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Kueh wrote on 2012-02-01 12:51
[S]“Mika! Miiiiiiika!†a young lass named Trista called out for her pet, a clockwork ferret who had the amazing propensity for getting himself (and usually Trista as well) into heaps of trouble. Even though it usually turned out to also be heaps of fun, sometimes chasing down that glorified rat could be a lot of trouble!
“Oh Mika, where did you run off to this time?†she wondered in a soft, youthful voice.
She skipped down the stairs, ready to rush out into the streets to find her faithful, if mischievous companion, only to be stopped by her mother.
“And where do you think you’re going, young lady?â€
“Mom, I have to go look for Mika. Besides, there’s no school today,†she whined.
“Not like that you aren’t, your brothers are going out today too, and I want you all to match.â€
Help Trista and her siblings conform to their mother’s bizarre style of “matchingâ€.
The three siblings are wearing outfits with different patterns on the belts, shirts, and pants. None of the orders of patterns are the same for each sibling, yet each has one of each pattern: clockwork, steam powered, and Tesla coil.
-None of the boys have any matching article.
-Two siblings have shirts that have the steam powered pattern.
-Two siblings have belts that have clockwork pattens.
-One of the boys has pants that have the steam powered pattern.
What is the order for each sibling?
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Hint 1: There are two boys and one girl. Each of them has one article with Steam Powered, one article with Tesla Coil, and one article with Clockwork patterns. There are none that match in all three locations, but it's okay if some of them match in some places.
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Hint 2: Keep in mind the first fact and the fact that none of the three are an exact match when you read the second and third facts.
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Answer:
Trista wears a steam shirt, clockwork belt, and Tesla pants.
Brother #1 is wearing a steam shirt, clockwork belt, and Tesla pants.
Brother #2 is wearing a Clockwork shirt, Tesla belt, and steam pants.
(The scores for this riddle will be posted when I next have a chance.)
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Chockeh wrote on 2012-02-02 06:27
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arklian wrote on 2012-02-02 08:43
Quote from Chockeh;759404:
Bump. :]
Rules are here.
o.o Should I resend with the riddle?
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Chockeh wrote on 2012-02-02 08:44
Quote from arklian;759646:
o.o Should I resend with the riddle?
Nah, it's fine since it's only the first riddle.
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Kueh wrote on 2012-02-02 12:08
[S]After finally getting her outfit straight, Trista heads out into the streets to find her mechanical friend. She asks anyone who passes her way if they’ve seen him, but alas, there’s been no sighting.
That is, not until she meets a kind elderly woman sitting on a bench, feeding some birds. When Trista asked if she’d seen Mika, the old lady responds, “Oh, yes. I’ve seen him.â€
“Great! Could you tell me where he went?â€
“I could, but only if you help me first, you see, I have a little problem...â€
“If, in three days, the day after two days following yesterday is a friday, in how many days will my train leave if it leaves on the second monday after today?â€
Help Trista answer the old lady’s question so that she can find Mika.
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Hint 1: Counting for days does not include today. Skip today when you count days for your answer.
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Hint 2: "Yesterday" is not today's yesterday. It's the yesterday that it will be in three days. How many days from today is that? Three days forward, one day back...
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Hint 3: The "Today" in this puzzle is not today, the date that this post was made, nor today, the day that you are reading this. The answer to this puzzle will be the same, no matter when I ask. Consider the relationship between Friday and "today", and use that "today" to count for your answer.
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Answer:The train leaves in 8 days.
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Hannah's Lover wrote on 2012-02-02 13:36
that one confused the **** out of me
I was using paint x_x
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Kueh wrote on 2012-02-03 01:15
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that one confused the **** out of me
I was using paint x_x
Well, I'd give you a hint, but you'll have to wait till tomorrow!
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Hannah's Lover wrote on 2012-02-03 01:24
xD Can't wait
I'm pretty sure the second one I got wrong
the first one I'm comfortable with
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Sumpfkraut wrote on 2012-02-03 02:15
LOL, some how I thought it was 3 boys. Good that you put that hint up. Farewell, 5 points.
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Episkey wrote on 2012-02-03 05:22
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LOL, some how I thought it was 3 boys. Good that you put that hint up. Farewell, 5 points.
Same here. I did it both ways. One with two and three boys.
I picked the three boys one, because I thought the one with two boys was too easy D:
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Kueh wrote on 2012-02-03 12:17
[S]Trista helps the elderly woman with her problem and is told that Mika was last seen in a warehouse just up the road. Dutifully, Trista heads off in that direction. However, much to her dismay, she finds that her entrance is barred.
“But you don’t understand!†she pleads with the security guard. “I need to find my pet ferret, and he’s in there!â€
“I’m sorry,†he responds, “But they’re moving some boxes and you can’t be let in until they’re done. Come back then.â€
“When will that be?†she reluctantly resigns.
“Why don’t you find out for yourself?†he says to her.
Two men are moving 11 boxes from one floor to the other floor of the warehouse. The larger man can hold two boxes, and it takes him one minute and thirty seconds to get upstairs, and the same amount of time to return for another box. Likewise, the smaller man can only hold one, and it takes him forty-five seconds. How long will it take for all 11 boxes to be moved, so that Trista can enter the warehouse?
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Hint 1: The two men leave at the same time. They are working together to bring all the boxes to the second floor, after all. The larger man takes twice as long to get from one floor to the other, and he can bring twice as many boxes. They do not waste any amount of time picking up and dropping off the boxes, nor do they take any extra or less time to go back downstairs to get more boxes. The time listed for each man is both the time it takes to get upstairs as well as the time it takes for them to get back down. (So a round trip would be twice that time.)
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Hint 2: The answer is not "the time it takes for them to finish their job." The answer is the time it takes for them to move all the boxes. Start counting when they start picking up boxes, and stop counting when the last box is delivered.
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Hint 3: Conveniently, the larger man take twice as long as the smaller man. While calculating the time, leave the number of seconds and minutes out of the equation till the very end. Find out how many trips it takes for 11 boxes to be delivered, and multiply that number by 45 seconds.
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Answer: Seven minutes and thirty seconds.
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Sumpfkraut wrote on 2012-02-03 23:06
If it takes them the same amount of time to get back
Need clarification. Same ammount of time as they individually take to move the crates, or both take the identical ammount of time as the other to get back to the warehouse?
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Kueh wrote on 2012-02-04 01:42
Quote from Sumpfkraut;761595:
Need clarification. Same ammount of time as they individually take to move the crates, or both take the identical ammount of time as the other to get back to the warehouse?
Oh, that is a little ambiguous, sorry. I'll fix it right away.
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Hannah's Lover wrote on 2012-02-04 10:55
Rain, I expect to see the first one's answer to be posted soon.
also, and wait?
so are the going one after another or both at the same time?
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Chockeh wrote on 2012-02-04 11:33
Answers will be posted tomorrow though. For the first riddle that is.