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Solution to Puzzle #99: World’s Most Famous Puzzle Currently
This was a relatively simple puzzle and I received many correct solutions to this puzzle. Ritesh, one of my colleagues, was the first one to respond in literally 30 seconds. Many others gave correct answers that include – Utkarsh (another … Continue reading
Solution to Puzzle #98: How Many Days to be Disease Free
Thanks again to Pallav for the puzzle – as I mentioned earlier, one of my favorites and a wonderful concept of mathematical induction to be taught to children. Only two people sent correct answers – Mohit Khare and Pratik Poddar … Continue reading
Solution to Puzzle #97: Pirates and Gold Coins – Part II
I did not get as many correct answers to this puzzle as I had expected. Many people gave an answer which can work, but only Karan Sharma, my nephew, gave me a full answer. Other people to give any correct … Continue reading
Solution to Puzzle #96: Daughter’s Ages
This was a relatively simple puzzle, and I received many correct answers – Santosh Kumar, Kamaljit Dhooria, Karan Sharma, Anisha Goyal, Mohit Khare, Abhinav Jain, Vijay Raghavan, Pratik Poddar, P R Kumar and Suman Saraf + his 10 year old daughter! … Continue reading
Solution to Puzzle #95: How Many Ways to Play the Tabla
Thanks for a record breaking viewership this week…this is the maximum traffic I have had on the site ever since I started the puzzle! Many people sent the correct answer (which is 34 ways to do it). Some people gave … Continue reading
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Solution to Puzzle #94: Two Eggs and a Building
Again an overwhelming response to the puzzle, that I thought was a difficult one. But some of the die hards sent an answer immediately. Only two people gave a fully correct answer – Suman Saraf, whose 10 year old also could … Continue reading
Solution to Puzzle #93: Slice a Pizza Within a Cricket Team
I got a lot of correct responses for this puzzle. My real intent was to see how children/ other people can apply a concept learnt earlier to new problems. Many people sent me correct answers that include Anupam Jain, Abhinav … Continue reading
Solution to Puzzle #92: Connecting the Four Corners of the Square
Very good response to the puzzle, and lot of people sent me answers. The most common answer was that we should connect the two diagonals, which 2*sqrt(2) = 2.82 km. However, as it so happens, there is an answer which … Continue reading
Solution to Puzzle #91: Pebble Piles
I again got a very high response this week – thanks again! There was only one correct answer from Gyora – well done! I am taking the liberty of reproducing the answer from Gurmeet, whose site is the source of … Continue reading
Solution to Puzzle #90: The Three Gamblers
Fabulous response for the puzzle…one of the best weeks since I started the puzzle blog two years back…thanks and keep puzzling. I got three correct answers (of course other than Vaibhav Kalia who had contributed the puzzle). The answer is … Continue reading
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