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Logic Puzzles
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Logic Puzzles
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Some are blue, some are green, some are red, and some are yellow.
On a balance scale one blue marble balances three green marbles;
How many yellow marbles will it take to balance one blue one?
From the following statements, all of which are true, can you tell the order of arrival and the color of each student's car?
The colors of the cars are blue, gold, purple, and white.
1. The four students were Charlie, the student who arrived second, the student with a white car , and Alan.
2. Charlie did not arrive first, and Denise was not the student who arrived just before him.
3. Denise's car was not white.
4. Betty arrived just before the student whose car was blue, who was not Charlie.
5. Alan's car was not purple.
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First, Betty, white;
Congratulations to the following logicians who have been inducted into this Shrine.
Mark A.Hays, Lafayette, California, USA
Dinesh Kumar, Bangalore, India
Sara Cepeda, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Mike Katinsky, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Barbara Brown, Hilo, Hawaii, USA
Dan Kurtz, San Francisco, California, USA
Avril Sobolik, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Alan Gould, Huntington Beach, California, USA
L.N. Story, Duncanville, Texas, USA
Shawn Adams, Millbury, Massachusetts, USA
Scott Bledsoe, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Charles ?, Philippines
Elizabeth Gubbins, London, England
M. Prakash, Cts, Chennai
David Hurowitz, Somewhere, USA
Jessica Hwang, Toronto, Canada
Rowdy Westbrook, Harper, Texas, USA
Patty Heilmann, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA
Dan Bowden, Sydney, Australia
Marc Dziuba, Mickleton, New Jersey, USA
Nathan Willard, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Ed Attel, Keller, Texas, USA
Brandon Lenenski, Mount Berry, Georgia, USA
Andy Blank, El Cajon, California, USA
Chad Gillis, Winnipeg, Canada
Karl Junderburk, Flastonbury, Connecticut, USA
Jennifer Trudeau, Dayville, Connecticut, USA
Matt Moomey, Manhattan, Kansas, USA
Katja Frisch, Mainz, Germany
Tenille Graf, Toowoomba, Australia
Harry Toromanides, Somewhere, New York, USA
Ryan Broe, Prospect, Connecticut
Dinesh Kumar, Bangalore, India
Alejandro Ramirez, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Rowdy Westbrook, Harper, Texas
Ben ?
Solutions to the Last Logic Puzzle
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Solutions to Last Puzzles
Problems
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1. A box contains many marbles.
one green marble balances four yellow ones plus one red one,
and one red one balances two yellow ones.
2. Four students arrived at the party driving colorful cars. The students were Alan, Betty, Charlie, and Denise.
Solutions to Last Puzzles
Solution #1
Solution #2
Second, Denise, blue;
Third, Alan, gold;
Fourth, Charlie, purple.
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A coin is drawn at random from the first urn and dropped into the second urn. Then a coin is drawn from the second urn.
Question: What is the probability that the coin drawn from the second urn will be a gold coin?
Three inhabitants are met. It is known that Amy lies on fair Tuesdays, fair Thursdays, and fair Saturdays, and on rainy Mondays, rainy Wednesdays, and rainy Fridays. At all other times she tells the truth.
On the other hand, both Bonnie and Cybil lie on fair Mondays, fair Wednesdays, and fair Fridays, and on rainy Tuesdays, rainy Thursdays, and rainy Saturdays. At all other times they tell the truth.
Amy, Bonnie, and Cybil make the following statements.
Amy: It is raining and today is Tuesday
Bonnie: It is fair or today is Tuesday
Cybil: It was not Wednesday yesterday and it will not be Wednesday tomorrow.
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