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    Dear friends this thread is for sharing new puzzles and solving the old posted ones any one who gives the correct answer first will be marked as "ANSWERED" and you r invited to post new puzzles after the previous one is solved. 

    i am posting the first puzzle.

    A man has some lemons with him and while going through the way , whenever he meets a person he gives him some lemons which is equal to "one lemon less than half of the total number of lemons he is having" finally he is left with same number of lemons which he had initially (in the starting). so with  how many lemons he started journey?????

    Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:49 AM

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    well he has to start with 2 lemons....
    Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:58 AM
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    ya thats correct i will post next puzzle shortly
    Wednesday, March 7, 2007 7:02 PM
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    puzzle 2) Divide 40kg weight into 4 parts so that u can weigh all the items weighing b/w 1-40kg using  some or all of those parts at a time.
    Thursday, March 8, 2007 7:23 AM
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    ananda ur answer is wrong the person has started with 2 lemons...
    Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:49 PM
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    The four parts in which the 40 kg weight needs to be broken are

    1, 3, 9, 27 

    Thursday, March 8, 2007 7:24 PM
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     Sason wrote:

    The four parts in which the 40 kg weight needs to be broken are

    1, 3, 9, 27 

    dear friend this answer is correct, but i had seen some other solution this problem which i dont remember lets see if someone else posts the other solution,

    well best of luck,

    next puzzle is below this post.

    Friday, March 9, 2007 9:26 AM
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    dear friend thanks for quoting about the wrong answer, i think post was edited later by anandakumar.
    Friday, March 9, 2007 9:28 AM
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    problem of series:

    what number should be filled in place of "?" to complete the series.

    series:

    1, 8, 9, "?", 25, 216, 49

    Friday, March 9, 2007 9:42 AM
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    its 64... the sequence follows the following pattern 1^2,2^3,3^2,4^3,5^2,.... hope i am correct
    Friday, March 9, 2007 9:46 AM
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    Dear friends anyone can post a puzzle here, plz puzzles are most welcome
    Friday, March 9, 2007 7:05 PM
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    complete the series 1,3,5,?,4........
    Saturday, March 10, 2007 7:40 AM
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     Jjk_charles wrote:
    complete the series 1,3,5,?,4........

    dear friend i think this is little hard puzzle if u dont get right answer post by tommorow then do provide us with ur solution

    Saturday, March 10, 2007 3:41 PM
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    a solid cube of 4-inches has been painted red,green,and black on pair of opposite sides, it has been the cut into 1-inch blocks (cube)-'ie' 16- equal size cubes

    now : how many cubes have no face painted???????

    Thursday, March 15, 2007 6:24 PM
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    the answer for puzzle 5 is "FOUR CUBES"...

    Thursday, March 15, 2007 11:27 PM
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     Jjk_charles wrote:
    complete the series 1,3,5,?,4........

    I think  u guys didn't get the answer for this puzzle so let me give out the answer...the answer is "4"...

    Explanation:
    "1" has 3 letters..."3" has 5 letters..."5" has four letters..."4" has four letters...and so on...
    Thursday, March 15, 2007 11:29 PM
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    dear "jkj_charles" friend dont mind, i am not commenting you but one thing i see in puzzle is that rather 4 should have come before 5 (though they have same letters in common but) the value of 4 is numerically smaller than 5 an series should go in some particular order else it is unstructured.
    Friday, March 16, 2007 4:49 AM
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    what is the integration of "abcde" here "S" represents mathematical-integration-symbol hence                     Sabcde=???????
    Friday, March 16, 2007 5:03 AM
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    what is the integration of "abcde" here "S" represents mathematical-integration-symbol hence                     Sabcde=???????
    Friday, March 16, 2007 5:05 AM
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     KANAV_AGGARWAL_502530 wrote:
    what is the integration of "abcde" here "S" represents mathematical-integration-symbol hence                     Sabcde=???????

