Brainteaser
Brainteaser
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Here's another couple of brainteasers:
Teaser 1:
You are in front of a room with a closed door, but no windows. Inside the room are three lightbulbs. Outside the room are three switches. Each of the three switches operates one of the lightbulbs. You can turn the switches on and off as many times as you like, but you can only open the door once. How do you determine with 100% certainty which light is connected to which switch?
Teaser 2:
A fridge is in a completely sealed room. The fridge is plugged in, and switched on. The door of the fridge is open. Will the room:
a) get colder?
b) stabilise at a constant temperature?
c) get warmer?
What is the reasoning behind your answer?
Teaser 1:
You are in front of a room with a closed door, but no windows. Inside the room are three lightbulbs. Outside the room are three switches. Each of the three switches operates one of the lightbulbs. You can turn the switches on and off as many times as you like, but you can only open the door once. How do you determine with 100% certainty which light is connected to which switch?
Teaser 2:
A fridge is in a completely sealed room. The fridge is plugged in, and switched on. The door of the fridge is open. Will the room:
a) get colder?
b) stabilise at a constant temperature?
c) get warmer?
What is the reasoning behind your answer?
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1) Since you’re in front of a room (not in a room), open the door.
Turn on one switch. Look in the room and see which light goes on. Keep the door open.
Turn on another switch. Look in the room and see which light goes on. Keep the door open.
If you have a bad memory, check the last switch to verify that the last light goes on. Close the door and do something useful.
2) The room will stabilize. In order for the interior of ‘fridge to get cold, a compressor motor has to do its thing. That generates heat. So, both heat and cold gets pumped into the room. With the door open, the compressor will be working overtime and burn itself out eventually. So, without both heat and cold, the room will stabilize.
Turn on one switch. Look in the room and see which light goes on. Keep the door open.
Turn on another switch. Look in the room and see which light goes on. Keep the door open.
If you have a bad memory, check the last switch to verify that the last light goes on. Close the door and do something useful.
2) The room will stabilize. In order for the interior of ‘fridge to get cold, a compressor motor has to do its thing. That generates heat. So, both heat and cold gets pumped into the room. With the door open, the compressor will be working overtime and burn itself out eventually. So, without both heat and cold, the room will stabilize.
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Ok. Pedantry time. One may only view the interior of the room once. Once one looks inside the room (by whatever creative means!) one may no longer change the switch settings.Roboframer wrote:Are you allowed to drill a hole through the door? - That's what I did to find out if my fridge light goes out when I close the door.
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Can you look through the hole while throwing the switches?
I've either got painting the bulbs or wiring cats up to them and just listening to which cat is getting a tingle.
As for the fridge question, is my beer in it?
I've either got painting the bulbs or wiring cats up to them and just listening to which cat is getting a tingle.
As for the fridge question, is my beer in it?
Paul.
Alcohol does not make you FAT
- it makes you LEAN ….
against tables, chairs, floors, walls and ugly people.
Alcohol does not make you FAT
- it makes you LEAN ….
against tables, chairs, floors, walls and ugly people.
OK I have the bulb/switch one - but I'm just going to give a clue.
Mrs R called me earlier to change a spotlight in the living room - 4 spots on an 'S' shaped rod on the ceiling.
Didn't tell me it had just popped and I never realised either - when they do that they normally trip the fuse.
Burned my hand.
Mrs R called me earlier to change a spotlight in the living room - 4 spots on an 'S' shaped rod on the ceiling.
Didn't tell me it had just popped and I never realised either - when they do that they normally trip the fuse.
Burned my hand.
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Again I say, once lookey lookey, no switchy switchy!!!w00dward wrote:Can you look through the hole while throwing the switches?
Any more anti-feline comments, Woody, and I'm confiscating your ale supplies until further notice!w00dward wrote:As for the fridge question, is my beer in it?
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That is a severe punishment for such a minor offense. No cat is worth my beer! Well, unless it can get the beer from the fridge, open it and pour! Only then would I reconsider.Moglet wrote: Any more anti-feline comments, Woody, and I'm confiscating your ale supplies until further notice!
How energy efficient is the fridge? If its A rated the room will cool, its it E rated it'll warm up because the motor is running too hot.
Paul.
Alcohol does not make you FAT
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against tables, chairs, floors, walls and ugly people.
Alcohol does not make you FAT
- it makes you LEAN ….
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