GAME: MindTrap

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by edball

b)1

---

All right!

Someone finally took a swing at it!

It's just a shame it's wrong though... https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif


Question is now worth 3 points instead of 4.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by a d e p t

Weedy Willie was getting too old to work the land alone so he decided to divide his cornfield between himself and his four sons in proportion to their five work rates.

He knew that Rastus, Wig, Twig and Swig together could plant a field of corn in five hours whereas Wig, Twig and Swig and himself together could manage the same task in six hours.

So Weedy divided his field into a two-digit square number of parts and kept just one part for himself. Now, Wig, Twig and Swig were identical triplets so each received the same whole number of parts.

How many parts did each son get?

---

Weedy Willie = 1
Rastus =3
Wig = 3
Twig = 3
Swig = 3

for a total of 13 parts

Quote:

---

What is the next number in this series?

10, 4, 3, 11, 15, ...


a) 14
b) 1
C) 17
d) 12

---

C. 17

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by SirGraystone

Weedy Willie = 1
Rastus =3
Wig = 3
Twig = 3
Swig = 3

for a total of 13 parts

---

That is only partially correct, so I can only grant you 1 point at this time - and another for joining the game. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Guntz

C. 17

---

Welcome back. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif

Nope.

Down to 2.


NB to all: Don't forget to explain "why".

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by a d e p t

Welcome back. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif

Nope.

Down to 2.


NB to all: Don't forget to explain "why".

---

A: 14

Going with the 4,3, assuming that it should be 15, 14 :p

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Ya_know

A: 14

Going with the 4,3, assuming that it should be 15, 14 :p

---

Right answer but wrong explanation (1 point).


Explanation is still worth another point to whomever posts it first.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by a d e p t

Right answer but wrong explanation (1 point).


Explanation is still worth another point to whomever posts it first.

---

Does that put me ontop of NooNoo... :p

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Ya_know

Does that put me ontop of NooNoo... :p

---

Technically, side-by-side now.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Ya_know

Does that put me ontop of NooNoo... :p

---

But now you're under Damned Angel. :devil:

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by edball

But now you're under Damned Angel. :devil:

---

He's a sick freak too!

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Ya_know

He's a sick freak too!

---

Six more points and you'll be "between" Damned Angel and Jaeger ! :grin:

Gawain (yeah, his parents were social misfits) decided to wager with John (his parents were just unoriginal) that his next coin flip would land "heads"

Since he had been flipping that same ordinary coin previously and had obtained "heads" as a result the previous 15 times in a row, what is the probability that the coin will come up "heads" agin on the 16th toss?


__________
The odds remain 50%, regardless of past results.

Question 129 still has not been explained (1 point), and 125 is still up for grabs too (back to 3 points - today's special).

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by a d e p t

Gawain (yeah, his parents were social misfits) decided to wager with John (his parents were just unoriginal) that his next coin flip would land "heads"

Since he had been flipping that same ordinary coin previously and had obtained "heads" as a result the previous 15 times in a row, what is the probability that the coin will come up "heads" agin on the 16th toss?

---

50 %