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61658Jeff PM'd me the right answer. Here's how it goes: . . . . . . . . . . .Sun Tzu-12/9/2022
61657You certainly think outside the box lol. Now, contrast your approach to how Sun Jeffrey S. Mitchell-12/9/2022
61656well, nothing sez they can't just lift them off and look at them. still gruSavant-12/9/2022
61655If you were #4, would that wall prevent you from sensing the heat radiated off tJeffrey S. Mitchell-12/9/2022
61654ok, a stab at it...3 and 4 have no reference..so no, 2 can see one, so, again..iSavant-12/9/2022
61653Well, if they could talk with each other, then each person would just shout out Sun Tzu-12/9/2022
61652thinking logically about that label...normally, if one follows instructions one Savant-12/9/2022
61651JM, not the color being sensed...the heat absorbed by different colors differs eSavant-12/9/2022
61650So you are saying 30-6=24 and not 14? Hmm. Once I take my shoes off and can factJeffrey S. Mitchell-12/9/2022
61649ST, the problem didn't stipulate that. [graphic]Savant112/9/2022
61648Not ture. When you turn over the blue ones, then their red side is exposed.Sun Tzu-12/9/2022
61647It's not mathematical and it is also wrong. The men cannot speak with each oSun Tzu-12/9/2022
61646an easy way, since it isn't prohibited...is for number 3 to call out...what&Savant-12/9/2022
61645Four men in hats puzzle Question [graphic] As shown in picture above there Sun Tzu-12/9/2022
61644Umm, I'm a little slow tonight...but>>> wouldn't doing this>Savant-12/9/2022
61643If you started with 40 instead of 30, your new pile would be 40, and so forth. SJeffrey S. Mitchell-12/9/2022
61642I could derive it with set theory, but I always prefer to start with an intuitivSun Tzu-12/9/2022
61641That is correct. And that is the inverse property of math! For example, if the Jeffrey S. Mitchell-12/9/2022
61640Take 30 coins out and flip them. PS First time I've heard this puzzle and ISun Tzu-12/9/2022
61639You are blindfolded so can't see which are showing blue and which are showinJeffrey S. Mitchell112/9/2022
61638Turn them all over so that none has a colored side up ?George W Bush-12/9/2022
61637Coin flipping contests are rigged! Just a heads up. ===== On that note, let mJeffrey S. Mitchell-12/9/2022
61636Old saying...Tis a poor workman who blames his tools... [graphic] [graphic]Savant412/9/2022
61635[youtube video]Glenn Petersen112/9/2022
61634One time, I heard about this wealthy man. He was known for being very eccentric Maple MAGA 712/5/2022
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