This week’s puzzle is troublesome. Not as a result of it has an exceedingly difficult resolution, however as a result of the concept that underlies it’s deep and ingenious. I solely know of 1 technique to resolve it, however I’m curious whether or not various approaches exist. Be at liberty to spitball half-baked concepts within the feedback. You would possibly discover working collectively on options an enriching expertise. But in addition, your life relies on it.
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Puzzle #32: Brow or Lifeless
A madman is holding you and 9 strangers captive. He topics you to a twisted thoughts recreation to earn your freedom. He has a stack of playing cards with the numbers 0 via 9 printed on them. He tapes a card to each particular person’s brow so everybody can see everyone else’s card however not their very own. Assigned numbers could repeat (e.g. eight folks might get 7s whereas the opposite two get 0s or some other mixture). After everybody has had time to look at everybody else’s numbers, your captor counts down and also you all should shout a quantity on the identical time. If at the least one particular person guesses the right quantity on their brow, then you definitely all go free. In any other case you’ll be condemned to resolve riddles in his basement ceaselessly.
As a madman with a ardour for problem-solving, he permits the group to confer earlier than he distributes the playing cards. As soon as playing cards are revealed no communication (together with nonverbal) is allowed apart from shouting a quantity on cue. The villain could pay attention to the group technique and adapt his decisions accordingly! Devise a technique that ensures your freedom.
I like to recommend fixing this for 2 or three folks first after which attempting to generalize the strategy. Notice that within the two particular person case, the playing cards solely say 0 or 1, and within the three particular person model they are saying 0, 1, or 2.
I’ll be again subsequent Monday with the answer. I hope it’s not too late for you.
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Resolution to puzzle #31: HIPE Me Up
Did last week’s phrase puzzles dwell as much as the hype? Shout-out to Skylar Ruprecht for proposing a extremely good authentic HIPE within the feedback: EAUC. Attempt it out. In the meantime, listed below are the solutions to final week’s HIPES:
- BV — this one was OBVIOUS.
- WKW – AWKWARD
- ONIG – TONIGHT
- SPB – RASPBERRY
- RAOR – EXTRAORDINARY
- HQ – EARTHQUAKE
- TANTAN – INSTANTANEOUS
- PTC – BANKRUPTCY
- GUAG – LANGUAGE
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