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k4m!k4ze
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@soichiro - exactly  I'll try to get more like these.
A thinking puzzle, quite easy-
There are a 100 coins on the table, of which 90 are placed with the heads side up and 10 with the tails side up. A blind man is asked to separate the piles (not necessarily with equal number in each pile) such that the number of tails in each pile is equal.
No balancing of the coins on their edge is allowed, blind man cant feel the coins to find out which side is which 
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krypton65
Joined: Sep 04, 2004
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Hmmm..
he separates the 100 coins into 2 piles..of 50 each..cos each coin has a head and tail..therefore both piles have equal number of heads and tails..
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k4m!k4ze
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no  you cant count both sides of the coins, only the side facing up
Gotta go now peeps, keep the answers (and puzzles) coming 
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EastCoastStar
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he asks someone for help |
blackspot
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make 2 piles, 1 pile with 90 coins and another with only 10 coins. flip the entire pile with 10 coins and you will surely have the same number of coins in each pile with the tail facing up.
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k4m!k4ze
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@blackspot - correct
Another extremely easy one -
A Goldsmith has a chain which is broken into 5 equal sections of 3 links each. What is the minimum number of links he has to open and solder to repair the chain
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govigov
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Er... 4 by any chance?
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k4m!k4ze
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nope, And the person must also give the reason, otherwise it'll just be another number guessing game
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mince-inside
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5
4 to link the five small links into one long chain and the last 1 to make a circle.
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EastCoastStar
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about the coin one... maybe i didnt read it totally right... but i am gonna get 100 pennys and set it up, and blindfold my friend, and make him do it... i dont understand how it would always work... but maybe im looking too much into it... confused! |
k4m!k4ze
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@mince - The goldsmith has to make it into one long chain, not necessarily into a loop, i think i should have mentioned that before
@eastcoast - Just think about it
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mince-inside
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@k4m!k4ze it's 3!
Edit: one of the 5 chains of 3 link break into 3 open links and use these 3 open links to link together the 4 remaining chains
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EastCoastStar
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i feel dumb! haha
im gonna think about this... i wont be back for a few hours... but ill post when i get back! i feel dumb hahaha
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Davo_169
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he has to open 0 links because the chain is broken in the first place
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k4m!k4ze
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@meths - correct , i think more tougher ones are needed
@davo - as brilliant  as your answer is and as much as i like to agree with you, i have to say, no thats not the answer
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