    Sabcde=abce

    Friday, March 16, 2007 8:08 AM
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    if 8 monkeys can eat 8 bananas in 8 min, then how long will it take 4-monkeys to eat 16 bananas.
    Friday, March 16, 2007 4:47 PM
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    is it 32 mins...
    Friday, March 16, 2007 11:52 PM
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    correct answer is 32. for puzzle number-6
    Sunday, March 18, 2007 5:33 AM
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    the correct answer is "abce"
    Sunday, March 18, 2007 5:35 AM
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    A Standard Cigarette Can Be Made Out Of 6 Smoking Butts, how many cigarettes can smoked from 36 butts.
    Sunday, March 18, 2007 5:42 AM
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    dear jkj its not 6 cigars, let someone else post the correct answer else i will post the correct one tommorrow.
    Sunday, March 18, 2007 2:56 PM
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    dear u have a good sense of humour but the answer is not correct let me tell u that by ciggrete butts we mean to say (unused part of ciggrete) specially left after smoking, u may rejoin these parts to make a new cigrette.
    Sunday, March 18, 2007 5:51 PM
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    Ahhh i didnt knew that.. in that case the answer is 7, because for the 1st one u use 6, now left with 30... now after smoking every cigrette you get one more butt so from now on you need only 5 butts more.. ie 30/5 = 6....

    so in total you can have 7 cigrette... i think this is the answer...

    you can expect more quiz over here from my side ;) just waiting for your answer than ill start...

    Monday, March 19, 2007 1:06 AM
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    correct answer is 7 ciogrettes
    Monday, March 19, 2007 9:04 AM
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    there r 2 ducks behind 1 duck and there r 2 ducks in front of some other duck, how many ducks r there in the pond??????
    Monday, March 19, 2007 9:16 AM
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    I think that the answer is minimu 4 ducks... if its rite than tell me ill explain how i got the answer...
    Monday, March 19, 2007 1:08 PM
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     KANAV_AGGARWAL_502530 wrote:
    there r 2 ducks behind 1 duck and there r 2 ducks in front of some other duck, how many ducks r there in the pond??????

    the answer is four

     

    Monday, March 19, 2007 1:41 PM
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    No guys...there can be any number of ducks...but if the question is minimum number of duck then its "THREE"
    Monday, March 19, 2007 5:18 PM
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    dear varun there was some imcompleteness in this puzzle thats why i have marked your reply as answer, but the answer expected has been given by JKJ_CHARLES plz reffer to that, i should have mentioned the minimum no. of ducks in the pond
    Tuesday, March 20, 2007 2:13 PM
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    using any mathematical operator and only four 4's can u get the output as "625"

    "eg" 4 + 4 - 4 - 4 then output is 0 

    Tuesday, March 20, 2007 2:31 PM
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    ans :- (4+4/4)^4

    = (4+1)^4

    =(5)^4

    =625

    Tuesday, March 20, 2007 3:12 PM
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    A man want to buy 100 tons of food for his pets,three types food for cows,pigs and chickens, chicken's food is costly $1 for 1 tonn ,cows food grass $5 for 1 tonn,pigs $3 for 1 tonn how can he take all three for $100.
    Tuesday, March 20, 2007 4:40 PM
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        dear friend may be

    4 tonns of 1$ food

    2 tonns of 3$ food

    18 tonns of 5$ food

    Tuesday, March 20, 2007 4:45 PM
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    sorry, for that dear varun this question was posted before u told me first to handle the threads, so just dont pay attention to this puzzle and try

    the trains puzle below this post

    Friday, March 23, 2007 8:45 AM
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    QUESTION FOR ALL

     

    A train has lenght of 108m, it is travelling at a
    speed of 50km/hr. a second train with length of 1121m,
    opposite direction to first train, passes the first
    train in 6 seconds. What is the speed of the second
    train?

    Friday, March 23, 2007 8:59 AM
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    ANSWER TO PUZZLE 11

     

    as no one could do the above problem i am posting solution for this:

    with the concept of relative velocity

    relative distance of two trains=108+1121

    total time taken to cross the distance by the trains is : 6sec

    let the speed of second train is x m/sec

    speed of first train = 50 kmph i.e. 50*5/18 mtr/sec=13.88 m/sec

    so the total speed of trains as they r traveeling oppsosite to each other(relative velocity)=13.88+x m/sec

    so speed =distance/time

    13.88+x=(1229/6)

    13.88+x=204.83

    x=204.83-13.88

    x=190.95 m/sec which is the speed of second train

    the next puzzle is posted below.

