There are two rooms side by side in a corridor. Room A and Room B.
You are in Room A. You cannot see Room B or what is in it.
Room A has three electric switches on a table - switch 1, switch 2 and 3.
Each switch connects to a light bulb in Room B. But you do not know which switch connects to which light bulb.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to identify which switch connects to which light bulb.
You
are only allowed to visit Room B ONCE only. That is the time when you
identify which light bulb connects to which switch. I repeat: you go to Room B and say, "this lamp is switch 1, this 2 and this 3".
Once you leave Room A you cannot go back there - you have to go to Room B to identify each light bulb is connected to which switch.
How do you do it?
PLEASE DO NOT READ THE ANSWER BELOW ... NOT YET
HERE ARE SOME CARTOONS TO ENTERTAIN YOU TILL YOU FIND THE ANSWER
Y O U R S E L F
OK ... If you give up ... here is the answer:
First you switch ON switch No. 1 for about ten minutes or so.
Then you switch No 1 OFF - and switch No. 2 ON.
Go to Room B.
The lit lamp is connected to switch No 2.
The warm lamp is connected to switch No. 1.
The cold lamp is connected to switch No. 3.
...this too much for my small brain first thing in the morning!
ReplyDeleteTry again later, Tom.
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Brilliant! I was overthinking the whole thing, and of course, came nowhere near the solution.
ReplyDeleteI must admit, I did not get the solution either.
DeleteGod bless, Mevely.
Is the lamp supposed to explode? Mine did.
ReplyDeleteDo NOT put water near electrical appliances. For example, do not make toast whilst lying in a a bath!
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I just can't feel it, Victor!
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You did not leave the light switched on for long enough, Lulu.
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Dearest Victor,
ReplyDeleteThose were ALL very good ones!
That 'Mom got you a present' could have been our Dido-boy kitty, bringing in another life frog in the middle of the night. Me having to catch it in the living room and then rescuing it by releasing it inside our pond or creek... Haha!
Hugs,
Mariette
So glad you enjoyed the cartoons, Mariette.
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DeleteThe puzzle kinda blew my mind, so I didn't try too hard to succeed. Thanks for the funnies though. Blessings
ReplyDeleteSo glad you enjoyed them, Nells.
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I'd burn my damn finger before I'd figure it out.
ReplyDeleteI must admit, I never figured it out either, JoeH. Now I read it, it does seem logical.
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I'm puzzled by the whole thing, Victor, but I really enjoyed the cartoons. :)
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Thank you, Martha. It is a little difficult to figure out this puzzle.
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I'm with Martha Jane. I did think about using mirrors. LOL But Sherry too could report the same miracle, she was proud of me. LOL
ReplyDeleteThanks for the education.....
From the rusty new world, Sherry & jack
I hope you and Sherry enjoyed trying to solve the puzzle, Jack.
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I had no idea though I knew it would be something simple like that.
ReplyDeleteI could not solve it either, Happyone.
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I never would have figured that out. It's pretty clever.
ReplyDeleteI did not figure it out either when I first saw it.
DeleteGod bless, River.
Someone told me about this puzzle a couple of years ago, and the solution. It's quite clever. Thanks for the funnies!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Mimi.
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