~The BrAiN tEaSeR Thread~

[Asteroid-Man]

Newspaper

I didn't say "read" I said "red"

 

[Carcharodon]

cant you just take a coin out of each bag and weigh them?

theres probably some rediculous method but whatever

With only one weighing opportunity, though...probably not.

 

[Carcharodon]

I didn't say "read" I said "red"

A penguin in a blender.

 

[Majik1387]

What's black and white and red all over

Schindler's List.

 

[wiegeabo]

cant you just take a coin out of each bag and weigh them?

theres probably some rediculous method but whatever

You're on the right track.

 

[Halcohol]

I didn't say "read" I said "red"

A penguin with a sunburn.

 

[Yurka]

With only one weighing opportunity, though...probably not.

i dont think it said you could use it once,

whatever im probably wrong anyway

 

[Carcharodon]

i dont think it said you could use it once,

whatever im probably wrong anyway

He said so later on; you only have one penny.

 

[unstoppable]

I know that one from a show

 

[Majik1387]

How do you use a penny scale?
There's not even a wikipedia on it.

 

[Asteroid-Man]

It's a bloody penguin! Get it? As in "bloody" the english term? Ah, forget it!

 

[Spider-Fan]

Uhhh....ok?

 

[Halcohol]

I know that one from a show

It was on LOST.

 

[Yurka]

OHHH, do you take like 1 coin from each bag and put it into a bag and then weigh it.........

nevermind

 

[unstoppable]

It was on LOST.

never watched lost I was talkin bout the legs one


can''t ya put
different bags on the scale and see which one weighs more?

 

[Halcohol]

never watched lost I was talkin bout the legs one


can''t ya put
different bags on the scale and see which one weighs more?

Yeah but there's one bag full of gold and a (potentially) infinite number of bags that are filled with lead...

 

[unstoppable]

Riddle #16

A grandmother sent her grandson into the orchard to get a pan of berries, and she said:

"Give me half the berries and one-half a berry more; then give your father half the remainder and half a berry over, and your mother half the balance and half a berry besides, and have one berry left for yourself".

Question: How many berries must he pick?

This Riddle Has Been Solved

-TNC

Is this one fifteen

 

[unstoppable]

Yeah but there's one bag full of gold and a (potentially) infinite number of bags that are filled with lead...

I'll find a loopol


Riddle #15:

You're in a room filled with sacks. As many sacks as you like. Each sack is filled with the same number of coins. As many coins as you like. In one sack the coins are made of solid gold. All the other sacks are filled with coins made of another metal that looks and acts just like gold.

The gold and metal coins look exactly the same and all the coins are the exact same size. The only difference is that gold and metal coins don't weigh the same.

There is a penny scale in the room, but you only have one penny. How do you find the bag with the gold coins?



so if I only want two bags then I'll have to bags
to choose from

 

[Carcharodon]

K. So how do you choose between the two? And that's not really a loophole, I think the phrasing and intent were very purposeful.

 

[wiegeabo]

OHHH, do you take like 1 coin from each bag and put it into a bag and then weigh it.........

nevermind

How would you tell which coin is the real coin?

 

[Spider-Fan]

cant you just take a coin out of each bag and weigh them?

theres probably some rediculous method but whatever

Your are close. Keep this train of thought in mind. You are not that far off at all.

 

[Joe Kerr]

define penny scale?

if its what i thinks it is, you could take 1 coin from each bag, and weigh them, two at a time on the scale, finding which one weighs the most, and theres your bag!

*just seeing this thread, sorry if someone used this answer

 

[Spider-Fan]

define penny scale?

if its what i thinks it is, you could take 1 coin from each bag, and weigh them, two at a time on the scale, finding which one weighs the most, and theres your bag!

*just seeing this thread, sorry if someone used this answer

You only have one chance to weigh them. Just one.

 

[wiegeabo]

define penny scale?

if its what i thinks it is, you could take 1 coin from each bag, and weigh them, two at a time on the scale, finding which one weighs the most, and theres your bag!

*just seeing this thread, sorry if someone used this answer

It's like a vending machine. Put a penny in, it weighs what's on the scale, and prints out the weight.

But you only have one penny.

 

[Halcohol]

define penny scale?

if its what i thinks it is, you could take 1 coin from each bag, and weigh them, two at a time on the scale, finding which one weighs the most, and theres your bag!

*just seeing this thread, sorry if someone used this answer

That's what I thought it was, too. Apparently a "penny scale" is a machine that, for only a penny, will tell you the weight of whatever is on it.