06-28-2010, 04:22 AM | #1 |
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The Last Bean Puzzle
An easy one! At least, that's how it's classified where I found it over at http://www.folj.com/puzzles/easy.htm.
A pot contains 75 white beans and 150 black ones. Next to the pot is a pile of 300 black beans. A somewhat demented chef takes the beans from the pot in the following manner:
What colour bean is the last one in the pot? [Oh - and please enclose answers in spoiler tags as usual. Thanks!] Last edited by pdurrant; 06-28-2010 at 10:30 AM. |
06-28-2010, 04:38 AM | #2 | |
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06-28-2010, 04:50 AM | #3 |
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06-28-2010, 10:33 AM | #5 |
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I admire the coding effort, but it is possible to solve this without the the use of a computer. Even if you do have the right answer.
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06-28-2010, 10:35 AM | #6 |
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An explanation is needed before I'll say whether your answer is right or not — after all, you have a fifty-fifty chance of being right if you just chose a colour at random!
Sorry about not mentioning SPOILER tags in the question - I've updated to include the instruction now. We've been using SPOILER tags in puzzle thread so that people who come to the thread late can also join in. Last edited by pdurrant; 06-28-2010 at 10:38 AM. |
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i've changed my mind about 5 times about my answer so i am now going to go see what other people have replied. |
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draghetto, i've taken the liberty of adding spoiler tags to your post, so other people playing along won't be influenced by your answer. i hope you don't mind.
i've got the answer and for the same reason as omk, who is right, so i am too, and now i'm feeling very proud of myself after all that thinking. |
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