Archive for August, 2009
{ August 29, 2009 @ 6:13 pm }
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A large fresh water reservoir has two types of drainage system. Small pipes and large pipes. 6 large pipes, on their own, can drain the reservoir in 12 hours. 3 large pipes and 9 small pipes, at the same time, can drain the reservoir in 8 hours. How long will 5 small pipes, on their own, take to drain the reservoir?
{ August 28, 2009 @ 3:13 am }
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The answer is 2003, they all are prime years
The Winners
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Hebatalla
The Second
Magdy Sayed
The Third
Nessma Ossam
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- marmoor1989
- Ahd
- EnasMohey
{ August 21, 2009 @ 11:45 pm }
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What year comes next in this sequence:
1973 1979 1987 1993 1997 1999
{ August 21, 2009 @ 11:41 pm }
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The answer is:-
One person is chosen as the Counter. When a prisoner enters the living room, if the light is off they turn it on – but only if they have never switched it on before. When the Counter enters the room, if the light is on, they will turn it off. When the Counter has turned the light off 99 times, they will know that 99 prisoners have turned it on, and therefore every one of them has visited the living room and this will allow them all to be set free.
{ August 17, 2009 @ 10:54 am }
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100 prisoners are locked up in individual cells, unable to see, speak or communicate in any way with each other. There is a central living room with a single light bulb, the bulb is initially off and no prisoner can see the light bulb from their own cell.
Every day, the warden picks a prisoner at random, and that prisoner goes to the central living room. While there, the prisoner can toggle the bulb if they wish (off to on, or on to off). At any point, any prisoner can claim that all 100 prisoners have been to the living room. If they are wrong then all 100 prisoners will locked up forever! However, if they are correct all of the prisoners are set free.
Before the random picking begins, the prisoners are allowed to discuss a plan. What is their best plan to determine when all 100 prisoners have visited the living room?
{ August 17, 2009 @ 10:47 am }
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Answer:
7-3 = 4
4 – 1 = 3
so 4 * 3 = 12
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6 – 2 = 4
8 – 7 = 1
so 4 * 1 = 4
The Winners
The First:
dody
The Second:
marmoor1989
The Third:
Eman
The Forth:
EnasMohey
{ August 7, 2009 @ 11:00 pm }
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What number replaces the question mark?

{ August 6, 2009 @ 11:53 pm }
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The Answer is “Envelope” start with E, end with E and contain one letter
The Winners
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Hassan Ibraheem
The Second
Aya Magdy
The Third
Ahmed Abdullah
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- memo0o
- marmoor1989
- Eman
- sara el_sebaiee
- kawaguchi
- Noran El-Kafrawy
- Ahd
{ August 1, 2009 @ 3:28 pm }
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What starts with E, ends with E and usually contains one letter?