A Crazy Puzzle

[chedabob]

Right, basically, there are 3 houses, and 3 wells. each house must be connected to each well (dont ask why). The connections cannot cross over each other. There is a solution, and i did actually work it out in my sleep, but i forgot how i did it. Can anybody solve it? Its been bugging me for years now since my grandad told me, and i know there is a solution, i just dont know what it is, but if id actually had the sense to draw it out when i worked it out, i wouldnt be asking this :P

http://www.nophus.com/useru/users/chedabob/thecrazyhousepuzzle.jpg

[chedabob]

actually scrap that. i just read on google that it cannot be done on a 2 dimensional plane (so i when i solved it, i must have only connected 8 lines :P although at the time, i was certain id solved it).

[DaveW]

If they can only be connected with straight lines, it's impossible. This is a commonly used test in Nodal Analysis, a technique in Networking.

-Dave

[Slug Toy]

well if you know anything about groundwater... youd know that the answer is very simple.

a well is tapping into groundwater, which is everywhere. three houses side by side are tapping into the same groundwater, meaning they are all connected to the same "well". entire cities are basically tapping into the same communal well if you take the time to think about it.

theres no practicality to that question... tapping into 3 separate locations will not solve anything. if you drain the water from one, you drain it from the surrounding area too, rendering the two other locations useless.

problem solved.

[chedabob]

well actually, the true version is that you have to connect each house to electiricty, gas, and water.

and they dont have to be straight lines. it is impossible on a 2d plane, but if you form a torus, which is a 2d plane folded 3dimensionally, it will work, because the 9th line can go round the outside of the torus, therefore bypassing the jumble.

[CanaBalistic]

I though i had that figured out. I was about to flame the lot of ya when i realized i had a dead 9th pipe :) Man thats tuff. I got one thats actually do-able.

Connect all nine dots with 4 lines without removing your pencil from your paper (asuming you still use paper and pencils)

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h258/Cana-Balistic/test.jpg

[EPYK]

i can do that last one

[EPYK]

i have the solution for any of you

[.Maleficus.]

I've done that last one, but it was over a year ago, and I forgot how :/.

[Slug Toy]

Connect all nine dots with 4 lines without removing your pencil from your paper

if you dont lift the pencil/pen from the paper... thats only making one line in total. so i can connect all those with only one line!!!!

[Chel]

Anyone know how to do the last one? Im terrible with puzzles in general. Especially those spheres that are made up of a bunch of peices :s

EDIT Slug Toy is that the answer? Pretty gay puzzle if it is lol

[MitaPi]

It says to use 4 lines though, not just one.

[CanaBalistic]

When you see the answer, you'll slap yourself on the forehead. You gotta think outside the box and you'll get it.

Slug, dont allways over complicate things. :rolleyes:

[Slug Toy]

over-complicate.... or simplify... thats the question.

[Cevinzol]

Think OUTSIDE the box

http://www.brighthill.com/images/test.jpg

[tybrenis]

Nice, cev.

[CanaBalistic]

Up, thats it. GJ! I've stumped a few friends with that one.

Another:

How much dirt is in a hole that measures 21-1/2"W x 13-3/8"L x 10"H?

[tybrenis]

Up, thats it. GJ! I've stumped a few friends with that one.

Another:

How much dirt is in a hole that measures 21-1/2"W x 13-3/8"L x 10"H?

None. It's a hole. A hole is a lack of dirt.

[CanaBalistic]

Try that last one on a Joc for fun. :)

[Cevinzol]

Ok a friend sent me this one as an e-mail. Its attributed to someone famous but I'm removing that part so its harder to look up the answer. Yes the answer can be found on the net but don't cheat :)
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There are five men of different nationalities living in a row of five houses, each house being a different color. Each man drinks a different kind of drink, keeps a different kind of pet, and smokes a different kind of cigar.

The Brit lives in the red house.
The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
The Dane drinks tea.
The green house is to the left of the white house.
The owner of the green house drinks coffee.
The man who smokes Pall Mall keeps birds.
The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill.
The man living in the house right in the center drinks milk.
The Norwegian lives in the first house.
The man who smokes Blends lives next to the man who keeps cats.
The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
The German smokes Prince.
The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
The man who smokes Blends has a neighbor who drinks water.

Who keeps the fish?
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If my math is right there should be 5^6 or 15,625 possible combinations.

[Slug Toy]

the german!!!

im not saying how i got it though. ill just say it took me about ten minutes.

[simon275]

Ehh my head hurt! :?

I'm going back to modding this is all to hard for me.