     

    Saturday, March 24, 2007 9:00 AM
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    QUESTION FOR ALL FORUM MEMBERS

    ANYONE GIVING RIGHT ANSWER in 24 hours WILL BE MERKED AS "ANSWER"

     

    question:

    If the operation,^ is defined by the equation x ^ y = 2x + y,what is the value of a in 2 ^ a = a ^ 3

    Saturday, March 24, 2007 9:06 AM
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    2^a = a^3
    2*2 + a = 2*a + 3
    4 + a = 2a + 3
    4-3 = 2a - a
    a = 1

    ans a = 1
    Saturday, March 24, 2007 11:09 AM
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    QUESTION FOR ALL MEMBERS OF FORUM Q:12

    In a group of 15,7 have studied Latin, 8 have studied Greek, and 3 have not studied either.How many of these studied both Latin and Greek

    Saturday, March 24, 2007 12:44 PM
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     KANAV_AGGARWAL_502530 wrote:

    QUESTION FOR ALL MEMBERS OF FORUM Q:12

    In a group of 15,7 have studied Latin, 8 have studied Greek, and 3 have not studied either.How many of these studied both Latin and Greek



    Ans is 3...
    out of 15, 3 hv studied nothing.. so 12 hv studied something...
    now a total person with both latin & greek are 15,
    ie 3 extra... this 3 hv studied both
    so 3(both) + 4(latin) + 5(greek) + 3 (nothing) = 15 (total)...
    Saturday, March 24, 2007 2:45 PM
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    the answer provided by varun_modi for puzzle 13  is correct

    next question:

        PUZZLE:14

    A monkey starts climbing up a tree 20ft. tall. Each hour, it hops 3ft. and slips back 2ft. How much time would it take the monkey to reach the top?

    Saturday, March 24, 2007 4:32 PM
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    The ans is 18 hrs...
    the monkey covers an average of 1 ft every hr.. at end of 17th hr, it will cover 17 ft.. now when he jumps he reaches to 20th feet in next hr ans so don need to slip back..
    Thus the ans comes out to be 18 hrs...
    Saturday, March 24, 2007 5:50 PM
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    verification: the answer here provided by varun modi for puzzle number 14 is correct hence the next question is being here-under see problem 15
    Sunday, March 25, 2007 6:33 AM
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    PUZZLE 15

    complete the series

    0,   1,   5,   13,   25,   41, ??????    

    Sunday, March 25, 2007 6:38 AM
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    1st number = 0
    2nd            = 0 + 1 = 1
    3rd             = 1 + 4 = 5
    4th              = 5 + 8 = 13
    5th            = 13 + 12 = 25
    6th            =  25 + 16 = 41
    7th            =  41 + 20 = 61

    ans :-  61
    Sunday, March 25, 2007 11:09 AM
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    The series is : 0,1,5,13,25,41,61.....

    The logic is, the series starts with 0 then 1 is added to it...then 4 ...then 8...then 12...likewise multiples of 4 r added to the previous number...
    Sunday, March 25, 2007 11:20 AM
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    PUZZLE 16

    Peter picked one pepper more than Paul. Pat picked one pepper more than Pam. Peter and Paul picked 10 more peppers than Pat and Pam. Peter, Paul, Pat and Pam picked 60 peppers. How many peppers did Peter pick?

    Sunday, March 25, 2007 7:47 PM
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    ANSWER TO PUZZLE 16

    sorry varun your answer is wrong
    here's the answer:

    i am solving this question statement-by statement:

    according to given conditions

    peter=paul+ 1                                     .....eqn 1

    pat=pam+1                                         .....eqn 2
     
    peter+paul=10+(pat+pam)               .....eqn 3

    peter+paul+pat+pam=60   

    =>peter+ paul = 60-(pat+pam)          .....eqn 4

    by equation 3 and equation 4

    peter+paul = 10 + 60 -(peter + paul)

    peter +paul =35                                   .....eqn 5

    by equation 5 and euation 1

    peter +peter-1=35

    peter=18 ANS

     

    Monday, March 26, 2007 4:11 PM
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    PUZZLE 17

    A man died, leaving $10,000,000 for his widow, 5 sons and 4 daughters. Each daughter received an equal amount, each son received twice as much as a daughter, and the widow received three times as much as a son. How much did the widow receive?

    Monday, March 26, 2007 4:19 PM
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     KANAV_AGGARWAL_502530 wrote:

    ANSWER TO PUZZLE 16

    sorry varun your answer is wrong
    here's the answer:

    i am solving this question statement-by statement:

    according to given conditions

    peter=paul+ 1 .....eqn 1

    pat=pam+1 .....eqn 2

    peter+paul=10+(pat+pam) .....eqn 3

    peter+paul+pat+pam=60

    =>peter+ paul = 60-(pat+pam) .....eqn 4

    by equation 3 and equation 4

    peter+paul = 10 + 60 -(peter + paul)

    peter +paul =35 .....eqn 5

    by equation 5 and euation 1

    peter +peter-1=35

    peter=18 ANS



    Kanav if you just check it out.. i have given the same answer.. my method of calculating is different but the ans is same and right one, satisfying all the conditions you gave...
    Monday, March 26, 2007 6:40 PM
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     KANAV_AGGARWAL_502530 wrote:

