Riddle

Nov 10, 2005 22:15

Blindfolded, you are told that a large number of coins are on the table in front of you, with ten showing heads and the rest tails. Without being able to feel the difference between heads and tails, how can you put the coins into two groups so that each group has the same number of heads up? You are permitted to count coins and turn them over as ( Read more... )

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lhbc_andy November 11 2005, 09:59:25 UTC
I'd say take off the blindfold, then put 5 in one group, and 5 in another. But then again, I tend to think outside the factory that the box was made in.

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lhbc_andy November 11 2005, 17:23:20 UTC
I'm with you :)

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deltaprincess November 11 2005, 17:23:53 UTC
Whoops, forgot to log in :)

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