Mind Teasers : Is This Proof Correct Problem

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p = 9.999999...
10p = 99.999999...
10p - p = 90
9p = 90
p = 10

In the proof above, you can find out how 10 is equal to 9.999999... .

Is this proof correct?

Does 10 equals 9.99999 for real or there is some error in the proof?

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Mind Teasers : Math Number Riddle

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A man wanted to get into his work building, but he had forgotten his code. However, he did remember five clues. These are what those clues were:

The fifth number plus the third number equals fourteen.

The fourth number is one more than the second number.

The first number is one less than twice the second number.

The second number plus the third number equals ten.

The sum of all five numbers is 30.

What were the five numbers and in what order?
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Mind Teasers : Impossible Brain Teaser

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In a recreational activity, you are given four different jars of 2 liters, 4 liters, 6 liters and 8 liters respectively with an unlimited water supply. Then you are asked to measure exactly 5 liters of water using them.

How will you do it?

Mind Teasers : Logic Interview Riddle

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prinka and tanu organized a small kitty party at home. They purchased a barrel of fruit juice.

Tanu told to prinka 'I bet this barrel of fruit juice is more than half full'.
'No, its less than half full' prinka replied.

I don't have any measuring instrument and without removing fruit juice from it , how can i determine which of us is right ?
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Mind Teasers : 100 People Circle Puzzle

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100 cowboys are standing in a circle and are numbered from number 1 to 100. A deadly game is created in which the first person will shoot the next person (i.e.second person) and then need to pass the gun to the next person (i.e. Third person) and he will shoot the person to the next. This game will continue until one cowboy stays alive.

Which cowboy will survive at the end?


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Mind Teasers : Chocolates In Hand Picture Puzzle

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Can you count the number of chocolates in hand?

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Mind Teasers : Hidden Bird In Snow Picture Riddle

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Can you find the hidden bird in the picture (winter time) below?

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Mind Teasers : Water Measurement Riddle

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A barman is having a 12 liters jug full of beer. He needs to divide or split that beer into two equal parts. All he has is two empty jugs of capacity 8 liters and 5 liters.

How will he do it using them?
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Mind Teasers : Popular Logical Brain Teaser

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A couple had to take shelter in a hotel for they could not proceed their journey in the rain. Having nothing to do at all, they started playing cards. Suddenly there was a short circuit and the lights went off. The husband inverted the position of 15 cards in the deck (52 cards normal deck) and shuffled the deck.

Now he asked his wife to divide the deck into two different piles which may not be equal but both of them should have equal number of cards facing up. There was no source of light in the room and the wife was unable to see the cards.

For a certain amount of time, she thought and then divided the cards in two piles. To the husband’s astonishment, both of the piles had equal number of cards facing up.

How did she do it?
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Mind Teasers : Children Age Football Count Puzzle

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At a local club party at Chelsea club house, four ladies were there with their four children who aged 1, 2, 3 and 4. Also, these children have one, two, three and four footballs with the different order.

We know the below facts:
Aina has more footballs that his age.
Kalas is older than Zouma.
One child has the same number of footballs as his age.
Ake has fewer footballs than Kalas.
Child aged 3 has two footballs.

Ake is the youngest.

Can you determine the age of the children and the number of football they have?

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Mind Teasers : Save Death Penalty Brain Teaser

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A man committed a felony. As per the rules of the empire, the king decided to sentence him to death. However, he gave the man a choice; a choice to decide which way he wanted to die.

The man was quite smart and he said something, which saved him from his death. What do you think he must have said?
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