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Puzzle time!

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Raji Ram said:

Great Prof. Sir! First solution is perfect; can have three more variations starting from dots in other corners.

But the second ..... Dots have to be tiny circles! :D

This puzzle appeared in Reader's Digest long long back. :)
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there is a variation to this which we used to do in our school.... of course can be done only on a paper... From the right topmost dot, draw a straight lne connecting the two dots below, and then fold the paper so that the rightmost bottom dot is on the centre bottom dot, and draw a vertical line upwards. Similarly , from the centre topmost dot , fold the paper to join with the leftmost top dot and draw a vertical line below. And then, from the leftmost bottom dot, draw a diagonal to connect the rightmost top dot.

This was the school boy solution :)
 
Another puzzle:

A man , tiger, goat and a stack of grass are on one side of a river bank. There is only one boat that can carry only two of the four at any point in time. When the man is around, the tiger and goat behave properly. If he is not there, the tiger would try to eat the goat and the goat would try to eat the grass. The man has to cross the river with all his possessions intact. How?
 
auh said:
Another puzzle:

A man , tiger, goat and a stack of grass are on one side of a river bank. There is only one boat that can carry only two of the four at any point in time. When the man is around, the tiger and goat behave properly. If he is not there, the tiger would try to eat the goat and the goat would try to eat the grass. The man has to cross the river with all his possessions intact. How?
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The famous 'puli - Adu - pullukkattu' puzzle! :)

I know the answer. Shall wait for others.
 
auh said:
Another puzzle:

A man , tiger, goat and a stack of grass are on one side of a river bank. There is only one boat that can carry only two of the four at any point in time. When the man is around, the tiger and goat behave properly. If he is not there, the tiger would try to eat the goat and the goat would try to eat the grass. The man has to cross the river with all his possessions intact. How?
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Man takes the goat. Returns.
Takes the Tiger but returns back with the goat.
Takes the Grass. Returns.
Finally takes the goat again.
 
Raji Ram said:

Great Prof. Sir! First solution is perfect; can have three more variations starting from dots in other corners.

But the second ..... Dots have to be tiny circles! :D

This puzzle appeared in Reader's Digest long long back. :)
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The professor is being cheeky but his second solution is also correct in what is called "projective geometry". In projective geometry parallel lines meet at a point in infinity. So the matrix of dots arranged in three rows is covered with three parallel lines.
 
கால பைரவன்;343128 said:
Man takes the goat. Returns.
Takes the Tiger but returns back with the goat.
Takes the Grass. Returns.
Finally takes the goat again.
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:)
 
கால பைரவன்;343128 said:
Man takes the goat. Returns.
Takes the Tiger but returns back with the goat.
Takes the Grass. Returns.
Finally takes the goat again.
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Man takes the goat. Returns. --okay
Takes the Tiger. Midway, the Tiger eats the man.

And the puzzle becomes a super puzzle. LOL.
 
கால பைரவன்;343131 said:
The professor is being cheeky but his second solution is also correct in what is called "projective geometry". In projective geometry parallel lines meet at a point in infinity. So the matrix of dots arranged in three rows is covered with three parallel lines.
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:cool:
 
Vaagmi said:
Man takes the goat. Returns. --okay
Takes the Tiger. Midway, the Tiger eats the man.

And the puzzle becomes a super puzzle. LOL.
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It must have been a dumbest of tigers!

Otherwise, it would have eaten up both the goat and the man before crossing the river. :lol:
 
Teacher asked Robert to rearrange the two words NEW and DOOR as one word.

He did so in a few seconds. How?
 
Raji Ram said:
It must have been a dumbest of tigers!

Otherwise, it would have eaten up both the goat and the man before crossing the river. :lol:
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It is a clever tiger that wanted to cross the river on a boat. After crossing, it would perhaps do the honours.
 
auh said:
It is a clever tiger that wanted to cross the river on a boat. After crossing, it would perhaps do the honours.
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BTW, what a combination of items to transfer!

May be that guy wanted to feed the goat with pullu, give it to the tiger and sell it to some zoo on the other side of the river! :D
 
A men went to his village on Tuesday, stayed there only for three days and left the village on Tuesday!

How was it possible? :)
 
Raji Ram said:
A men went to his village on Tuesday, stayed there only for three days and left the village on Tuesday!

How was it possible? :)
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He stayed for 3 days only but 7 nights in the village. :)

OR, "for three" is sounding similar to fortythree days and that comes on a tuesday again !;D
 
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