3 men go into a hotel. The man behind the desk says a room is $30 so each man pays $10 and goes to the room.
A while later the man behind the desk realized the room was only $25 so he sent the bellboy to the 3 guys' room with $5. On the way the bellboy couldn't figure out how to split $5 evenly between 3 men, so he gave each man a $1 and kept the other $2 for himself. This meant that the 3 men each paid $9 for the room, which is a total of $27 add the $2 that the bellboy kept = $29. Where is the other dollar? "The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
Can you just smell that? It's the smell of brains hard at work. We're at it again, today we're going to help the painter. Scott the painter is going to paint the floors of 16 rooms. He is in room #1. He can go through any door (see diagram). He cannot return to any room once he has painted it — slow drying paint! In what order should he paint the rooms? Obviously, #16 must be last. "If you are not willing to learn, no one can help you learn. If you are determined to learn, no one can stop you." There are four men who want to cross a bridge. They all begin on the same side. You have 17 minutes to get all of them across to the other side. It is nighttime, there is one torch. A maximum of two people can cross at one time. Any party who crosses, either one or two people, must have the torch with them. The torch must be walked back and forth, it cannot be thrown, etc. Each man walks at a different speed. A pair must walk together at the rate of the slower man. Man 1: 1 minute to cross Man 2: 2 minutes to cross Man 3: 5 minutes to cross Man 4: 10 minutes to cross For example, if Man 1 and May 4 walk across first, 10 minutes have elapsed when they get to the other side of the bridge. If Man 4 returns with the torch, a total of 20 minutes have passed, and you have failed the mission.
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