[vicsireland] Re: A brain teaser.
- From: "Tony Sweeney" <tonysweeney1@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:51:58 +0100
It's bleedin Halloween almost now lads so why not go totally nuts
altogether! (smile)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Flor Lynch" <florlync@xxxxxx>
To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 5:18 PM
Subject: [vicsireland] Re: A brain teaser.
> 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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