Solution:

1

Explanation.
At every step number of joints goes down by 1.
i.e
8 have 6 joints
9 have 5 joints
5 have 4 joints
3 have 3 joints
7 have 2 joints
1 has 1 joint

You can also watch the video for an explanation

Solution:

Yes, you should switch the envelope. In the beginning when you picked up the envelope, you had a 1/3 probability of finding an offer letter in the envelope. There was 2/3 chance that the letter was there in the two envelopes on the table.

If you keep your selected envelope, you still have a 1/3 chance of finding an offer letter in that. However, since the interviewer has removed one empty envelope from the table, if you switch, you have a probability of 2/3 that the offer letter is inside that.

Solution:

It can be done as shown in the picture below.

Solution:

step 3 is wrong

Solution:

Flyball should pay Lavy $11 instead of accepting his counter offer as in that case the club will end up paying almost double the amount.

Solution:

Since every bacterium divides into two in two minutes and we know the fact that the dish was half filled with bacteria at 3 pm, after exactly 2 minutes, all will divide into two and will fill the petri dish. Thus, the petri dish will become full at 3:02 pm.

Solution:

100

Series of number that do not contain albhabet 'T'

Solution:

The equation can be solved by substituting
B = 7
A = 8
S = 8
E = 3
L = 5

Therefore the equation now looks as:
7483 +
7455
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14938
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Solution:

The brain teaser can be solved as shown in the image below.

Solution:

The Lady sitting in the chair has the detector attached to the back of her blouse.

Solution:

First fill the 8 liters jug complete - 4, 8, 0
Fill the 5 liters jug with 8 liters jug - 4, 3, 5
Pour back the beer from 5 liters jug to 12 liters jug - 9, 3, 0
Pour the 3 liters from 8 liters jug to 5 liters jug - 9, 0, 3
Fill the 8 liters jug completely from 12 liters jug - 1, 8, 3
Fill the 5 liters jug from the 8 liters jug - 1, 6, 5
Pour the entire 5 liters jug back in 12 liters jug - 6, 6, 0

You have successfully split the beer into two equal parts.