http://www.geekinterview.com/talk/ en Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:54:57 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.geekinterview.com/talk/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.geekinterview.com/talk/ http://www.geekinterview.com/talk/16438-logic-puzzle.html Sun, 01 Nov 2009 06:33:47 GMT Hi Friends, Ten people land on a deserted island. There they find lots of coconuts and a monkey. During their first day they gather... Hi Friends,

Ten people land on a deserted island. There they find lots of coconuts and a monkey.

During their first day they gather coconuts and put them all in a community pile.

After working all day they decide to sleep and divide them into ten equal piles the next morning.

That night one castaway wakes up hungry and decides to take his share early.

After dividing up the coconuts he finds he is one coconut short of ten equal piles.

He also notices the monkey holding one more coconut. So he tries to take the monkey's coconut to have a total evenly divisible by 10. However when he tries to take it the monkey conks him on the head with it and kills him.

Later another castaway wakes up hungry and decides to take his share early.

On the way to the coconuts he finds the body of the first castaway, which pleases him because he will now be entitled to 1/9 of the total pile. After dividing them up into nine piles he is again one coconut short and tries to take the monkey's slightly bloodied coconut.

The monkey conks the second man on the head and kills him.

One by one each of the remaining castaways goes through the same process, until the 10th person to wake up gets the entire pile for himself.

What is the smallest number of possible coconuts in the pile, not counting the monkeys?

Regards,
Rijus.
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Real Inspirational Journey.........Unanimously & Sincerely. ]]> Challenging puzzles rijus http://www.geekinterview.com/talk/16438-logic-puzzle.html http://www.geekinterview.com/talk/16420-puzzle-the-most-intelligent-prince.html Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:18:12 GMT Hi Guys,

A king wants his daughter to marry the smartest of 3 extremely intelligent young princes, and so the king's wise men devised an intelligence test.

The princes are gathered into a room and seated, facing one another, and are shown 2 black hats and 3 white hats.

They are blindfolded, and 1 hat is placed on each of their heads, with the remaining hats hidden in a different room.

The king tells them that the first prince to deduce the color of his hat without removing it or looking at it will marry his daughter.

A wrong guess will mean death. The blindfolds are then removed.

You are one of the princes.

You see 2 white hats on the other prince's heads. After some time you realize that the other prince's are unable to deduce the color of their hat, or are unwilling to guess.

What color is your hat?

Thanks,
Rijus.
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