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09-02-2011, 07:31 PM
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Jah
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Orlando
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Small Talk Brain Teaser
You have a set of 3 light switches outside a closed door. One of them controls the light inside the room. With the door closed from outside the room, you can turn the light switches on or off as many times as you would like.
You can go into the room - one time only - to see the light. You cannot see the whether the light is on or off from outside the room, nor can you change the light switches while inside the room.
No one else is in the room to help you. The room has no windows.
Based on the information above, how would you determine which of the three light switches controls the light inside the room?
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09-02-2011, 07:34 PM
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2k5
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Saint Paul, MN
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****ing games rigged
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I would drag my dick through a mile of broken glass just to hear her fart through a walkie talkie.
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09-02-2011, 07:36 PM
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Why would that ever matter?
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09-02-2011, 07:37 PM
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The Original Legend
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Ft. Riley, KS
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Turn two switches ON, and left one switch OFF. Wait 10 minutes. Then shut one of the ON switches OFF. One switch is ON and two are now OFF. Immediately go into the room. If the light is on, you know it's the switch that is still ON. If the light is off, feel the light bulb. If the bulb is cold, it's the light switch that you never turned ON. If the bulb is still warm but the light is off, it's the switch you turned ON but then turned OFF prior to entering the room.
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09-02-2011, 07:40 PM
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Privates Investigator
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: FL
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Flip the first switch on for a couple minutes then turn it off. Immediately turn on the second switch and go into the room. If the light is on its the second switch. If if its off and the bulb is warm then its the first switch. If its off and cold then its the third switch.
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09-02-2011, 08:16 PM
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donatello.
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Long Beach, CA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by USAFWD
Flip the first switch on for a couple minutes then turn it off. Immediately turn on the second switch and go into the room. If the light is on its the second switch. If if its off and the bulb is warm then its the first switch. If its off and cold then its the third switch.
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what if the light bulb is burned out |
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09-02-2011, 08:18 PM
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Assault weapons kill kids
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: SOCMOB
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What if it's a fluorescent bulb?
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09-02-2011, 08:22 PM
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The Original Legend
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Ft. Riley, KS
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Well what if the door was locked?
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MR.JABM:Hi everyone, i'm snoller. I have an avatar changing addiction
Auctionjunkie!: If nothing else Scott you are passionate on your thoughts and topics. Kudos to you.
jdev: snoller, do you have the ability to make food that is not epic? or is everything you make just pretty epic?
TheMike: How do you take off a bra one handed? Theres too many styles of clasps, and I dont want to look like a fool in front of the woman..
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09-02-2011, 08:24 PM
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Blast Bongs an Songs
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: hint- "Maple syrup"
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Quote:
Originally Posted by snoller
Turn two switches ON, and left one switch OFF. Wait 10 minutes. Then shut one of the ON switches OFF. One switch is ON and two are now OFF. Immediately go into the room. If the light is on, you know it's the switch that is still ON. If the light is off, feel the light bulb. If the bulb is cold, it's the light switch that you never turned ON. If the bulb is still warm but the light is off, it's the switch you turned ON but then turned OFF prior to entering the room.
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this, but more importantly what the **** are you doing back?
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09-02-2011, 08:29 PM
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*Chad*
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Otterbox
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Is the light currently off? Do all switches start in the same position?
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09-02-2011, 08:48 PM
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The Original Legend
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Ft. Riley, KS
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Puke Rat
this, but more importantly what the **** are you doing back?
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MR.JABM:Hi everyone, i'm snoller. I have an avatar changing addiction
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jdev: snoller, do you have the ability to make food that is not epic? or is everything you make just pretty epic?
TheMike: How do you take off a bra one handed? Theres too many styles of clasps, and I dont want to look like a fool in front of the woman..
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09-02-2011, 10:04 PM
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Suck My Balls
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Drive a bus through the wall
Kill the security guard and the man selling watches
Take a knife and cut your hand rub the blood on the lightswitch to the right.
Marry the waitress.
Last edited by Plate : 09-02-2011 at 10:07 PM.
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09-02-2011, 10:29 PM
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Jah
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Orlando
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Originally Posted by snoller
Turn two switches ON, and left one switch OFF. Wait 10 minutes. Then shut one of the ON switches OFF. One switch is ON and two are now OFF. Immediately go into the room. If the light is on, you know it's the switch that is still ON. If the light is off, feel the light bulb. If the bulb is cold, it's the light switch that you never turned ON. If the bulb is still warm but the light is off, it's the switch you turned ON but then turned OFF prior to entering the room.
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09-02-2011, 11:28 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Portland, OR
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Quote:
Originally Posted by snoller
Turn two switches ON, and left one switch OFF. Wait 10 minutes. Then shut one of the ON switches OFF. One switch is ON and two are now OFF. Immediately go into the room. If the light is on, you know it's the switch that is still ON. If the light is off, feel the light bulb. If the bulb is cold, it's the light switch that you never turned ON. If the bulb is still warm but the light is off, it's the switch you turned ON but then turned OFF prior to entering the room.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by USAFWD
Flip the first switch on for a couple minutes then turn it off. Immediately turn on the second switch and go into the room. If the light is on its the second switch. If if its off and the bulb is warm then its the first switch. If its off and cold then its the third switch.
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both of these methods work equally well. The second one is the way I would do it. |
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09-02-2011, 11:29 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Charleston, SC
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This was on the do you have a legal mind game for the tv show SUITS on their USA site
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09-02-2011, 11:33 PM
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legit legit legit
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: NJ
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Old riddle is old. But you put a dodgy so I forgive you.
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"Originally posted by AlphaNeo36:
Election fraud is perfectly acceptable when it intends to keep Ron Paul out of the White House."
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09-03-2011, 07:15 AM
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Female Body Inspector
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Edmond, OK
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Flick on all the lights and devide by zero.
Waffles are made.
No ****s were given
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09-03-2011, 07:35 AM
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I am 'Mines'
Join Date: May 2011
Location: NJ *732*
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turn all of them on.
Walk in
Profit
When asked which one control's the light. Flip the person off and walk away.
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09-03-2011, 07:40 AM
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ಠ_ಠ
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push button
receive bacon
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09-03-2011, 10:38 AM
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what if the light switches are opposite, on = off, and off = on
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lets play 1 v 1 ping pong, then see what's up
"Originally posted by SUR3: kid's legit, listen to him"
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09-03-2011, 11:07 AM
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Nine_ball
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: 707
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Quote:
Originally Posted by snoller
Turn two switches ON, and left one switch OFF. Wait 10 minutes. Then shut one of the ON switches OFF. One switch is ON and two are now OFF. Immediately go into the room. If the light is on, you know it's the switch that is still ON. If the light is off, feel the light bulb. If the bulb is cold, it's the light switch that you never turned ON. If the bulb is still warm but the light is off, it's the switch you turned ON but then turned OFF prior to entering the room.
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