See if you can figure out the answer. Try not to get side tracked! (All you needd is there.) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colin Howard" <colin@xxxxxxxxx> To: <avios@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <NTExpress@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 11:37 PM Subject: (NTExpress) A Friday brain teaser. Greetings, This was sent to the BCAB group back in 2003, so those of you subscribed in October of that year, will have seen this. There was an answer, which I will send in a few days, have a go, it's logical, not mathematical. >From: "George Bell" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 15:16:42 +0100 If you are thinking of applying for a job at Microsoft, here's a question that, asked at a recent interview which might have you wondering. You are presented with 4 identical bottles of capsules. Each bottle is supposed to contain an equal number of 10 milligram capsules. However, due to a manufacturing error, one bottle contains 11 mg capsules. You have at your disposal a scale, (not a balance), but are only permitted one single measurement with it. How do you determine which bottle contains the 11 mg capsules? (Microsoft employees past and present are excluded from answering) George Bell Techno-Vision Systems Ltd >From Colin Howard near Southampton in Southern England. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Please note: To leave this group, either send a blank message to: NTExpress-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or, if you have a google account, manage your subscriptions through that. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- =========================================================== The vicsireland mailing list To unsubscribe at any time send a mail to: vicsireland-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe", without the quotes in the subject of the message. To contact the moderator send mail to: tim.j.culhane@xxxxxxxxx For mor information on the Visually Impaired Computer Society visit: http://www.vicsireland.org