3 part puzzle

celticcountry

Posers and Puzzles

25 Jan 06

celticcountry

Copyright ©2001-2006

Eastbourne

Joined: 20 Sep 04
Moves: 16434

25 Jan 06

Part 1.

I HAVE 3 upside down identical cups a, b and c.

underneath one of the cups , i have small ball.

which cup holds the ball?

a b or c ?

ketch90

Joined: 24 Nov 05
Moves: 1113

25 Jan 06

Originally posted by celticcountry
Part 1.

I HAVE 3 upside down identical cups a, b and c.

underneath one of the cups , i have small ball.

which cup holds the ball?

a b or c ?

doesn't matter. you can't differentiate.

BigDogg

Secret RHP coder

on the payroll

Joined: 26 Nov 04
Moves: 155080

25 Jan 06

Originally posted by celticcountry
Part 1.

I HAVE 3 upside down identical cups a, b and c.

underneath one of the cups , i have small ball.

which cup holds the ball?

a b or c ?

None of the cups hold the ball. The table does that. The cups only conceal the ball. 🙄😴🙄😴🙄😴

celticcountry

Copyright ©2001-2006

Eastbourne

Joined: 20 Sep 04
Moves: 16434

26 Jan 06

ok.

no-one want to play.

shame .

Its a great puzzle.

PBE6

Bananarama

False berry

Joined: 14 Feb 04
Moves: 28719

26 Jan 06

Originally posted by celticcountry
ok.

no-one want to play.

shame .

Its a great puzzle.

You'd never have guessed...

celticcountry

Copyright ©2001-2006

Eastbourne

Joined: 20 Sep 04
Moves: 16434

26 Jan 06

honest. you only had to say a . b . or c ..the puzzle gets better.

lol.

never mind. ill reconstruct it another day.

try to make it more enticing.

PBE6

Bananarama

False berry

Joined: 14 Feb 04
Moves: 28719

26 Jan 06

Originally posted by celticcountry
honest. you only had to say a . b . or c ..the puzzle gets better.

lol.

never mind. ill reconstruct it another day.

try to make it more enticing.

I'll bite. Let's say "a".

sonhouse

Fast and Curious

slatington, pa, usa

Joined: 28 Dec 04
Moves: 53321

26 Jan 06

1 edit

Originally posted by celticcountry
Part 1.

I HAVE 3 upside down identical cups a, b and c.

underneath one of the cups , i have small ball.

which cup holds the ball?

a b or c ?

It doesn't matter, you moved it with a sneaky magician trick anyway.
But the answer to your question, considering the wording of the
sentence, is Yes.

TheMaster37

Kupikupopo!

Out of my mind

Joined: 25 Oct 02
Moves: 20443

27 Jan 06

I'll vote "a" too.

That's 2 of 2 votes for "a". By democratic regulations the ball should be under cup "a" until a majority votes otherwise :p

KurtHoegh

Critical Failure

Joined: 12 Dec 03
Moves: 28086

27 Jan 06

Monty Hall alert

i am scientists

Joined: 18 Nov 05
Moves: 4690

27 Jan 06

Originally posted by TheMaster37
I'll vote "a" too.

That's 2 of 2 votes for "a". By democratic regulations the ball should be under cup "a" until a majority votes otherwise :p

'a'

celticcountry

Eastbourne

Joined: 20 Sep 04
Moves: 16434

29 Jan 06

ok I accept you have chosen A .

the next stage of the puzzle will follow shortly.

ddebened

Joined: 04 Mar 03
Moves: 4274

31 Jan 06

Originally posted by celticcountry
ok I accept you have chosen A .

the next stage of the puzzle will follow shortly.

Yes, I see what you mean, the puzzle does get better!

XanthosNZ

Cancerous Bus Crash

p^2.sin(phi)

Joined: 06 Sep 04
Moves: 25076

31 Jan 06

Originally posted by KurtHoegh
Monty Hall alert

I beg celticcountry not to post the rest of this, it'll just turn into a gigantic argument among those that know what they are on about and everyone else. It'll never end as as everyone knows there is an almost limitless source of people who don't know math.

ddebened

Joined: 04 Mar 03
Moves: 4274

02 Feb 06

Originally posted by XanthosNZ
I beg celticcountry not to post the rest of this, it'll just turn into a gigantic argument among those that know what they are on about and everyone else. It'll never end as as everyone knows there is an almost limitless source of people who don't know math.

Then I assume this puzzle has been posted elsewhere...can I at least get a link to it to satisfy my now enormous curiosity? Thanks.