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Date Posted: 05:44:45 09/02/01 Sun
Author: tint
Subject: Re: The Pill Puzzle
In reply to: bell 's message, "Re: The Pill Puzzle" on 02:34:46 09/02/01 Sun

DING!

Well done, bell.

Mo - bell is correct. Think of it this way... push the middle of all 3 pills down on a razor facing up simultaneously (careful... ooooh, that's gotta sting). Three halves should fall to the right of the razor, 3 to the left. Separate the right 3 halves into one pile, the left 3 into a separate pile. What do we know about our piles? That each pile contains two halves of B and one half of A. If you cut another A pill in two and add a half to each pile, then we know that each pile has 2 A halves and 2 B halves -- or one whole A and one whole B. Take one pile today, the other pile tomorrow and call me in the morning.

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It makes sense to me, but... -- Logan, 05:50:24 09/02/01 Sun
- Re: It makes sense to me, but... -- tint, 10:10:12 09/02/01 Sun
  - Two halves is one whole, right. -- Logan, 13:00:43 09/02/01 Sun
    - Re: Two halves is one whole, right. -- tint, 13:49:57 09/02/01 Sun
      - Finally! -- Logan, 18:10:58 09/02/01 Sun
        Re: Finally! -- tint, 18:49:00 09/02/01 Sun
        I still don't get it. -- mo, 01:30:35 09/03/01 Mon
        ROFL -- Logan, 04:18:50 09/03/01 Mon
        Re: ROFL -- tint, 14:18:18 09/03/01 Mon

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