American philosopher and logician George Boolos described the above riddle which was devised by Raymond Smullyan and published it in the Harvard Review of Philosophy in 1996. Boolos called it “The Hardest Logic Puzzle Ever”. You can read about making this puzzle even harder on the Physics arXiv Blog. The original article Here :…
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51.This is a simple question. Don’t confuse. You have 12 gold coins of same weight except one, which weighs less than others. You are given a balance machine but no weighing measures. You can use the balance machine three times only. The balance machine tells you just which side weighs more. How can you find…
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“A cat breaks two legs if it jumps from two feet. How many does it break by jumping from two-and-half feet?” I asked a boy, who replied, “Two-and-half legs”. He is an institution that taught him rapid mathematics five hours a day. He is really good in multiplications and is able to multiply a four…
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Developing interest towards maths depends on your industry in the initial stages and later on your intelligence. It is one of the few subjects, wherein you can score hundred percent marks to enhance your overall percentage. Many students fear maths. But it’s an easy and interesting subject, once you understand the basics. Be thorough in…