10a. The Two Doors You are standing in front of two doors. One leads to freedom and the other leads to death. There are two guards: one always tells the truth, and the other always lies.
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9a. The River Crossing Puzzle (with a wolf, goat, and cabbage)
A farmer needs to cross a river with a wolf, a goat, and a cabbage. He can only take one item at a time, and cannot leave the wolf with the goat (the wolf will eat the goat) or the goat with the cabbage ...
/9a/n/
8. The Coin Flip Puzzle
You have 100 coins lying flat on a table, all heads up. You are blindfolded and must flip 10 coins so that exactly 10 coins are heads up. How do you do it?
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7b.
The bellboy, however, keeps $2 for himself and gives $1 back to each guest. Now, each guest has paid $9, totaling $27, and the bellboy has $2. What happened to the missing dollar?
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7a. The Missing Dollar Puzzle
Three people check into a hotel room that costs $30. They each contribute $10, but the hotel manager realizes there’s a mistake and the room only costs $25. The manager gives $5 to the bellboy and asks him to return it to the guests.
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6. Paradox Puzzle
A teacher tells her students, "I will give you a surprise test next week, but you won’t know the day beforehand." The students argue that the test cannot happen. Are they wrong? If so, why are they wrong?
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4. Graph Theory Puzzle
Prove or disprove: Can you draw a figure with 7 nodes and 12 edges such that every node connects to an odd number of edges?
/4/n/
2. Number Theory Puzzle
What is the smallest positive integer that leaves a remainder of 1 when divided by 2, a remainder of 2 when divided by 3, and a remainder of 3 when divided by 4?
/2/n/
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