Illustration.
There are 4 men who need to go through a very dangerous bridge in the dark. Unfortunately there is only one torch, no torch cannot cross the bridge.
The bridge is very weak so each turn is only 2 people. However, the time of 4 people (A, B, C, D) crossing the bridge is not the same, respectively A - 1 minute, B - 2 minutes, C - 7 minutes, D - 10 minutes. How long is the shortest time for 4 men to cross the bridge?
Illustration.
A servant who works for the boss for 7 days is complete. The servant asked to be paid 1/7 of the gold bar every day. The boss has to cut at least how many lines and cut how to pay him exactly 1/7 of the gold ingot every day?
Illustration.
Four balls are placed in a box. One fruit is green, one is black and the other is yellow. Shake the box and remove 2 balls. Know that there is at least one yellow fruit. Ask how many chances for the 2nd ball to be yellow?
After buying a skirt, you definitely have 3,000 leftovers. You return 1,000, pay your mother 1,000, so you only owe each person: 50,000 - 1,000 = 49,000, total debt owed to parents: 49,000 + 49,000 = 98,000. And you have 1,000 leftovers.
Come here,
- If you give 1,000 notes to a parent, you only owe your parents: 98,000 - 1,000 = 97,000 - equal to the value of the dress you bought.
- If you retain 1,000 and 97,000 values, the dress will have a total of 98,000, equal to the amount owed to parents
Therefore, you will not lose any money.
The first plan most people think of is to get the fastest man ahead and the first one will turn around to guide the other three over the bridge one after another.
A total of 10 minutes (D) + 1 minute (A return) + 7 minutes (A + C) + 1 minute (A return) + 2 (A + B) = 21 minutes. If so, the problem is too easy.
To reduce time, we should find ways for D and C to go together. If they go over the first bridge, they will need a person to come back to pick up another person.
That is too time consuming. Try to let A go with B and let A wait on the other side of the bridge. After B comes back, C and D will cross the bridge and give torch to A to welcome B to.
A and B over the bridge => 2 minutes
B returned => 2 minutes
C and D over the bridge => 10 minutes
A return => 1 minute
A and B over the bridge => 2 minutes
Total is: 2 + 2 + 10 + 1 + 2 = 17 minutes
The bar on the gold bar 6 bars divided into 7 equal parts. Use 2 slices to cut into 3 parts 1/7, 2/7 and 4/7 gold bars.
Day 1: Give people to 1/7 bars
Day 2: Give the servant 2/7 bars and take back 1/7 ingots
Day 3: Give people to 1/7 bars
Day 4: Give the servant 4/7 bars, get back 2 parts 1/7 and 2/7 bars
Day 5: Give people to 1/7 bars
Day 6: Give the servant 2/7 bars and take back 1/7 ingots
Day 7: Bringing the remaining 1/7 bar.
6 pairs of balls may have been taken out:
Gold + Gold / Gold + Blue / Green + Gold / Gold + Black / Black + Gold / Green + Black.
Since there is at least one yellow ball, make sure the Blue + Black pair cannot be removed.
So there are 5 possibilities left. So the chance for the Gold + Gold pair is 1/5.
It is possible that many people cannot accept this answer but must be 1/3. A third sentence is only true if the balls are drawn in turn and the first ball is yellow.
However, in case two balls are drawn at the same time and the color of the first ball in the two balls is given, then the 1/5 answer above is correct.