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One day 2 fathers and 2 sons went fishing. They caught 1 fish each, but they only had a total of 3 fish. How was this possible?

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predecessors and successors!

It was only three men that went fishing: the grandfather, the father and the son.
Very easy this one.

thank you

thank you

I´ve never laugh to much

I´ve never laugh to much before.

:)

Yea, very easy Smile
hey I have another one Smile

Q: A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms: The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?

A: The third. Lions that haven't eaten in three years are dead.

I know it's stupid but Laughing

Stupid or not...

but what about the second room? I think that a company of colleagues should be rather safe Laughing

maybe...:)

In my opinion, dead lions are safer than colleagues who can do everything unpredictable Smile

harlow over

Rolling On The Floor

harlow over

Rolling On The Floor

Let's look at my puzzle!

3 men are standing in line looking forward the same direction. The 3 men knew that 2 blue caps and 3 red caps are randomly chosen, one for each of them. The 3 men are all clever. When the first front man was asked about his cap's color, he thinks and says "I don't know".When the second man was asked about his cap's color, he also thinks and says" I don't know." When the third man was asked about his cap's color, he thinks and says the color correctly. Which color did he say? Red or Blue? Why?

i dont kno man

i dont kno man

The first man saw one with a

The first man saw one with a red cap and another man with a blue cap, so he didn't know the answer. The same with the second man. The third saw two men with blue caps, so he knew that there were only two blue caps so the right answer was he was wearing a RED cap.

Wrong riddle and wrong solution.

With the information provided we can reconstruct the correct riddle and the correct answer.

First of all the men were not standing in a line facing the same way, because the answer states that they could see each other. It would be silly to ask the front man and the middle man anything if the front man cannot see any of the other men, and the middle man can only see the front man. They just have too little information to know anything.

However, if they all can see each other, then it becomes an interesting riddle. But the answer given is not correct either that the first two men both saw a blue and a red hat (how did that follow from the facts?). Here is the correct reasoning.

Since he did not see two blue hats, the first man did not know the color of his hat. In effect he said that there is at least one red hat in front of him. This information can be used by the second man, who can look at the third man. Since the second man did not know the color of his hat, he must have seen a red hat. But it is irrelevant what the color of the first man's hat is. (I will give a configuration that contradicts the given solution). So, now that the third man knows that the second man saw him wearing a red hat, he knows that he is wearing a red hat.

The configuration could be as follows:
Man 1: red
Man 2: blue
Man 3: red

The first man sees a blue and a red hat.
The second man sees two red hats.
There are more possible configurations.

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A variant of the riddle is the one where they are standing in a line, facing in the same direction.

But then you start asking the last man (who sees both other men).
He will give you the correct answer, whether he knows his color or not.
Then you ask the middle man. He will answer you also correctly.
The question is what the front man is going to say, the one that can not see either of the other men. Does he know the color of is hat?

Answer: Yes, the front man knows what the color of his hat is.
If the last man said that he knows, it means that he saw two blue hats. So in this case, the front man knows immediately what the color of his hat is. If the last man does not know the color of his hat, it means that he sees at least one red hat in front of him.

Now, the middle man can know the color of his hat, if he sees a blue hat, because then he himself must wear a red hat. If he does not know the color of his hat, then it means he sees a red hat.

In all cases, the front man knows the color of his hat when he is asked.

Enjoy.

It is a very simple puzzle

Two fathers and two sons are Grandpa, dad and a son. Two of them are fathers, and two of them are sons. There are only three persons, so, it must be only three fish if they caught 1 fish each.

hahaha!!! so easy!!!

but ,.... Confused the two fathers n two sons just make me confuse...

this types of puzzles make

Loser this types of puzzles make me thing that common sense is not so common in me but the puzzle was funny nice one

Hi

it's very easy : grandfather, father, and son Big Grin

the answer

Were the grandpa the father and a son, so we have two fathers (grandpa, and the father) and two sons the father and his son,,,, yesss

you are right friend............

this is right anwre i am confident.

Wou! It`s a nice suprise!

That is a funny story!
Thanhs a lot!

Thanks

Thank a lot, i like learn english. but i short memory i just try. i love it

grazie

buona descrizione dei dettagli. Grazie per aver condiviso

:)

What does it mean?

great description of

great description of details. Thanks for sharing

I think that

For the 2 sons , eventhough the father is one single person
individually for each son he is related as father.So the puzzle
states as 2 fathers.Actually,there are only 3 members,a father
and 2 of his sons. Am I right ?

andrade

am improuving my IQ with this kind of thngs..... nice

Very easy

Thank you, very easy.