[vicsireland] Re: A brain teaser.
- From: "Flor Lynch" <florlync@xxxxxx>
- To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:18:41 +0100
Hi Paul,
She's smart! Could have been Liam G. who put the 11-mg capsules in; and are
you a United fan as well! you have a budding Microsoft future employee
there. (Or maybe she saw the problem at school!?)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Halligan" <tigerone@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 2:43 PM
Subject: [vicsireland] Re: A brain teaser.
hi flor
according to our 12 year old you should do the following
1 take one capsule from the first bottle
take 2 from the second
take 3 from the third
and take 4 from the fourth bottle
now weigh all the capsules
if they were all of equal weight the overall weight would be 100 mg
but as we know one bottle was in error
therefore
if the overall weight is 101mg then the first bottle is the culprit
if overall weight is 102mg the second bottle is the culprit
if 103 the
third bottle
and if 104 the fourth bottle
or something like that she tells me
p.s. she also tells me it was probably an oasis fan working in the factory
who packed the dodgy bottle and I can well believe it!
----- Original Message -----
>From: "Flor Lynch" <florlync@xxxxxx>
To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 5:44 PM
Subject: [vicsireland] A brain teaser.
> 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.
>
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