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Solution to Puzzle #149: The Funny Plane Seating

Posted on August 28, 2016 by Alok Goyal

Apologies for not posting the answer earlier – I was traveling last weekend. This was a difficult problem on a relative scale, and I therefore received the correct from all the die hard puzzle solvers in addition to one my … Continue reading →

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Solution to Puzzle #148: The First Black Ace

Posted on August 14, 2016 by Alok Goyal

This was a bit of a  counterintuitive puzzle – four people sent the correct answers – Suman Saraf, Pratik Poddar, Abhinav Jain and Karan Sharma – well done! The answer is the first card. It is a bit difficult to imagine … Continue reading →

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Solution to Puzzle #147: The “Aha” IBM Puzzle

Posted on August 8, 2016 by Alok Goyal

This was a beautiful puzzle, but I did not receive as many answers as I would have liked. Correct answers came from Pratik Poddar and Suman Saraf. My younger daughter, Arushi (9), solved it with some help. Answer to all … Continue reading →

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Solution to Puzzle #146: The Proud Party Goers

Posted on July 30, 2016 by Alok Goyal

Apologies for not being able to post last weekend, ended up in parenting duties more than I bargained for! This was not a very difficult puzzle, but I did not get as many solutions. Congratulations to Suman Saraf, Gautam Kumar … Continue reading →

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Solution to Puzzle #145: The WHO Puzzle

Posted on July 17, 2016 by Alok Goyal

This was perhaps not an easy problem for children, but I got correct responses from Suman Saraf, Abhinav Jain and Pratik Poddar. The correct answer is ~0.01%, that is the probability of you having the disease is very low, even … Continue reading →

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Solution to Puzzle #144: Pirates and Gold Once Again

Posted on July 10, 2016 by Alok Goyal

Many correct responses to this puzzle, but the I was happiest to see was Danny from Washington DC, an 8th grader – well done Danny. Other people who sent the right answer included Suman Saraf, Vivek Rai and Pratik Poddar. … Continue reading →

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Solution to Puzzle #143: Magic 8

Posted on July 3, 2016 by Alok Goyal

Apologies for a long period of silence, I was traveling on work and then on vacation outside India and in the process just did not have the time to respond to messages and also add any posts. Normal service resumes … Continue reading →

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Solution to Puzzle #142: Bills and Two Hats

Posted on June 5, 2016 by Alok Goyal

Got many correct answers for this puzzle, particularly pleased that Mahi, Suman’s daughter also answered this correctly. Other people to send correct answers included Suman Saraf, Bhanu, Pratik Poddar and Karan Sharma, my nephew. Well done all. The boy maximizes … Continue reading →

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Solution to Puzzle #141: Wolfs and Sheep

Posted on May 28, 2016 by Alok Goyal

This was not an easy puzzle, I received only 3 correct answers – Pooja (my wife), Vishal Patel and Suman Saraf. I tried and failed 😦 Well done all. There seems to be only one solution to the puzzle. I … Continue reading →

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Solution to Puzzle #140: Traffic Flow in Floyd’s Knob – Version 2

Posted on May 22, 2016 by Alok Goyal

Tough problem for most – I got only one correct answer – Suman Saraf – well done! I only knew one solution, but Suman sent a small variation of the same answer, so here are both the solutions: E,E,S,S,E,N,N,N,E,S,W,S,E,S,S,W,W,W,W,N,N,E,S,W,S,E,E,E,E,N,E E,E,S,S,E,N,N,N,E,S,W,S,E,S,S,W,W,W,W,N,E,N,W,S,S,E,E,E,E,N,E … Continue reading →

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