Solution:

4 Pounds

Explanation
90% of water = 18 pounds
10% of carbon = 2 pounds

Now,
Earlier 10% of carbon is now contributing 50% weight = 2pounds
Therefore weight of water is also contributing 50% weight = 2pounds

Sum = 4 pounds

Solution:

Rhea will open just one present.
Cindy|Y - Y is the 25th alphabet
Duk|E - E is the 5th alphabet
Joh|N - N is the fifteenth alphabet
Rhe|A - A is the first alphabet

Solution:

This statement is true but only in a specific case i.e. if both of the siblings continue to live till the day the younger is as old as the elder one was during the time of their birth.

Solution:

Move the coins as given in the figure and you will get the required result.

Solution:

7, 4, 6, 5, 8

Solution:

At every floor, the detective had to open the window himself. If the man had committed suicide, then at least one of the windows must have been open. A person who is committing suicide won’t close the window behind him. Thus he knows that someone pushed him off the edge and closed the window afterwards.

Solution:

On Your lap.

Solution:

If you see the picture, they formed a pentagonal shape and achieved the required.

Solution:

Selfie
Explanation:
: Selfie = is six letter word
: Self = The first four letter is me.
: e = The second and last letter are the same.
: fee = The fourth second and last letter are payment.

Solution:

Are you Thorgan

Explanation:
Below will be the reply of three brothers:
Eden: No (speaks truth)
Thorgan: No (speaks lie)
Kylian: Yes (speaks lie)

Therefore if its Kylian then only you will get a reply as "Yes" and then you ask for your money.

Solution:

Just 2

Day One: You make your first cut at the 1/7th mark and give that to the worker.
Day Two: You cut 2/7ths and pay that to the worker and receive the original 1/7th in change.
Day three: You give the worker the 1/7th you received as change on the previous day.
Day four: You give the worker 4/7ths and he returns his 1/7th cut and his 2/7th cut as change.
Day Five: You give the worker back the 1/7th cut of gold.
Day Six: You give the worker the 2/7th cut and receive the 1/7th cut back in change.
Day Seven: You pay the worker his final 1/7th.