Puzzle It Out!

[Mben]

Let me go take a smart pill. I'll be back when it kicks in. lol (I'll be back with THE answer)

Even after looking the answer up, I don't get it. It does not make sense.


For the record as far as my prior answers go, the puzzle should read ... "look" identical.

identical = similar in every detail; exactly alike

 

[PSP]

Here's the explanation:

You don't know which pill is which, but you know that you have one pill A and 2 pill Bs.

If you cut each pill in half and put one half in each of 2 stacks, you will end up with 2 piles with 1/2 of pill A and 2 halves of pill B in each pile. If you take one more pill A and split it in half and put one piece in each pile, you now have one pill A and one pill B in each pile.

 

[PSP]

Logic - what a concept!

 

[Mben]

Sometimes "logic" escapes me! lol

I had the 3 pills all mixed together originally. No where does it say that the 3 pills you took out stayed separate from each other. If it were me, they'd be mixed in the same pile. (Game over! lol)

So even if I took out another A pill, cut it in half and threw it in with the other half cut pills, they were all mixed together still.

 

[Sookie]

 

[PSP]

Sometimes "logic" escapes me! lol

I had the 3 pills all mixed together originally. No where does it say that the 3 pills you took out stayed separate from each other. If it were me, they'd be mixed in the same pile. (Game over! lol)

So even if I took out another A pill, cut it in half and threw it in with the other half cut pills, they were all mixed together still.

I think the part that you are missing is that you cut the pills in half ONE AT A TIME. Once you cut a pill, you put one half in each pile. This way you end up with 3 pieces in each pile and, since you started with 1 A pill and 2 B pills, you end up with the same thing in each pile regardless of the order that you cut them.

I hope that helps

 

[Mben]

Even if I cut the pills in my pile in half after grabbing one more from the bottle that had one more, I would then have a pile of 8 halves all mixed up.

Original 3 pills

 

[Mben]

See, I needed that visual because I just got what you are saying with the cutting and piling one pill at a time into 2 separate piles. That way I would have half of each in both piles and then the pill I grab from the bottle to equal 4 pills that I cut in half also, would then be placed in each "halves" pile thus giving me 2 sets of correct pills to be taken over 2 days.

 

[PSP]

See, I needed that visual because I just got what you are saying with the cutting and piling one pill at a time into 2 separate piles. That way I would have half of each in both piles and then the pill I grab from the bottle to equal 4 pills that I cut in half also, would then be placed in each "halves" pile thus giving me 2 sets of correct pills to be taken over 2 days.

... and I mean this with all due respect...

 

[Mben]

... and I mean this with all due respect...

LMFAO!!!

I'm answering Sookies easy one now!

It's a RIVER!
There, I have redeemed myself! lol

 

[Sookie]

 

[Sookie]

Question: If it's information you seek, come and see me.
If it's pairs of letters you need, I have consecutively three.

Who am I?

 

[PSP]

Question: If it's information you seek, come and see me.
If it's pairs of letters you need, I have consecutively three.

Who am I?

Are you sure that you don't mean "WHAT" am I?

 

[Sookie]

Are you sure that you don't mean "WHAT" am I?

You are so ornery! Semantics aside, have you an answer??

 

[PSP]

Well, it could be many things, but ....

Spoiler

I will go with bookkeeper

 

[Sookie]

Correct!

 

[PSP]

There is a common English word that is nine letters long. Each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains an English word - from nine letters right down to a single letter. What is the original word, and what are the words that it becomes after removing one letter at a time?

 

[Sookie]

There is a common English word that is nine letters long. Each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains an English word - from nine letters right down to a single letter. What is the original word, and what are the words that it becomes after removing one letter at a time?

Spoiler

This puzzle seems so tricky it is almost startling.

 

[Mben]

I think I'd start backwards and build a word starting with A or I.

 

[PSP]

Spoiler

This puzzle seems so tricky it is almost startling.

 

[Sookie]

 

[PSP]

A fast food restaurant sells chicken in orders of 6, 9, and 20.

What is the largest number of pieces of chicken you cannot order from this restaurant?

 

[Mben]

So what? Does this mean Sookie got the answer to your last one?

 

[Mben]

So what? Does this mean Sookie got the answer to your last one?

Nevermind, I googled it.

 

[Sookie]

A fast food restaurant sells chicken in orders of 6, 9, and 20.

What is the largest number of pieces of chicken you cannot order from this restaurant?

Huh?

 

[PSP]

Can I retract that last one? The largest number is a prime number that isn't divisible by 2, 3, or 5....

... but there are an infinite number of prime numbers (not divisible by anything other than 1) so the answer is impossible to give

 

[Sookie]

That is what I came up with - infinite, but then of course I thought that was wrong

 

[Mben]

Since the last one was retracted, here's one ...

 

[PSP]

Since the last one was retracted, here's one ...

View attachment 698

Spoiler

1113122113

Not easy - until you see the pattern

 

[Mben]

Spoiler

1113122113

Not easy - until you see the pattern

Correct! Good job!

Answer: 1113122113

• 3
  
• 3 is read off as "one 3" or 13.
• 13 is read off as "one 1, then one 3" or 1113.
• 1113 is read off as "three 1, then one 3" or 3113.
• 3113 is read off as "one 3, then two 1's, then one 3" or 132113.
• 132113 is read off as "1 one, then one 3, then one 2, then two 1's, then one 3" or 1113122113
  
• 1113122113
  
• ... and so on