The lights went off and you suddenly remember you haven’t taken your meds yet! You need to take one pink and one white pill and you clearly recall there where 2 of each left in the bottle.
But it’s dark and you cannot see the colors.
Can you find a solution?
You have a 7-minute and an 11-minute hourglass. How can you boil an egg in exactly 15 minutes?
I’ll try again.
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You start both at once, flip the 7 while the 11 still finishes round 1. Once the 11 finishes the 7 used 4 minutes so you flip it back for another 4 minutes, equals 15
start both hourglasses at the same time and start boiling the egg...
When 7-minute hourglass is finished, turn it over.
When 11-minute hourglass is finished, turn over the 7-minute hourglass... because 4 minutes have elapsed since it was turned over, so when you turn it back, it will measure 4 minutes, which are exactly the missing 4 minutes to complete the 15 minutes...
You start both at once, flip the 7 while the 11 still finishes round 1. Once the 11 finishes the 7 used 4 minutes so you flip it back for another 4 minutes, equals 15
start both hourglasses at the same time and start boiling the egg...
When 7-minute hourglass is finished, turn it over.
When 11-minute hourglass is finished, turn over the 7-minute hourglass... because 4 minutes have elapsed since it was turned over, so when you turn it back, it will measure 4 minutes, which are exactly the missing 4 minutes to complete the 15 minutes...
You have a 7-minute and an 11-minute hourglass. How can you boil an egg in exactly 15 minutes?
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Start both and when the 7 is done start it again right away once the 11 minute one stops turn around the 7 minute one that will give u 4 minutes and then add additional 11 minutes for 15
Now I see u want me to try without extra time.... let’s see
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Trying again turn over both, once the 7 minute is done turn the 11 minutes over for 4 minute along with the 7 minute one. Then turn back the 7 minute one for and additional 4 minutes equaling 15
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Start both and when the 7 is done start it again right away once the 11 minute one stops turn around the 7 minute one that will give u 4 minutes and then add additional 11 minutes for 15
Now I see u want me to try without extra time.... let’s see
The lights went off and you suddenly remember you haven’t taken your meds yet! You need to take one pink and one white pill and you clearly recall there where 2 of each left in the bottle.
But it’s dark and you cannot see the colors.
Can you find a solution?
I saw this riddle in an old post while looking for a specific old riddle, so I reposted for ur enjoyment
Recently a friend told me the following story about the death of his grandfather: "My grandparents used to go to church on Sundays. One day during the sermon, which was long and dry, my grandfather fell asleep. That week he had been reading a novel about the French Revolution and began to dream that he was a rich aristocrat living in a beautiful chateau in France. Suddenly there was a commotion outside. A mob of peasants appeared, stormed the house, grabbed him and tied him up, dragged him to the market square, where there was a platform with a guillotine set up. My grandfather was led up the stairs, a priest muttered a few words to him and then his head was placed in the cradle of the guillotine. A hooded executioner approached and reached up for the lever that releases the blade. At that moment my grandfather was snoring quite loudly, so my grandmother reached out and pinched him on the back of his neck to wake him up. This was such a shock to my grandfather that he suffered a heart attack and died on the spot."
My reaction to the story of my friend: "I don't believe a word of that. You made it up." Why did I react in this way, how did I know the story is not true.
Ok here’s the one I was looking for from a while back, I thought it was a very good one:
So there are 100 people together in a dark room. They all get a hat on; there are 50 white hats and 50 black ones.
One by one, they have to go into a room with light and line up in such a way that all the black hats are on one side and all the white hats on the other. It should be 1 big line all together.
They're not allowed to talk or communicate in any fashion, and clearly they can't see what color hat they've got on. They can only see the hats of the other people.
How can this be done?
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I saw this riddle in an old post while looking for a specific old riddle, so I reposted for ur enjoyment
Recently a friend told me the following story about the death of his grandfather: "My grandparents used to go to church on Sundays. One day during the sermon, which was long and dry, my grandfather fell asleep. That week he had been reading a novel about the French Revolution and began to dream that he was a rich aristocrat living in a beautiful chateau in France. Suddenly there was a commotion outside. A mob of peasants appeared, stormed the house, grabbed him and tied him up, dragged him to the market square, where there was a platform with a guillotine set up. My grandfather was led up the stairs, a priest muttered a few words to him and then his head was placed in the cradle of the guillotine. A hooded executioner approached and reached up for the lever that releases the blade. At that moment my grandfather was snoring quite loudly, so my grandmother reached out and pinched him on the back of his neck to wake him up. This was such a shock to my grandfather that he suffered a heart attack and died on the spot."
My reaction to the story of my friend: "I don't believe a word of that. You made it up." Why did I react in this way, how did I know the story is not true.
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How could you know the dream if he died as soon as he woke up?
