Mind Teasers : Maths Magic Riddle

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I can prove why 1 = 2

Step1. Lets say y = x
Step2. Multiply through by x xy = x2
Step3. Subtract y2 from each side xy - y2 = x2 - y2
Step4. Factor each side y(x-y) = (x+y)(x-y)
Step5. Divide both sides by (x-y) y = x+y
Step6. Divide both sides by y y/y = x/y + y/y
Step7. And so... 1 = x/y + 1
Step8. Since x=y, x/y = 1 1 = 1 + 1
Step9. And so... 1 = 2

How is this possible ?

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Mind Teasers : Famous 13 Cave Logic Problem

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A thief was running from the police after the biggest theft the town saw. He took his guard in one of the thirteen caves arranged in a circle. Each day, the thief moves either to the adjacent cave or stay in the same cave. Two cops goes there daily and have enough time to enter any two of the caves out of them.

How will the cop make sure to catch the thief in minimum number of days and what are the minimum number of days?
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Mind Teasers : Logical Triplets Statement Riddle

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You know three triplets: Eden Thorgan and Kylian.
Eden always tells the truth while Thorgan and Kylian always lie.
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Mind Teasers : Oscar Winning Movie Rebus Riddle

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Which famous Oscar movie name is hidden in the rebus below?

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If Erica's daughter is my daughter's mom, who am I to Erica?

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The father of a driver's son is sitting with the son of the driver without the driver actually being in the car.

What sorcery is this?
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Mind Teasers : Logical Arrangement Bonfire Puzzle

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How can this arrangement be possible while sitting around the bonfire?
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Mind Teasers : Very Hard Math Question

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There stand nine temples in a row in a holy place. All the nine temples have 100 steps climb. A fellow devotee comes to visit the temples. He drops a Re. 1 coin while climbing each of the 100 steps up. Then he offers half of the money he has in his pocket to the god. After that, he again drops Re. 1 coin while climbing down each of the 100 steps of the temple.

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Mind Teasers : CheckMate All Kings Chess Puzzle

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Can you checkmate all the kings in less than 10 moves?

Following are the rules:
1. White can make up to 10 legitimate moves until all kings are checkmate.
2. You can take any black piece(s) except the King.
3. Your king cannot be in check position at any time of the game.




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Mind Teasers : Awesome Logic Problem

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I went for an official tour in a big city where there are over 100 buildings.
Building-1 is named first building.
Building-2 is named second building.
Building-3 is named third building.

A visitors decides to walk through all the buildings, he finds all the buildings except building-62.
Visitor later founds that the local of the city have given it another name.

What is the name of the Building ?
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Mind Teasers : Pirates Probability Brain Teaser

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You are stuck with the pirates who might even kill you on board. They give you a chance to survive. There are hundred black rocks and hundred red rocks. There are two empty sacks which are labelled as heads and tails respectively. You have to divide the rocks in two bags as per your wish. Then a fair coin will be flipped. If its heads, you will have to pick a rock on random from the sack labelled heads and if its tails, you will pick up from the tails sack. If you pick up a black rock, you will be freed and if you pick up a red rock, you will be killed.

How will you distribute the rocks so that your chances of survival are the best?

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