Solution:

It is not as tough as it seems. The strategy is quite simple. You just have to pick up a card out of first three whenever you find a 9 or higher number.

Let us offer you a strong valid reason for the strategy. The probability that the four card kept below are below the number nine is 32*31*30*29 / 52*51*50*49 = 0.133
Thus in such case, you will lose $2 to $9 with equal probability = 0.133/8 = 0.0166

Let us now calculate the probability that one of the four cards is nine or even higher.
1 – 0.133 = 0.867
Now you will surely stop at the first sight of 9 or any value above 9 as per the strategy. Thus you have a chance of winning -1, 0, 1, 2, 3 with an equal probability = 0.867/5 = 0.173

In such case you stand a chance of winning overall amount of 0.14 every game you play.

Let us consider the other strategies. If you want to stop at the sight of 10 or above 10, the expected amount you will win per game will be 0.09 which is way below the present strategy. If you want to stop at above ten only, you will have an expected winning in negative.

Solution:

The person is leaving hospital after visiting his wife. His wife is on a life support system. The elevator has stopped due to the power cut. If there was an emergency backup generator functioning well, the elevator would have also be running. It stopped in between means that the life system support has stopped as well.

Solution:

She simply asked everyone to raise hands on hearing the question. The only condition was that the ones who knew the correct answer will raise right hand and other will raise left hand facilitating her in acknowledging the ones to pick for answering.

Solution:

A parachute

Solution:

Amelia --> vanilla-shake
Charlotte --> chocolate-shake
Evelyn --> strawberry-shake
Anna --> burger
Ella --> curd

Solution:

6

It takes two hours for one worker to paint one wall.
In six hours therefore one worker can paint 3 rooms, hence you need six painters to paint eighteen rooms

Solution:

6380

2*2-1 3*3-1 =>38
4*4-1 5*5-1 =>1524 and so on

Solution:

Step 1) Pour 1 liter of Water from gallon A to gallon C. Now 4 liter of Water is left in the gallon A and gallon C is full.

Step 2) Pour Water from gallon C to gallon B. Now as soon as gallon B is full , you know there is one liter of Water is in gallon C.

Solution:

10%

100 - [ (100-85)+(100-80)+(100-75) +(100-70)]
=100-(15+20+25+30)
=100-90

Solution:

Of course, it is impossible. Into the second room should have gone the 2nd guest, because the 13th guest was waiting in room number 1