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you die and the devil says he’ll let you go to heaven if you beat him in a game. the devil sits you down at a round table. he gives himself and you a huge pile of quarters. he says “ok, we’ll take turns putting quarters down, no overlapping allowed, and the quarters must rest on the table surface. the first guy who can’t put a quarter down loses.” you guys are about to start playing, and the devil says that he’ll go first. however, at this point you immediately interject, and ask if you can go first instead. you make this interjection because you are very smart, and you know that if you go first, you can guarantee victory. explain how you can guarantee victory.
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John walks over a railway-bridge. At the moment that he is just ten meters away from the middle of the bridge, he hears a train coming from behind. At that moment, the train, which travels at a speed of 90 km/h, is exactly as far away from the bridge as the bridge measures in length. Without hesitation, John rushes straight towards the train to get off the bridge. In this way, he misses the train by just four meters! If John had rushed exactly as fast in the other direction, the train would have hit him eight meters before the end of the bridge.
What is the length of the railway-bridge?
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It’s always 1 to 6,
it’s always 15 to 20,
it’s always 5,
but it’s never 21,
unless it’s flying.What is this?
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Peasant John wants to buy new chickens, pigs, and horses. A new chicken costs 50 euro cents, a pig 3 euros, and a horse 10 euros. Peasant John has 100 euros with which he wants to buy exactly 100 animals, but in such a way, that she has at least one of each kind of animal.
How many animals must peasant John buy of each kind?
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An old farmer died and left 17 cows to his three sons. In his will, the farmer stated that his oldest son should get 1/2, his middle son should get 1/3, and his youngest son should get 1/9 of all the cows. The sons, who did not want to end up with half cows, sat for days trying to figure out how many cows each of them should get.
One day, their relative came by to see how they were doing after their father’s death. The three sons told him their problem. After thinking for a while, the relative said: “I’ll be right back!” He went away, and when he came back, the three sons could divide the cows according to their father’s will, and in such a way, that each of them got a whole number of cows.
What was the relative’s solution?
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Every day, John takes the train to travel from his work back to Mexico City, his place of residence. Usually, he arrives at the station of Mexico at six o’clock, and exactly at that moment, his wife picks him up by car. Yesterday evening, John took an earlier train, without informing his wife, and therefore he already was at the station of Mexico at five o’clock. He decided to walk part of the way to meet his wife. When he met the car with his wife, he drove home with her. In this way, they were home ten minutes earlier than normal. John’s wife always drives the entire way between home and station at the same constant speed.
How long did John walk yesterday evening?
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