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by **RioMonger** » Tue Mar 09, 2004 9:04 pm

Can you solve this riddle.

The Light Bulb

You are in a house. There are 3 light switches. Inside of a closed room (that you CAN NOT see) there is a light bulb that is turned on by one of the switches. If you can only go inside the room one time how can you tell which switch turns on the light?

Well, can you?

by **badgirl** » Wed Mar 10, 2004 9:07 am

switch on the light switches one at a time to see which one works the light bulb

by **badgirl** » Wed Mar 10, 2004 9:09 am

oh right, i thought that was a really dumb riddle, but do you mean that the light switches are in a SEPARATE room to the light bulb and you can't see through the rooms. You needed to make that clearer, cuz my answer there ^ makes me look a bit stupid

by **Smackum** » Wed Mar 10, 2004 10:55 am

I would just say click each one until you see some light coming from under the door. :lol:

when you see it, then open the door.

Or i would say, click on 2 of the switches and if you go in the room and the light is off, that means its the switch you didnt use is the one.
-but then if the light is on, then its one of the 2 you already used.

I dont know :lol:

At least i tried :mrgreen:

by **RioMonger** » Wed Mar 10, 2004 10:57 am

The answer to the riddle is:

You turn 1 switch on for ten min. Then you turn that one off and turn on the second one and go inside the room. If the light is off but the bulb is HOT it's the first switch. If the light is on it's the second switch. And if the light is off and the bulb is cold it's ther third switch.

by **Smackum** » Wed Mar 10, 2004 11:13 am

damn, that was a good one!

by **negoloko** » Wed Mar 10, 2004 11:15 am

I was doing some serious math to solve this. Mathematicaly it is impossible to solve.
You have basically 2 situation.
A. All switch turn on or off. No information here.
B. One on or off.
Now if you are lucky and the ligth in the room corresponds to the one turned on or off you can tell, otherwise not.
Your solution proves that creativety is much more important that exact science.

by **badgirl** » Wed Mar 10, 2004 11:42 am

oh, that's clever! i was thinking about getting some tools and unscrewing the switch sockets and chiselling through the wall and following the wires to the lightbulb, but your way is much simpler.

by **RioMonger** » Wed Mar 10, 2004 11:43 am

coats001 wrote::lol: I was doing some serious math to solve this. Mathematicaly it is impossible to solve.
You have basically 2 situation.
A. All switch turn on or off. No information here.
B. One on or off.
Now if you are lucky and the ligth in the room corresponds to the one turned on or off you can tell, otherwise not.
Your solution proves that creativety is much more important that exact science.

These are the types of questions we give to new recruits that try to join my firm. I'll post a couple of other questions when I have some time.

by **badgirl** » Wed Mar 10, 2004 11:47 am

do you ask them those riddles to decide whether or not to give them a job? i think that is a good idea, all the places i've been to work at, they make you do poxy role-plays and learn stuff about another person like what colour their toothbrush is. worth it! Or they make you do that crap like, what is your favourite type of bird? what is your favourite type of water? and your answers 'supposedly' say something about the type of person you are.

by **Smackum** » Wed Mar 10, 2004 12:50 pm

Rio, you definitely have to post more. I like riddles like that

by **Wiener** » Fri Mar 19, 2004 1:22 pm

there is a dead guy in a room, with a four sided table and 53 bicycles.... he has a bullet wound through his chest. how did he die?

by **badgirl** » Sat Mar 20, 2004 4:06 am

because someone shot him through the chest? is this going to be a joke Weiner12!!??

by **Wiener** » Sat Mar 20, 2004 9:19 am

why did he die? who shot him? why did he get shot? its not too obvious, and the answer is in the riddle...

by **badgirl** » Fri Apr 02, 2004 2:53 pm

AAHHHH I DON"T KNOW!!!!!! why? who? why? can you even remember?! :scra

by **Wiener** » Fri Apr 02, 2004 4:59 pm

ok. he got shot in a card game- somehow, bicycle is a brand name for a big company that sells cards. 52 cards in a deck. this is cheap for us euros. my cousin told me this in ICQ...

c'mon americaiim!

by **badgirl** » Sat Apr 03, 2004 4:21 am

I'd never have got that one!If you'd said it was a dead COWBOY, been shot in the chest...No, I still wouldn't got it.

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