Non-music discussion. Discuss things that are on your mind or things that don't have anything to do with music. Lets try to keep it clean people, there are little children present.
Okay, here's the next one. This may be too simple for those of you who think with an EE or a CS brain, but it's gonna be tough for a lot of you, I hope.
You've got someone working for you for seven days and a gold bar to pay them. The gold bar is segmented into seven connected pieces. You must give them a piece of gold at the end of every day. If you are only allowed to make two breaks in the gold bar, how do you pay your worker?
Since the last question had some issues, if you have any questions regarding the scenario, let me know and I'll clarify to the best of my ability.
Okay, a user asked if the bar can be broken. Yes, the bar can be broken, BUT you may only make two breaks in the bar. The bar is segmented into SEVEN (7) equal parts. Think of a chocolate bar if that makes it easier. You have to pay the worker every day and you'll pay them the whole bar by the end of the week.
This one definitely requires some thought if you're not an EE brain (which I am not, but I'm familiar with the method).
get a big titanium cheese grater and grate the metal into their hand, ergo following the explicit language of the riddle you are not BREAKING the bar you are shaving it.
In all, who says that the gold has to be from the bar in the first place? Give them a piece of gold that is unconnected to the bar and at the end of the week have them buy the bar with the gold you have given them
Two wrongs may not make a right, but they do make a point.
Riddle 3 will be out in a day or two. I'm still getting responses from this one. I'll post the solution before posting the new one.
I've had a lot of creative responses that could work, but some are really just excuses to use critical thinking skills. Everyone wants to try to go out of or around the scenario to solve the problem. If there were more needed to solve these riddles or puzzles or brain busters (whatever you want to call them), it would be mentioned in the text.
Breaks: Break the bar twice. The first break should be at the first segment, leaving you a piece with 1 segment and another piece with 6 segments. The second break should be at the second segment of the remaining large bar. This leaves you with three pieces. One, two, and four segments in size.
Day One: Give the worker the single segment. Total: 1 gold segment
Day Two: Give the worker the 2 segment piece, take back the 1 segment piece. Total: 2 gold segments
Day Three: Give the worker the 1 segment piece. Total: 3 gold segments
Day Four: Give the worker the 4 segment piece, take back the 1 and 2 segment pieces. Total: 4 segments
Day Five: Give the worker the 1 segment piece. Total: 5 segments.
Day Six: Give the worker the 2 segment piece, take back the 1 segment piece. Total: 6 segments.
Day Seven: Give the worker the 1 segment piece. Total: 7 segments!
