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 switch 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 its correct switch.
Once you leave Room A you cannot go back there - you have to go to Room B to identify the light bulbs.
How do you do it?
Tell us your answer in the comments box below.
P.S. I'll post the answer in the comments box shortly. Good luck!
...choose not to accept it!
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Nope, you could say I'm still in the dark LOL!
ReplyDeleteYou're asking me to solve a math-type problem? That's not happening, Victor, but I do look forward to the answer. Blessings always!
ReplyDeleteNot maths, just logic.
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Very interesting problem. Like Martha Jane, I am no math whiz. I would be interested in the answer. If I were permitted to turn on one of the switches it would indicate the possible answer for the other two unlit bulbs.
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It's not a mathematical problem, Irish Cherokee. Yes, you are allowed to turn on and off as many switches as you want. When you leave Room A, you must go to Room B and identify the three bulbs and their switches.
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Much to complicated.
ReplyDeleteI'm guessing it has something to do with how warm the bulbs are? For instance, I hit Switch one and wait 5 minutes. Hit Switch 2 and wait another 5 minutes. The third Switch turned on will be the coolest.
ReplyDelete... or not, lol!
I don't even know where to begin. I'm awful with things like this.
ReplyDeleteMevely is close. Turn on the switch one and leave it on for about 5 minutes. Turn it off and turn on switch 2, then go in room B. The light that is on is switch 2. The light that is off and hot is switch 1, the light that is off and cold is switch 3.
ReplyDeleteThis only works with incandescent bulbs, the newer bulbs that don't really heat up wouldn't work.
Nope. I’m definitely not that clever.
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Well done Mimi and Mevely. Yes, Mimi got the right answer; including the point about incandescent bulbs. Very clever.
ReplyDeleteGod bless you all dear readers for taking part.
Ok I got it. Just as soon as I read Mev's entry! LOL Good one
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