    PUZZLE 17

    A man died, leaving $10,000,000 for his widow, 5 sons and 4 daughters. Each daughter received an equal amount, each son received twice as much as a daughter, and the widow received three times as much as a son. How much did the widow receive?



    let the daughter rec x, so a total of 4x
    son rec twice of a daughter ie 2x so total 10x
    mother rec 3 times of son ie 6x

    ----------------------------------------------------
    total = 20x = 10,000,000
    x = 500,000
    widow = 6x = 3,000,000
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    Monday, March 26, 2007 6:52 PM
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    PUZZLE 17

     

     

    What number should come next in this series

    479126   62974   4796   697  ?

    ( i personally feel that this series is quite hard to digest,so  i give a hint

    there is reversal of numbers and one more thing is done(which u have 2 find), and finally  the last number is to be found by you ppl.) 

    Tuesday, March 27, 2007 5:22 PM
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    JUST REVERSE THE NUMBERS AND ELIMINATE THE SMALLEST DIGIT FROM THE NUMBER:

    HENCE THE ANSWER IS: 79

     

    Friday, March 30, 2007 7:43 PM
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    PUZZLE :18

     

    Replace the asterisks by the correct mathematical signs to make the expression equal to 99.
    16 * 12 * 2 * 3 = 99

    Sunday, April 15, 2007 7:22 PM
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    Hey Kanav nice to see you back in action.. where have you been...

    Answer to your question is

    (16 * 12 / 2)  + 3 = 99

    -> 16*6  +  3
    -> 96 + 3
    -> 99
    Sunday, April 15, 2007 8:18 PM
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    a answer by varun is correct , the next question is:

     

     

    QUESTION 19

     

    Nine equal circles are enclosed in a square whose area is 36sq units. Find the area of each circle

    Monday, April 16, 2007 8:43 AM
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    6 units per side of square

    2 units per circle diameter

    A=pi r squared, right?

    So Area = Pi x 1


    So area of each circle is Pi sq units...

     

     right?

    Monday, April 16, 2007 10:24 AM

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    he started with one leman
    Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:11 AM
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    well he has to start with 2 lemons....
    Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:58 AM
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    ya thats correct i will post next puzzle shortly
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    puzzle 2) Divide 40kg weight into 4 parts so that u can weigh all the items weighing b/w 1-40kg using  some or all of those parts at a time.
    Thursday, March 8, 2007 7:23 AM
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    ananda ur answer is wrong the person has started with 2 lemons...
    Thursday, March 8, 2007 3:49 PM
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    The four parts in which the 40 kg weight needs to be broken are

    1, 3, 9, 27 

    Thursday, March 8, 2007 7:24 PM
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     Sason wrote:

    The four parts in which the 40 kg weight needs to be broken are

    1, 3, 9, 27 

    dear friend this answer is correct, but i had seen some other solution this problem which i dont remember lets see if someone else posts the other solution,

    well best of luck,

    next puzzle is below this post.

    Friday, March 9, 2007 9:26 AM
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    dear friend thanks for quoting about the wrong answer, i think post was edited later by anandakumar.
    Friday, March 9, 2007 9:28 AM
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    problem of series:

    what number should be filled in place of "?" to complete the series.

    series:

    1, 8, 9, "?", 25, 216, 49

    Friday, March 9, 2007 9:42 AM
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    its 64... the sequence follows the following pattern 1^2,2^3,3^2,4^3,5^2,.... hope i am correct
    Friday, March 9, 2007 9:46 AM
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    Dear friends anyone can post a puzzle here, plz puzzles are most welcome
    Friday, March 9, 2007 7:05 PM
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    complete the series 1,3,5,?,4........
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     Jjk_charles wrote:
    complete the series 1,3,5,?,4........

    dear friend i think this is little hard puzzle if u dont get right answer post by tommorow then do provide us with ur solution

    Saturday, March 10, 2007 3:41 PM
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    a solid cube of 4-inches has been painted red,green,and black on pair of opposite sides, it has been the cut into 1-inch blocks (cube)-'ie' 16- equal size cubes

    now : how many cubes have no face painted???????

    Thursday, March 15, 2007 6:24 PM
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    the answer for puzzle 5 is "FOUR CUBES"...

