The worlds first riddle!

Infinites tend to spawn other infinites. (Just touching base. :wink: )

BRICKS
Couldn't figure out. Looked online. My problem was attacking it from the bottom up.

HATS
176214841/479001600 = 0.367879441
which is awfully close to 1/e, which is where the probability converges as the number of hats/men approaches infinity. This was a fun exercise in recursion.

MORE HATS
What's the probability that only one person doesn't get the correct hat?

Approximately the same as exactly 3, 5, 7, 9, or 11 getting the wrong hat.

Sorry, that's not correct.

The next in the series will be 'My dingo is sleeping it off under that coolabah tree'.

What's this question about 90 degree turns? What speed are we talking about? The question is far too vague. I refuse to answer until such time as you provide me with friction coefficients , initial velocities, vehicle mass, center of gravity, and the corner radius at least.

RANDOM WALK
I don't know. If it is to happen, it will happen on a 4Nth or 4N+3rd move (can't have an odd number of +/- 1's). It is also greater than .72 since by the 16th move, his chances of having found them are a tad greater than .72.

90 DEGREE TURN
I agree with Adrian. Is this a trick question?

90 DEGREE TURN:

I almost said do a 270 as a joke!

HENS/EGGS:

3/2 the number of hens can do the same work in 2/3 the time. 12 days. Hatchings must be staggered over the 18 day intervals such that half lay two eggs in the current interval then one egg in the next, and half lay one egg in the current interval then two in the next. They all lay one egg each 12 day interval.

If one woman can have a baby in 9 months, how many months does it take 9 women to have a baby?

Try:

There is a direct method for solving your "card shuffler" problem of 2/23/04 that doesn't require trial and error.

It can be seen from the state of the second shuffle that all cards are involved in a single cycle which must have length 13. Therefore, the deck will be restored to its original state after the 13th shuffle. After the 14th shuffle, the deck will be in the same state as after the 1st shuffle.

Reapplying the 'original deck'-to-'after the second shuffle' permutation six more times provides the state of the deck after 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 14 shuffles. The final state is the answer to the problem.

I should not dash off answers without thinking about the consequences.

Actual travel time, the average speed is 30 miles/hour.

I believe that you cannot have been convicted of a felony.

Also, the requirement is to be a "natural born" citizen, not born in the U.S. You are a natural born citizen if one of your parents is a citizen, even if you are born outside the United States.

Doesn't matter if you're skinny
Doesn't matter if you're fat
You can dress up like a sultan
In your onion head hat

Candidate must be alive.

CHAPMAN ROOT GLASS COMPANY
Coke bottle

MDCLXVI = 1666

BULLET
In a vacuum, same time. Otherwise, longer to come down if terminal velocity is lower than muzzle velocity.

CRICKET BATTING ORDERS
Since I don't know how many on the team are actually included in the batting order, I'll call that number N. The number of batting orders is 11!/(11-N)!

Mark wrote.
"Candidate must be alive. That is great. Also must win election.

CHAPMAN ROOT GLASS COMPANY
Coke bottle

MDCLXVI = 1666

BULLET
In a vacuum, same time. Otherwise, longer to come down if terminal velocity is lower than muzzle velocity.

CRICKET BATTING ORDERS
Since I don't know how many on the team are actually included in the batting order, I'll call that number N. The number of batting orders is 11!/(11-N)!

Nearly 40 million: the calculation is 11 x 10 x 9 x 8 x 7 x 6 x 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 = 39,916,800. Which for only 11 people is quite amazing.


Top 10 puzzle champion. BIG ***prize for best result.

For the first 4 puzzles, pretend you are an alien who had managed to learn the English language, but you do not know what significance the days of the week have. On which day of the week would you assume

1. You would cook a meal.

2. You would get paid.

3. You would get married.

4. It would be unusually bright.

5. If there are 4 empty seats in a movie theatre, how many combinations are there for the number of ways 4 people could sit in these seats?

6. There are 10 socks of each of the following colors in a drawer: blue, green, red, yellow & white, for a total of 50 socks. If the socks are randomly distributed in the drawer (i.e. not in pairs or any other grouping), & you are blindfolded, what is the minimum number socks you must draw from the drawer in order to be certain you have at least 2 socks of the same color?

7. If you are in the same situation as in the preceding problem, how many socks must you draw from the drawer in order to be certain you have at least 2 socks of different colors?

8. If none of the following statements are true, who can we conclude broke the vase?

Mike: Sally broke the vase.

Tom: Mike will tell you who broke the vase.

April: Tom, Mike & I could not have broken the vase.

Chris: I did not break the vase.

Erik: Mike broke the vase, so Tom & April couldn't have.

Jim: I broke the vase, so Tom is innocent.


9. Make a word from boas that can be used to keep you clean.

10. Decide what number comes next in this stately series: 4, 0, 3, 1, 0, 1, ?