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Post by brimfin on Oct 4, 2017 23:10:20 GMT
House puzzle My first thought is that there's something about thr house he DOESN'T like. Could be he thinks it's an eyesore, dislikes its design, was built by a rival etc. He tried to buy it from the previous owner or even the current one, but they wouldn't sell. So he offers such an outrageous price he knows they'll have to accept it. Then he happily tears it down. He knows he'll never get the price he paid for it back, so he just sells it for as much as he can reasonably get. |
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Post by Salzmank on Oct 5, 2017 13:44:01 GMT
brimfinNo, not that.... No emotion, either positive or negative.
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Post by alfromni on Oct 5, 2017 13:51:00 GMT
SalzmankOn that point, surely there must be a smattering of emotion somewhere, otherwise the guy would have simply walked past the place with not another thought about it?
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Post by Salzmank on Oct 5, 2017 13:52:03 GMT
Salzmank On that point, surely there must be a smattering of emotion somewhere, otherwise the guy would have simply walked past the place with not another thought about it? Well, yes, of course, but what I mean to say is that he had no emotional connection to the house, whether positively or negatively. |
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Post by Salzmank on Oct 5, 2017 15:04:23 GMT
I'm stuck. I tried adding the digits, multiplying, dividing, the whole nine yards; I eventually got to something of a pattern, in that each number is divisible by the sum of its digits (e.g., 12 is divisible by 3, 132 is divisible by 6), but I doubt that's it. If it is, then that next number would be 135 (divisible by 1+3+5=9), but in that case aren't we missing 126 (1+2+6=9, 126 is divisible by 9)?
So I'm probably off, but am I on the right track? |
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Post by alfromni on Oct 5, 2017 15:19:40 GMT
Salzmank - Sequence 135 is the correct result, and for a correct reason, but you don't have the full answer. There is a reason why 126 is not of the sequence. Take another look at the figures and you'll see why. 
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Post by Salzmank on Oct 5, 2017 15:27:06 GMT
Salzmank - Sequence 135 is the correct result, and for a correct reason, but you don't have the full answer. There is a reason why 126 is not of the sequence. Take another look at the figures and you'll see why. Is it that each number is also divisible by the product of its digits? |
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Post by alfromni on Oct 5, 2017 15:31:47 GMT
SalzmankCORRECT!! - Well done! Who said you were no good at maths?
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Post by Salzmank on Oct 5, 2017 15:34:38 GMT
Salzmank CORRECT!! - Well done! Who said you were no good at maths? I wish I were better; as is, this one took me an awfully long time. Thanks for the compliment, though! |
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Post by Salzmank on Oct 5, 2017 17:29:27 GMT
alfromni , DanaShelbyChancey , brimfin OK, brief hint for the house puzzle: After the man bought the house but before he turned around, tore down the house, and sold the property, he called his lawyer and asked if he could burn the house down, as long as he didn't take the insurance money. The horrified lawyer informed him that no, of course he couldn't, and what are you thinking...? The man was silent for a long time and then asked if he could start the process of trying to sell the property.
I've no idea if that helps or just makes it more confusing, but...
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Post by Salzmank on Oct 5, 2017 17:43:25 GMT
Stop the video at :20. Does anyone have an idea how the balls appeared in the cup? |
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Post by alfromni on Oct 5, 2017 20:19:21 GMT
Salzmank --- Ball trick It's called "Sleight-of-Hand", or as the French say, "Ze sleight of ze 'and". ------------------ Salzmank ; brimfin ; BATouttaheck ; soullimbo ; moviebuffbrad ; et al OK folks. An interesting little clock puzzle. A certain 24-hour digital clock (military time) shows the time and date in the HH:MM:SS -- DD/MM (U.S.) format, for example: 23:59:46 -- 17/08 You'll notice something unique about the time and date above. It's that all the digits from 0 to 9 are used exactly once. But that's not the earliest time in a year that can be shown that satisfies this condition. What is? ===================
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Post by alfromni on Oct 5, 2017 21:27:20 GMT
SalzmankIt does a tad, because you first quoted "When he finally buys the house, he tears it down and sells the property to someone else for far less than he himself paid for it."
So which came first? The tearing down or the selling?
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Post by Salzmank on Oct 5, 2017 21:33:40 GMT
alfromni(1) He buys it, (2) he calls the lawyer asking to burn it down, (3) he tears it down, and (4) he sells the property (not "the house." Apologies).
(1) does not immediately follow (2); there is a period in between them of, say, a day.
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Post by alfromni on Oct 5, 2017 21:38:40 GMT
Salzmank Oke. Thanks. There must be dozens of reasons. I wish I could just think of one! 
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Post by brimfin on Oct 5, 2017 23:33:08 GMT
Sequence puzzle Is is that the numbers are divisible by both the sum of its digits and the product of its digits? The next number in the sequence would be 135 - divisble by 1+3+5=9 and 1×3×5=15. |
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Post by Salzmank on Oct 5, 2017 23:53:51 GMT
alfromniNo slight of hand in the ball trick. It's all mechanical. That's why I find it so interesting.
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Post by brimfin on Oct 6, 2017 0:35:41 GMT
House puzzle I'm all out of ideas on this one. I was thinking some form of insurance fraud, but your last clue eliminated that. I don't know of any tax advantage to buying an overpriced house and then destroying it. And you say he bought it with all the money he had in the bank. Honestly, this sounds more like an "Author, Author" puzzle than a riddle with a real solution. |
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Post by brimfin on Oct 6, 2017 1:04:14 GMT
Clock puzzle 17:48:59 26/03
Since the month must start with 0 or 1 and the hour and day with 0,1 or 2, that narrows down any earlier choices. |
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Post by Salzmank on Oct 6, 2017 1:25:26 GMT
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