    Thursday, March 15, 2007 11:27 PM
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     Jjk_charles wrote:
    complete the series 1,3,5,?,4........

    I think  u guys didn't get the answer for this puzzle so let me give out the answer...the answer is "4"...

    Explanation:
    "1" has 3 letters..."3" has 5 letters..."5" has four letters..."4" has four letters...and so on...
    Thursday, March 15, 2007 11:29 PM
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    dear "jkj_charles" friend dont mind, i am not commenting you but one thing i see in puzzle is that rather 4 should have come before 5 (though they have same letters in common but) the value of 4 is numerically smaller than 5 an series should go in some particular order else it is unstructured.
    Friday, March 16, 2007 4:49 AM
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    what is the integration of "abcde" here "S" represents mathematical-integration-symbol hence                     Sabcde=???????
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    what is the integration of "abcde" here "S" represents mathematical-integration-symbol hence                     Sabcde=???????
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     KANAV_AGGARWAL_502530 wrote:
    what is the integration of "abcde" here "S" represents mathematical-integration-symbol hence                     Sabcde=???????

    Sabcde=abce

    Friday, March 16, 2007 8:08 AM
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    read my post again...the explanation section will answer ur question...it has nothing to do with the values...rather its a logical series...
    Friday, March 16, 2007 2:11 PM
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    if 8 monkeys can eat 8 bananas in 8 min, then how long will it take 4-monkeys to eat 16 bananas.
    Friday, March 16, 2007 4:47 PM
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    is it 32 mins...
    Friday, March 16, 2007 11:52 PM
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    correct answer is 32. for puzzle number-6
    Sunday, March 18, 2007 5:33 AM
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    the correct answer is "abce"
    Sunday, March 18, 2007 5:35 AM
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    A Standard Cigarette Can Be Made Out Of 6 Smoking Butts, how many cigarettes can smoked from 36 butts.
    Sunday, March 18, 2007 5:42 AM
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    is the answer 6 cigars...
    Sunday, March 18, 2007 10:30 AM
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    dear jkj its not 6 cigars, let someone else post the correct answer else i will post the correct one tommorrow.
    Sunday, March 18, 2007 2:56 PM
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    A Standard Cigarette Can Be Made Out Of 6 Smoking Butts, how many cigarettes can smoked from 36 butts.

    The ans is in the question itself... you can smoke 36 cigarettes from 36 butts... its says that you need 6 for making a standard one but who wants to use a standard one????

    Sunday, March 18, 2007 5:40 PM
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    dear u have a good sense of humour but the answer is not correct let me tell u that by ciggrete butts we mean to say (unused part of ciggrete) specially left after smoking, u may rejoin these parts to make a new cigrette.
    Sunday, March 18, 2007 5:51 PM
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    Ahhh i didnt knew that.. in that case the answer is 7, because for the 1st one u use 6, now left with 30... now after smoking every cigrette you get one more butt so from now on you need only 5 butts more.. ie 30/5 = 6....

    so in total you can have 7 cigrette... i think this is the answer...

    you can expect more quiz over here from my side ;) just waiting for your answer than ill start...

    Monday, March 19, 2007 1:06 AM
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    correct answer is 7 ciogrettes
    Monday, March 19, 2007 9:04 AM
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    there r 2 ducks behind 1 duck and there r 2 ducks in front of some other duck, how many ducks r there in the pond??????
    Monday, March 19, 2007 9:16 AM
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    I think that the answer is minimu 4 ducks... if its rite than tell me ill explain how i got the answer...
    Monday, March 19, 2007 1:08 PM
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     KANAV_AGGARWAL_502530 wrote:
    there r 2 ducks behind 1 duck and there r 2 ducks in front of some other duck, how many ducks r there in the pond??????

    the answer is four

     

    Monday, March 19, 2007 1:41 PM
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    No guys...there can be any number of ducks...but if the question is minimum number of duck then its "THREE"
    Monday, March 19, 2007 5:18 PM
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    dear varun there was some imcompleteness in this puzzle thats why i have marked your reply as answer, but the answer expected has been given by JKJ_CHARLES plz reffer to that, i should have mentioned the minimum no. of ducks in the pond
    Tuesday, March 20, 2007 2:13 PM
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    using any mathematical operator and only four 4's can u get the output as "625"

    "eg" 4 + 4 - 4 - 4 then output is 0 

    Tuesday, March 20, 2007 2:31 PM
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    ans :- (4+4/4)^4

