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STOP THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX.
Answers to the first two are 14 and nothing. I think the third is numeric in nature but I don't know the term. I've heard the fourth riddle before as well, answer is escaping me.
You are trapped in a warren, and time is running out! Safety lies beyond one of two doors, each of which has a guardian (the other door leads to certain death). One guardian can only speak the truth, the other can only speak falsehood (and you have no way of knowing which is which) and you may ask just one question of one, but not both of them!
To determine which is the door to safety, what question do you ask?
I would ask the following question:
Does the person guarding the safe door always speak the truth?
There are four possible resulting situations:
1. The truth-speaking guardian says, "Yes." In this situation, the guardian you spoke to would be guarding the safe door.
2. The truth-speaking guardian says, "No." In this situation, the guardian you spoke to would be guarding the dangerous door.
3. The lying guardian says, "Yes." In this situation, the guardian you spoke to would be guarding the safe door.
4. The lying guardian says, "No." In this situation, the guardian you spoke to would be guarding the dangerous door.
As a result, in all situations where you receive a reply of, "Yes," the replying guardian is guarding the safe door. If you receive a reply of, "No," the replying guardian is guarding the dangerous door.
Im pretty sure that googleplex, or googolplex, is 10 to the (ten to the hundredth power) power, I agree with whoever already said that.
An alternate answer to the guardian question:
"Would you be telling the truth to the same degree that you usually do if you told me you were guarding the safe door?"
I dont have time to go into detail on that one
I disagree. You can get your answer from a single yes or no answer, same as the other solution. the 'implied statement' argument would disqualify the other solution as well, wouldnt it?
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in either case, a 'yes' answer means the door is safe, no means it isn't. I dont see what the problem is.
if the truthful guardian is guarding the safe door answers yes, then he would be telling the truth if he said it was sfae, so the answer is yes.
if he were guarding the unsafe door, he would answer NO, since if he said it were safe he would be lying, and he doesnt lie.
i need to go now, but im either right or ym thinking proceses are more out of whack than usual (i admit that is entirely possible, but please think this through before replying.)
Errrm, uh thank you, I think?
OK let me try to reason this one out on 'paper'
Question: woudl you be telling the truth to the extent that you usually do if you told me you were guarding the sfae door?
If the truthful guardian is guarding the safe door, He would be telling the truth if he said he was guarding the safe door (he doesnt actually have to say that he is, mind), and since telling the truth is what he normally does, he answers YES (since he tells the truth)
If the lying guardian is guarding the safe door, he would be telling the truth if he said he was guarding the safe door, and since he usually lies, the correct answer to the question answer is 'NO.' But since he is the lying guardian, he answers YES.
If the truthful guardian guards the dangerous door, if he told you he were guarding the safe door he would be lying, that is not what he normally does, and so the answer to the question is NO, he says this then because he is the teller or truth.
If the lying guardian is guarding the dangerous door, if he told you it was safe he would be lying, and since that is what he always does, the correct answer is YES, but since he lies, he says NO.
I have gone over this several times, and can find no fault with it. please tell me if you can see one.
Oh and since no one seems to have posted the answer to the "brothers and sisters have I none" riddle, I will (and no i did not just look it up)
'this man' is the speakers son
one blossom on many flowers? 70, 1, 1 is a father and a son, alternately they could share
What is eviler than the devil, more powerful than god, kills you if you eat or breath it and coveted by the rich that the poor have?
Nothing?
Oxygen?
I have a puzzle, it's been on my mind for 6 1/2 years. So, please, if you could answer it, that would be great.
First you need a piece of paper, and a pencil.
Draw 3 rows of 3 dots, which would equal 9 dots. They should look like a square.
The object is to draw a square with an x through it, without drawing over the same line, you can't lift the pencil. My teacher gave this puzzle to us in the 6th grade, and I have never been able to figure it out.
Thank you.
I have a puzzle, it's been on my mind for 6 1/2 years. So, please, if you could answer it, that would be great.
First you need a piece of paper, and a pencil.
Draw 3 rows of 3 dots, which would equal 9 dots. They should look like a square.
The object is to draw a square with an x through it, without drawing over the same line, you can't lift the pencil. My teacher gave this puzzle to us in the 6th grade, and I have never been able to figure it out.
Thank you.
Fold the paper. It's the only way that works, unless you are allowed extra lines...