2 More Puzzles
December 19, 2007 by Pablo | Email This Post1) How can you throw a ball as hard as you can and have it come back to you, even if it doesn't hit anything, there is nothing attached to it, and no one else catches or throws it?
2) A square medieval castle on a square island was under siege. All around the island, there was a 10 metre wide water moat. But the conquerors could
make foot-bridges only 9.5 metres long. Nevertheless a wise man was able to figure out how to get over the water. What do you think was his advice? There's a place on the other side to put the bridge against, not just a sheer wall. the water moat has square corners - that section of the moat is about 14.1 metres wide.)
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for the second puzzle the wise man thinked: what if we put the 9.5 bridge in the corner
for the first one, you throw it towards a mirror
For 1) You throw it straight up in the air
For 2) You can see that some parts of the castle are closer to the moat so the wise man thought, "why don't we put it in a corner?"
At the corner, it's 14.1 metres wide.
Also the castle is square
How about they swim across or take a boat?
what about drain the water and take a ladder
they can't build a bridge at the corner thickos!!!!! it's 14.1 meters wide and they can only build foot bridges 9.5 meters long. I'm thinking he said jump, i mean come on... it's only 50cm no exactly a massive distance
oh and the first one you throw it in the air
1) throw it vertical in the air
2) hmmm.. y not join 2 bridges together and then u have it: a 19m long bridge and you could cut 9m's off to get a 10m bridge!!!
1. throw straight up in air as someone said
2. stack boards on top of each other, each just a bit less than half-way sticking out so that the balance remains good and boards don't tip over. You can try it with playing cards.
#1 throw in the air
#2 place one bridge diagonal across the corner. then from the side of it towards the castle place a second bridge (in a T shape)