    = (4+1)^4

    =(5)^4

    =625

    Tuesday, March 20, 2007 3:12 PM
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    A man want to buy 100 tons of food for his pets,three types food for cows,pigs and chickens, chicken's food is costly $1 for 1 tonn ,cows food grass $5 for 1 tonn,pigs $3 for 1 tonn how can he take all three for $100.
    Tuesday, March 20, 2007 4:40 PM
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        dear friend may be

    4 tonns of 1$ food

    2 tonns of 3$ food

    18 tonns of 5$ food

    Tuesday, March 20, 2007 4:45 PM
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    A train has lenght of 108m, it is travelling at a
    speed of 50km/hr. a second train with length of 1121m,
    opposite direction to first train, passes the first
    train in 6 seconds. What is the speed of the second
    train?
    Tuesday, March 20, 2007 4:52 PM
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    come and try for this puzzle, else the answer will be posted tommorow
    Thursday, March 22, 2007 1:36 PM
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     KANAV_AGGARWAL_502530 wrote:

        dear friend may be

    4 tonns of 1$ food

    2 tonns of 3$ food

    18 tonns of 5$ food


    What is this man?? thatz y i asked you to post questions correctly.. you didnt asked to give the best combination of the 3 food.. you said he wants to buy 100 tonns... n now you are giving the answer as 24 tonns.. what is this?? post the correct questions correctly...
    Thursday, March 22, 2007 3:35 PM
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    sorry, for that dear varun this question was posted before u told me first to handle the threads, so just dont pay attention to this puzzle and try

    the trains puzle below this post

    Friday, March 23, 2007 8:45 AM
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    QUESTION FOR ALL

     

    A train has lenght of 108m, it is travelling at a
    speed of 50km/hr. a second train with length of 1121m,
    opposite direction to first train, passes the first
    train in 6 seconds. What is the speed of the second
    train?

    Friday, March 23, 2007 8:59 AM
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    ANSWER TO PUZZLE 11

     

    as no one could do the above problem i am posting solution for this:

    with the concept of relative velocity

    relative distance of two trains=108+1121

    total time taken to cross the distance by the trains is : 6sec

    let the speed of second train is x m/sec

    speed of first train = 50 kmph i.e. 50*5/18 mtr/sec=13.88 m/sec

    so the total speed of trains as they r traveeling oppsosite to each other(relative velocity)=13.88+x m/sec

    so speed =distance/time

    13.88+x=(1229/6)

    13.88+x=204.83

    x=204.83-13.88

    x=190.95 m/sec which is the speed of second train

    the next puzzle is posted below.

     

    Saturday, March 24, 2007 9:00 AM
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    QUESTION FOR ALL FORUM MEMBERS

    ANYONE GIVING RIGHT ANSWER in 24 hours WILL BE MERKED AS "ANSWER"

     

    question:

    If the operation,^ is defined by the equation x ^ y = 2x + y,what is the value of a in 2 ^ a = a ^ 3

    Saturday, March 24, 2007 9:06 AM
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    2^a = a^3
    2*2 + a = 2*a + 3
    4 + a = 2a + 3
    4-3 = 2a - a
    a = 1

    ans a = 1
    Saturday, March 24, 2007 11:09 AM
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    QUESTION FOR ALL MEMBERS OF FORUM Q:12

    In a group of 15,7 have studied Latin, 8 have studied Greek, and 3 have not studied either.How many of these studied both Latin and Greek

    Saturday, March 24, 2007 12:44 PM
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     KANAV_AGGARWAL_502530 wrote:

    QUESTION FOR ALL MEMBERS OF FORUM Q:12

    In a group of 15,7 have studied Latin, 8 have studied Greek, and 3 have not studied either.How many of these studied both Latin and Greek



    Ans is 3...
    out of 15, 3 hv studied nothing.. so 12 hv studied something...
    now a total person with both latin & greek are 15,
    ie 3 extra... this 3 hv studied both
    so 3(both) + 4(latin) + 5(greek) + 3 (nothing) = 15 (total)...
    Saturday, March 24, 2007 2:45 PM
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    the answer provided by varun_modi for puzzle 13  is correct

    next question:

        PUZZLE:14

    A monkey starts climbing up a tree 20ft. tall. Each hour, it hops 3ft. and slips back 2ft. How much time would it take the monkey to reach the top?

