I still like my method, which is to magically get it right on the first try.
This is like the time I got asked "Why are manhole covers round?" in a job interview. You either know it already, or you're not likely to figure it out in 30 seconds.
First of all, 'Posse?' Passé
Cordelia ,'Potential'
Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Dana - Nov 03, 2016 9:26:15 am PDT #728 of 30002
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Jessica - Nov 03, 2016 9:27:34 am PDT #729 of 30002
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
But 3 piles of 3 is nine pennies. The question was about 8 pennies. That technique won't work with 8.
Sure it will - you start out the same, weighing 3 vs 3 (2 left out). If they're the same, weigh the 2 pennies you left out. If they're not, weigh 2 of the pennies from the lighter side.
Steph L. - Nov 03, 2016 9:29:11 am PDT #730 of 30002
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Dang, I was totally unable to make that leap. Logic is not my strong suit.
Glamcookie - Nov 03, 2016 9:30:29 am PDT #731 of 30002
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Guys, if you want to point and laugh, my first instinct was that one of the pennies was a lighter color and I was all like Picard - How the fuck...?????
Glamcookie - Nov 03, 2016 9:33:54 am PDT #732 of 30002
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
You're all on the floor laughing rn, aren't you?
Zenkitty - Nov 03, 2016 9:35:19 am PDT #733 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
And Jessica's right again! I hate logic problems.
tommyrot - Nov 03, 2016 9:36:08 am PDT #734 of 30002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Funny thing is, the two-weighing solution will also work with nine pennies.
The puzzle says eight pennies to trick you into thinking in terms of powers of two.
lisah - Nov 03, 2016 10:02:41 am PDT #735 of 30002
Punishingly Intricate
But 8 still can't be divided equally into 3s. I'm pretty sure. But who knows? It's unknowable!
Strix - Nov 03, 2016 10:11:45 am PDT #736 of 30002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I'd fail, because I'd think it was a trick question; my answer would be "I'd delegate this question by contacting a person who's more proficient in statistics."
Connie Neil - Nov 03, 2016 10:17:21 am PDT #737 of 30002
brillig
ION, as a good FauxGrandma, I am helping FauxGrandSon with fundraising for the choir tour by buying two pies, one of which can go in the (my!new!big!) freezer so I'm not sitting in front of the tv with a fork in each hand. One Key Lime and one cherry. Nummy nummy.
Annoyingly, a third of my freezer is taken up by the ice maker I don't intend to use.