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What choice do you make

Keep your original choice
6
46%
Switch
4
31%
It doesnt matter, each choice has the same odds of winning
3
23%
Total votes: 13

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A Thought Puzzle

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You are a contestant on a game show, where you have to choose 1 of 3 doors. Behind 1 door is the prize. Behind the other 2 doors are worthless booby prizes. After you make your selection, the MC opens 1 of the 2 unselected doors to show you the location of 1 of the booby prizes. He then gives you the option to change your selection to the other unopened unselected door. Should you switch your choice?

Please refrain from posting your reason for your choice for now. I want everyone to vote their choice without being influenced.
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Cruisin with Tooz wrote: Sat Mar 28, 2026 10:41 am Thought Puzzle #3

XRamFan was correctomundo. Congrats. You passed your Google interview question.

Brief explanation:
Any bulb switch flipped an even number of times would remain "off". Any bulb switch flipped an odd number of times would be "on". To find out how many times any given switch was flipped, you factor that bulb switch number. For most bulb numbers those factors are paired, so for most bulbs there will be an even number of people who flip that switch. EG, bulb 96 can be factored as 1x96, 2x48, 3x32, 4x24, 6x16 and 8x12. So Persons 1,96,2,48,3,32,4,24,6,16,8 and 12 (12 people in total as 6 pairs) flip switch 96. So it remains "off". Consider bulb 100. 100 can be factored as 1x100, 2x50, 4x25, 5x20 and 10x10. So persons 1,100,2, 50, 4, 25, 5, 20 and 10 (9 in total) flip switch 100. So bulb 100 will be "on".

What gives rise to an odd number of factors for 100? It occurs because 100 is a perfect square (a perfect square is any number whose square root is a whole number). All of its factors occur in pairs except 10x10. Person 10 only flips switch 100 once, not twice. So only bulbs that are a perfect square will have an odd number of factors and be "on" at the end. Bulbs 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81 and 100.
No credit for me, my son was at the house when I read it and he likes these brain quizzes. He figured out in a few minutes. He’s smarter than I am lol
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Owsley Stanley wrote: Mon Mar 23, 2026 10:50 am Light bulb is flickering kinna dully, still trying to spell redivider backwards. My dear wife thinks I'm Slightly Stupid.
When he saw a canine create havoc in his temple of worship, the Buddhist monk exclaimed, "A dog! A panic in a pagoda!"
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Cruisin with Tooz wrote: Sat Mar 28, 2026 6:00 pm When he saw a canine create havoc in his temple of worship, the Buddhist monk exclaimed, "A dog! A panic in a pagoda!"
A man a plan a canal Panama
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I guess #4 was too tough???

Puzzle #5
Pick 3 balls that add up to 30.
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Hint: You can use the same ball more than once.
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Sold My Soul wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2026 9:26 pm Everyone should get this one....

What disappears as soon as you say its name?
Aaron Judge?
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Cruisin with Tooz wrote: Tue Mar 31, 2026 9:27 pm Aaron Judge?
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Which answer can be correct?
A.All of the below
B. None of the below
C. All of the above
D. One of the above
E. None of the above
F. None of the above
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Cruisin with Tooz wrote: Tue Mar 31, 2026 8:56 pm I guess #4 was too tough???

Puzzle #5
Pick 3 balls that add up to 30.

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Hint: You can use the same ball more than once.
The trick is to turn the 9 upside down to make a 6.
13 + 11 + 6 = 30
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Cruisin with Tooz wrote: Wed Aug 19, 2026 10:58 am Which answer can be correct?
A.All of the below
B. None of the below
C. All of the above
D. One of the above
E. None of the above
F. None of the above
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352Raider wrote: Fri Aug 21, 2026 5:56 pm The trick is to turn the 9 upside down to make a 6.
13 + 11 + 6 = 30
You think like a pool player!!! The 9-ball is striped yellow and white. The 6-ball and 14-ball are green. I see that you also had a misspent youth!!
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Xramfan wrote: Fri Aug 21, 2026 6:20 pme
Correctomundo!!! Did you get this one or did your son feed you the correct answer again!?!
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Cruisin with Tooz wrote: Sat Aug 22, 2026 8:09 pm Correctomundo!!! Did you get this one or did your son feed you the correct answer again!?!
Of course it was my son. I ain’t that smart lol

I gave it a few days for others to chime in but nobody did so I figured I could post.
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Cruisin with Tooz wrote: Sat Mar 28, 2026 10:52 am Thought Puzzle #4

Brad is looking at Nikki. Nikki is looking at Mike. Brad is married. Mike is not married. But Nikki is a nude Japanese stripper. Is a married person looking at an unmarried person? A. Yes. B. No. C. Impossible to determine.

As usual, post your answer, but no explanation.
Answer is A: a married person is looking at an unmarried person. (yes I can prove it)
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raider_kin wrote: Sun Aug 23, 2026 11:51 am Answer is A: a married person is looking at an unmarried person. (yes I can prove it)
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raider_kin wrote: Sun Aug 23, 2026 11:51 am Answer is A: a married person is looking at an unmarried person. (yes I can prove it)
Single women look at married men because they are safe and fun to steal

Married men look at anything with boobies regardless of single or married

the answer is C
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