    Saturday, March 24, 2007 4:32 PM
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    The ans is 18 hrs...
    the monkey covers an average of 1 ft every hr.. at end of 17th hr, it will cover 17 ft.. now when he jumps he reaches to 20th feet in next hr ans so don need to slip back..
    Thus the ans comes out to be 18 hrs...
    Saturday, March 24, 2007 5:50 PM
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    verification: the answer here provided by varun modi for puzzle number 14 is correct hence the next question is being here-under see problem 15
    Sunday, March 25, 2007 6:33 AM
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    PUZZLE 15

    complete the series

    0,   1,   5,   13,   25,   41, ??????    

    Sunday, March 25, 2007 6:38 AM
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    1st number = 0
    2nd            = 0 + 1 = 1
    3rd             = 1 + 4 = 5
    4th              = 5 + 8 = 13
    5th            = 13 + 12 = 25
    6th            =  25 + 16 = 41
    7th            =  41 + 20 = 61

    ans :-  61
    Sunday, March 25, 2007 11:09 AM
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    The series is : 0,1,5,13,25,41,61.....

    The logic is, the series starts with 0 then 1 is added to it...then 4 ...then 8...then 12...likewise multiples of 4 r added to the previous number...
    Sunday, March 25, 2007 11:20 AM
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    PUZZLE 16

    Peter picked one pepper more than Paul. Pat picked one pepper more than Pam. Peter and Paul picked 10 more peppers than Pat and Pam. Peter, Paul, Pat and Pam picked 60 peppers. How many peppers did Peter pick?

    Sunday, March 25, 2007 7:47 PM
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    peter & paul = 35
    Pat & pam   =  25
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    Total            = 60

    peter = 18
    paul  =  17
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    total =   35

    pat   =  13
    pam =  12
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    Total=  25

    Thus you have the ans above..............
    Monday, March 26, 2007 4:02 AM
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    ANSWER TO PUZZLE 16

    sorry varun your answer is wrong
    here's the answer:

    i am solving this question statement-by statement:

    according to given conditions

    peter=paul+ 1                                     .....eqn 1

    pat=pam+1                                         .....eqn 2
     
    peter+paul=10+(pat+pam)               .....eqn 3

    peter+paul+pat+pam=60   

    =>peter+ paul = 60-(pat+pam)          .....eqn 4

    by equation 3 and equation 4

    peter+paul = 10 + 60 -(peter + paul)

    peter +paul =35                                   .....eqn 5

    by equation 5 and euation 1

    peter +peter-1=35

    peter=18 ANS

     

    Monday, March 26, 2007 4:11 PM
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    PUZZLE 17

    A man died, leaving $10,000,000 for his widow, 5 sons and 4 daughters. Each daughter received an equal amount, each son received twice as much as a daughter, and the widow received three times as much as a son. How much did the widow receive?

    Monday, March 26, 2007 4:19 PM
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     KANAV_AGGARWAL_502530 wrote:

    ANSWER TO PUZZLE 16

    sorry varun your answer is wrong
    here's the answer:

    i am solving this question statement-by statement:

    according to given conditions

    peter=paul+ 1 .....eqn 1

    pat=pam+1 .....eqn 2

    peter+paul=10+(pat+pam) .....eqn 3

    peter+paul+pat+pam=60

    =>peter+ paul = 60-(pat+pam) .....eqn 4

    by equation 3 and equation 4

    peter+paul = 10 + 60 -(peter + paul)

    peter +paul =35 .....eqn 5

    by equation 5 and euation 1

    peter +peter-1=35

    peter=18 ANS



    Kanav if you just check it out.. i have given the same answer.. my method of calculating is different but the ans is same and right one, satisfying all the conditions you gave...
    Monday, March 26, 2007 6:40 PM
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     KANAV_AGGARWAL_502530 wrote:

    PUZZLE 17

    A man died, leaving $10,000,000 for his widow, 5 sons and 4 daughters. Each daughter received an equal amount, each son received twice as much as a daughter, and the widow received three times as much as a son. How much did the widow receive?



    let the daughter rec x, so a total of 4x
    son rec twice of a daughter ie 2x so total 10x
    mother rec 3 times of son ie 6x

    ----------------------------------------------------
    total = 20x = 10,000,000
    x = 500,000
    widow = 6x = 3,000,000
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    Monday, March 26, 2007 6:52 PM
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    PUZZLE 17

     

     

    What number should come next in this series

    479126   62974   4796   697  ?

    ( i personally feel that this series is quite hard to digest,so  i give a hint

    there is reversal of numbers and one more thing is done(which u have 2 find), and finally  the last number is to be found by you ppl.) 

