The hourglass<\/h2>\n\n\n\n For a perfect breakfast, you want to boil an egg exactly 15 minutes. You hve two hourglasses – one for 7 minutes, another for 11.
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Turn both hourglasses when you start boiling the egg.
In another 4 minutes, the 11 minute hourglass will run out.<\/p>\n
At this point, turn the 7 minutes hourglass. It will now take 4 minutes to empty.<\/p>\n
When it does, your egg will have cooked for exactly 15 minutes (7 minutes + 4 minutes + 4 minutes).<\/p>\n
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Crossing the bridge<\/h2>\n\n\n\n It is late at night and dark. A group of 4 friends, with just a flashlight, come to a river.
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Ann and Bert cross the bridge together. This takes 2 minutes.
Caroline and David then cross the bridge together which takes 8 minutes.<\/p>\n
Bert then comes back with the torch. This takes another 2 minutes.<\/p>\n
Finally Ann and Bert cross the bridge again, taking another 2 minutes for a total of 15 minutes.<\/p>\n
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Age of the children<\/h2>\n\n\n\n An insurance salesman walk up to a house and knocks on the door.
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The answer is as follows:
1) She says, \u00abIf you multiply my 3 kids’ ages, you get 36\u00bb<\/em>.He says there is not enough information. Understandably, there are 8 combinations that can provide the answer.<\/p>\n
2) We now get hint number 2: \u00abIf you sum the children’s age, the sum is equal to the house number of the house next door\u00bb<\/em>.We therefore sum all the children’s ages in all the 8 combinations.
He says there is still not enough information.<\/p>\n
The second clue is not about the house number, but the fact that even knowing the house number is not enough to calculate their age.<\/p>\n
This means that the sum of the children’s age cannot be unique.
As we can see from 2) there are two combinations that have identical summation.<\/p>\n
6 + 6 + 1 = 13
3) The last hint is: \u00abthe oldest of the three plays the piano.\u00bb<\/em>So the correct answer to the riddle is that the children are 2 years, 2 years and 9 years.<\/p>\n
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Farm of wheat<\/h2>\n\n\n\n Three brothers live on a farm. They agreed to buy more seeds.
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Each brother’s portion is 1\/3 (45 + 75) = 40 bags.
Answers will then be as follows:
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