A brain twister for anyone interested

island boy · September 23, 2014, 05:06:23 PM

Don't give it away for those still noggin scratching

Dave Shepard · September 23, 2014, 05:22:22 PM

Got it! But I'll keep quiet.

BradMarks · September 23, 2014, 05:22:44 PM

I'll be first to be stupid #8

Den Socling · September 23, 2014, 05:34:41 PM

I hate these things. I'm so stupid they irritate me. :D

Dave Shepard · September 23, 2014, 05:38:07 PM

And for the next trick, what order were they put down?

Den Socling · September 23, 2014, 05:44:52 PM

OK that puts 2, 6 or 4 on the bottom. Right?

Dave Shepard · September 23, 2014, 05:50:27 PM

None of the above. ;)

hackberry jake · September 23, 2014, 05:51:57 PM

Spoiler alert

almost gave it away. just saw that part... sorry for all who read it before I modified it.

Den Socling · September 23, 2014, 05:57:26 PM

ahhh! :D

drobertson · September 23, 2014, 06:11:08 PM

Well, they are not all square, but a fun head scratcher for sure.

beenthere · September 23, 2014, 06:25:12 PM

QuoteDon't give it away for those still noggin scratching

Got it, I think. sent a PM

hackberry jake · September 23, 2014, 06:41:15 PM

Quote from: drobertson on September 23, 2014, 06:11:08 PM
Well, they are not all square, but a fun head scratcher for sure.

The way I figured it out, they are all square.

Dave Shepard · September 23, 2014, 06:53:14 PM

They are all square. That's how you can tell what position they must be in.

samandothers · September 23, 2014, 08:34:03 PM

I think I know but will not admit it if wrong! ;D

drobertson · September 23, 2014, 08:40:51 PM

Well then, I reckon a rectangle is now a square, who would've figured? I always thought a square had equal sides? Must be another head scratcher for me, not that unusual, happens everyday around here,

Dave Shepard · September 23, 2014, 08:47:15 PM

The squares are stacked up on top of each other. Think like sheets of paper. You can tell what order they are in by how much of each square is exposed.

Dan_Shade · September 23, 2014, 09:10:54 PM

i think there are two solutions.

Dave Shepard · September 23, 2014, 09:25:58 PM

I thought so too, but now, not so much.

Delawhere Jack · September 23, 2014, 09:27:02 PM

Quote from: Den Socling on September 23, 2014, 05:34:41 PM
I hate these things. I'm so stupid they irritate me. :D

Glad to know I'm not alone in that sentiment......... But still I can't let it go....

Delawhere Jack · September 23, 2014, 09:37:39 PM

Ocho.

0000 1000

doctorb · September 23, 2014, 09:43:33 PM

I have the answer mathmatically figured out, but the realist in me thinks that the question is incorrect. Assuming all squares being equal in size, how can square #7 overlap square #8? Just sayin'.

Dave Shepard · September 23, 2014, 09:45:57 PM

#7 is on top of #8, it's on top of #6. ;)

doctorb · September 23, 2014, 09:47:46 PM

#7 is not on top of #8. It abuts the side of #8 but does not overlap it.

Dave Shepard · September 23, 2014, 09:50:12 PM

Quote from: Dave Shepard on September 23, 2014, 09:45:57 PM
#7 is on top of #8, it's on top of #6. ;)

Sorry, typo. #7 is on top of #6, not on top of #8. I reversed the 6 and the 8.

doctorb · September 23, 2014, 09:52:15 PM

so my query remains unanswered.....

Dave Shepard · September 23, 2014, 09:53:14 PM

Who said 7 has to be on top of 8? ;)

doctorb · September 23, 2014, 10:02:49 PM

When the puzzle says one on top of the other, I envisioned that they are like a deck of square cards, with the cards displaced, but still holding a "common" thread at some point. I fully realize that, in this solution, that can not be so. I think it muddies my interpretation of the words "one on top of the other", that's all. I did not say that #7 overlaps or should overlap #8. I said that it did not.

Dave Shepard · September 23, 2014, 10:07:00 PM

I took it to simply mean that each card is overlapped by the next card placed in the puzzle.

Dan_Shade · September 23, 2014, 10:08:42 PM

"these pretzels are making me thirsty"

doctorb · September 23, 2014, 10:10:59 PM

Well, I got to the finish line. I was just asking a few questions as I crossed. :D :D

sandhills · September 23, 2014, 10:18:44 PM

I just want to know if we're looking at the top side of the pile or the bottom? ;D I go with #1

Dave Shepard · September 23, 2014, 10:21:28 PM

That comment makes me think you've spent a lot of time on the living roof floor underneath a glass topped coffee table.

sandhills · September 23, 2014, 10:24:08 PM

Who me ;D

Ljohnsaw · September 23, 2014, 11:17:06 PM

They are laid down XXXXXX starting with the X and finishing with 1.

So - *, *, *, *, *, *, *, 1

Try it, it works.

EDIT: there, I hid the answer :D :D

beenthere · September 23, 2014, 11:25:16 PM

QuoteDon't give it away for those still noggin scratching

sandhills · September 23, 2014, 11:25:39 PM

Not sure, looks to me like 5 overlaps 2 and some other number is wrong, can't remember or get back to the picture. I still think i'm looking at the bottom of the pile so it's 1 :D