    Tuesday, March 27, 2007 5:22 PM
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    JUST REVERSE THE NUMBERS AND ELIMINATE THE SMALLEST DIGIT FROM THE NUMBER:

    HENCE THE ANSWER IS: 79

     

    Friday, March 30, 2007 7:43 PM
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    only 1 cube has no face painted......
    Friday, March 30, 2007 8:17 PM
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    479126   62974   4796   697  79 9
    Hope this is the right one...
    Friday, March 30, 2007 10:06 PM
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    sorry jkj u r little late just wait for the next puzzle.
    Saturday, March 31, 2007 2:46 PM
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    PUZZLE :18

     

    Replace the asterisks by the correct mathematical signs to make the expression equal to 99.
    16 * 12 * 2 * 3 = 99

    Sunday, April 15, 2007 7:22 PM
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    Hey Kanav nice to see you back in action.. where have you been...

    Answer to your question is

    (16 * 12 / 2)  + 3 = 99

    -> 16*6  +  3
    -> 96 + 3
    -> 99
    Sunday, April 15, 2007 8:18 PM
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    a answer by varun is correct , the next question is:

     

     

    QUESTION 19

     

    Nine equal circles are enclosed in a square whose area is 36sq units. Find the area of each circle

    Monday, April 16, 2007 8:43 AM
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    6 units per side of square

    2 units per circle diameter

    A=pi r squared, right?

    So Area = Pi x 1


    So area of each circle is Pi sq units...

     

     right?

    Monday, April 16, 2007 10:24 AM
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    hii..

    the radius of each circle is 6 units..

    therfore, area of each circle=pi *r*r

    =>pi*6*6

     

      =>113.04 units     
    Monday, April 16, 2007 12:41 PM
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    Hiren's answer is right....
    i don know how to draw it here or else i would have drawn it.. but just imagine it for the time being...
    9 Circles are to be fitted in a box... so there will be 3 rows with 3 circles on each row.. It will be like a 3x3 matrix... So now we can see that the circles are touching with each other and you can draw a straight line from one side of the square to the other side and all the diametres will fall on them...
    as square is of 6 units per side,
    so we can say that 2 unit diameter.. 1 unit radius.. thus we have the radius as
    pi x r quared = pi = 22/7

    ........................................................
    Now kanav you missed out something in the quesion.. that the circles should not be overlapping others and that the circles are of maximum size possible.. hence theie can be many answers to this question like even .5 units radius cirlces.....
    Monday, April 16, 2007 4:02 PM
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    @varun .... if my answer is right, mark it as answer... if u don't mind...

     

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     Hiren_Kotadiya_0230fd wrote:

    @varun .... if my answer is right, mark it as answer... if u don't mind...


    I m not running this thread bro.. Kanav is running it and don't worry, he will mark it as answer.. he is regular at doing it
    Monday, April 16, 2007 6:08 PM
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    @varun, dear most of the times the things r to be taken as obvious you can only complain if there is twist in the reply which i give, for example Hiren and akash thought the most obvious thing which even i thought when i saw the question, but still thanks for the suggestion

    dont look at the smiley seriously, just having fun.

    @Hiren,your answer is correct but the explanation is given below:

     

    ANSwer:
    if there was only one circle in one square then side
    of the square is equal to diameter of the circle.
    NOW about the answer for the question:
    9 Circles are to be fitted in a square
     so there will be 3 rows with 3 circles.
    now using the above fact imagine a square around each circle
    hence there are 9 squares in a bis square
    so
    9*a*a=36
    a*a=4
    a=2
    i.e the side of the square is 2 units this is equal to
    diameter of the circle
    hence the area is
    pi*r*r
    =3.14*(2/2)*(2/2)
    =3.14

    Monday, April 16, 2007 7:21 PM
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    QUESTION:20

     

    Daal is now being sold at Rs. 20 a kg.
    During last month its rate was Rs. 16 per kg.
     By how much percent should a family
    reduce its consumption so as to keep the expenditure fixed?

    Monday, April 16, 2007 7:27 PM
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    ANSWER: 25%

    because the rate of Dal has been increased by 25%.. 

    Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:57 AM
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    20%
    lets say i was consuming 10 KG @ 16 rs = 160 Rs Total Exp.
    Now @ 20 Rs, my consumption will be only 80 Kg at same Exp.
    so from 100 KG i reduced to 80 Kg, thus reducing my condumption by 20%
    Tuesday, April 17, 2007 3:10 AM
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    obviously 20 %

    because

     (100 * 16) / 20 = 80

    100 - 80= 20%

    Tuesday, April 17, 2007 10:52 AM