Fifty-Ninth Journal Entry

[puzzledprof]

[Backdated to Saturday. Voice, repeated in text]

Ah... I've been neglecting my puzzles, haven't I? I hope this one will be entertaining.

You have a glass with fluid inside, about half full. Without using any instruments, how can you tell if it is exactly half, more than half, or less than half full?

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[guardianjoker4]

Ah, more puzzles. Jeez, I think I'm terrible at these.

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[puzzledprof]

There now, you've done well in the ones I've given you so far. Would you like a hint?

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[guardianjoker4]

Yes, please.

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[puzzledprof]

Fluids can change shape, but not volume. The bottle is a solid, which can neither shape nor volume. So if you can't change the volume, what can you change to see things more clearly?

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[guardianjoker4]

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The shape?

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[puzzledprof]

How do you think you might be able to change the shape of the liquid inside without using any tools?

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[guardianjoker4]

By moving the glass around?

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[puzzledprof]

That's absolutely correct, you're almost there. By moving the glass, you can make it easier to tell where the halves are, can't you?

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[guardianjoker4]

[Sorry Layton, but this reply will be delayed.

5 minutes....10.....brb getting a glass of water....15....20....28 minutes later Amu responds!]

By tilting it! It has to make a diagonal from corner to corner!

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[puzzledprof]

[She can't hear it of course, but there's some gentle laughter at his end when the reply does come.]

That's exactly correct. Excellent work, my girl.

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[guardianjoker4]

[kdjfasdjfo YOU DON'T KNOW HOW HAPPY SHE IS TO KNOW SHE WAS RIGHT.]

Ah! Really!? Yay!