliant mate....... you make Emerald Red look like a beginner.

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