#1 2 3 4 pen reverse trick series

How did he do it?Īnswer: He knew which city he had just come from. He picks it up, considers it, and pops it back into place, pointing out the correct direction for his destination. He finds that the pole carrying three city names and arrows pointing to them has fallen. He looks for the sign indicating the direction to his destination city. THE HIKER'S DILEMMAĪ hiker comes across an intersection where three roads cross.

Bart and Daniel will vote nay, but Charlotte and Eliza have done the math and vote yarr, knowing that the alternative would get them even less booty. How can the captain stay alive, while getting as much gold as possible? (In other words, what is the optimal amount of gold the captain should offer to each pirate, himself included, in his proposal?) Watch the video below for all the rules.Īnswer: The captain should propose that he keep 98 coins, distribute one coin each to Charlotte and Eliza, and offer nothing to Bart and Daniel.

#1 2 3 4 pen reverse trick series

If a majority vote 'nay' and the captain walks the plank, the captain's hat goes to Bart, and the process repeats down the line, with a series of proposals, votes, and other acceptance or plank-walking. The pirates are arranged in order, and vote in that order: the captain, Bart, Charlotte, Daniel, and Eliza. If a majority votes 'nay,' the captain walks the plank. The captain gets to propose a distribution plan, and all five of the pirates vote 'yarr' or 'nay' on the proposal. THE PIRATE RIDDLEĪ group of five pirates have to divide up their bounty of 100 coins, as described in the video below. (Adapted from a brain teaser by Carl Proujan.) 2. Perhaps there is something tasty atop the pole? Left to the reader is a motivation for the sloth to attempt this feat in the first place. On that 25th day, the sloth scrambles up six feet, attaining the 30-foot top of the pole. After 24 days and 24 nights, the sloth is 24 feet up. The math here boils down to a net gain of one foot per day, along with a threshold (24 feet at the beginning of a day) that must be attained so that the sloth can get to the 30-foot mark within a given day. If the pole is 30 feet high and the sloth starts from the ground (zero feet), how many days does it take the sloth to reach the top of the pole?Īnswer: 25 days. A slippery sloth climbs six feet up a utility pole during the day, then slides back down five feet during the night.