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Horse inheritance - logic puzzle
| The last will of a horse breeder is that all his horses are to be given to his three children in the following ratio: 1/2:1/3:1/9. At the moment the horse breeder passed away he owned 17 horses. How could his last will be followed? |
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Pocket knife - logic puzzle
| Tim owns a pocket knife with five different tools. It has a corkscrew, a bottle opener, tweezers, a screwdriver and something else. What? |
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Light a candle - math puzzle
| In a group of 200 people, everybody has a non burning candle. On person has a match at lights at some moment his candle. With this candle he walks to somebody else and lights a new candle. Then everybody with a burning candle will look for somebody without a burning candle, and if found they will light it. This will continue until all candles are lit. Suppose that from the moment a candle is lit it takes exactly 30 seconds to find a person with a non burning candle and light that candle. From the moment the first candle is lit, how long does it take before all candles are lit? |
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