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05-14-2013, 12:32 AM (This post was last modified: 05-14-2013 12:39 AM by TheQwertiest.)
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RE: Riddles!
(05-13-2013 01:25 PM)TheGreatErenan Wrote:  Ace, Bruce, Clive, and Dirk all work at the same monster engineering lab. Their annual salaries are $30k, $40k, $50k, and $60k, but not necessarily in that order. They are also 25, 30, 35, and 40 years old, but once again, not necessarily in that order. In addition, some of them wear a hat every day, while others never wear a hat. Unfortunately, while engineering their monsters, they messed around with too many types of alien goo and have scrambled their brains. They can't remember who makes how much or how old each of them are or who likes to wear a hat. To make matters worse, the monsters they created escaped and stole/ate their ID cards and all the paperwork that identifies their salaries, ages, and inclinations toward hatwearing. Fortunately, some fundamentally helpful but rascally and playful space aliens took pity on them and have compiled a list of clues to help them whip their brains back into working shape. With these clues, can you help sort out their salaries, ages, and headwear preferences?
  • Clive is younger than everyone who likes to wear a hat.
  • Exactly two of the men like to wear a hat.
  • The youngest person and the person who earns the least do not wear a hat.
  • Bruce is older than everyone who earns more than Clive.
  • Ace is younger than everyone who earns less than Clive.
  • Dirk is older than everyone who doesn't wear a hat.
  • Dirk earns less than exactly one of the men who wear hats.
  • Dirk earns more than exactly one of the men who don't wear hats.
  • Bruce is not the oldest.
  • The oldest man makes less than Clive.
  • The man who earns the most wears a hat.

By the way, I made this list of clues up myself, so don't bother trying to Google for the solution. Tongue

are you sure this can be solved with just your clues?

clive - 60k - 30 y.o. - wears hat
dirk - 50k - 40 y.o. - no hat
bruce - 40k - 35 y.o. - wears hat
ace - 30k - 25 y.o. - no hat

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05-14-2013, 01:06 AM (This post was last modified: 05-14-2013 01:11 AM by Eijolend.)
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RE: Riddles!
(05-13-2013 11:33 PM)TheGreatErenan Wrote:  You said three of them. Well, you said thrre.
(05-13-2013 02:38 PM)Doodat Wrote:  Ace-30k-25-no hat
Bruce-50k-30-no hat
Clive-60k-35-hat
Dirk-40k-40-hat

No, sorry, that's not it.

Ace-60k-30-hat
Bruce-30k-35-no hat
Clive-50k-25-no hat
Dirk-40k-40-hat

I liked that the hat category only had two distinctions instead of four. That is unusual for this kind of puzzles. Also kudos for managing to make up a puzzle like that, that has only one unique solution!
(05-14-2013 12:32 AM)TheQwertiest Wrote:  clive - 60k - 30 y.o. - wears hat
dirk - 50k - 40 y.o. - no hat
bruce - 40k - 35 y.o. - wears hat
ace - 30k - 25 y.o. - no hat

That can't be correct. For example the first clue reads "Clive is younger than everyone who likes to wear a hat." So Clive can't wear a hat, since he's not younger than himself.

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05-14-2013, 01:21 AM
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RE: Riddles!
(05-14-2013 01:06 AM)Eijolend Wrote:  
(05-13-2013 11:33 PM)TheGreatErenan Wrote:  You said three of them. Well, you said thrre.
(05-13-2013 02:38 PM)Doodat Wrote:  Ace-30k-25-no hat
Bruce-50k-30-no hat
Clive-60k-35-hat
Dirk-40k-40-hat

No, sorry, that's not it.

Ace-60k-30-hat
Bruce-30k-35-no hat
Clive-50k-25-no hat
Dirk-40k-40-hat

I liked that the hat category only had two distinctions instead of four. That is unusual for this kind of puzzles. Also kudos for managing to make up a puzzle like that, that has only one unique solution!
(05-14-2013 12:32 AM)TheQwertiest Wrote:  clive - 60k - 30 y.o. - wears hat
dirk - 50k - 40 y.o. - no hat
bruce - 40k - 35 y.o. - wears hat
ace - 30k - 25 y.o. - no hat

That can't be correct. For example the first clue reads "Clive is younger than everyone who likes to wear a hat." So Clive can't wear a hat, since he's not younger than himself.

thanks. i was wondering where i went wrong. ( where else? :o )
i guess i didnt think of excluding himself.

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05-14-2013, 01:38 AM (This post was last modified: 05-14-2013 04:13 AM by TheGreatErenan.)
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RE: Riddles!
(05-14-2013 01:06 AM)Eijolend Wrote:  [Correct Solution]

I liked that the hat category only had two distinctions instead of four. That is unusual for this kind of puzzles. Also kudos for managing to make up a puzzle like that, that has only one unique solution!

Bingo! You got it! Nice work!

Thanks!

I was hoping it would take a little longer for someone to find the solution. I thought the whole "can't be younger than oneself" thing would be trickier for people to figure out.

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05-14-2013, 03:22 AM (This post was last modified: 05-14-2013 08:54 AM by Eijolend.)
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RE: Riddles!
Inspired by Erenan's Puzzle I decided to make one my own (although my background story isn't as well designed):
The monsters that escaped from Erenan's monster engineering labs hurried through a sports center, knocking over several people in their way. Four women seem to be especially shaken by the events and in their shock they forgot which course they wanted to attend, how old they are and which of the sport bags scattered around the ground is theirs. Can you help them?
Names: Eve, Fanny, Gina, Holly
Sport courses: Basket Ball, Tennis, Soccer, Climbing
Bag colours: Red, Blue, Green, Yellow
Ages: 22, 26, 30, 31
  • The youngest person is not playing soccer.
  • The soccer clothes are neither in the blue nor in the yellow bag.
  • Eve plays Tennis.
  • The woman going climbing is older than the one playing soccer.
  • Gina is not the oldest.
  • The person who is 26 years old does not own the green bag.
  • The person with the red bag is older than the person with the blue bag.
  • The owner of the yellow bag is 30 years old.
  • Gina does not have a blue bag.
  • Fanny is younger than Eve.
  • The oldest person is not playing Tennis.

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05-14-2013, 04:09 AM
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RE: Riddles!
Please hide any of the answers so I can solve it myself!

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05-14-2013, 04:14 AM
Post: #227
RE: Riddles!
As far as I can tell, there are a couple possible answers going from these clues. You might need more. Maybe I'm wrong...

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05-14-2013, 04:40 AM
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RE: Riddles!
Yes, you're wrong:

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Eve - 26 - Tennis - Red
Fanny - 22 - Basketball - Blue
Gina - 30 - Soccer - Green
Holly - 31 - Climbing - Yellow


Why you were wrong:


After you've worked out the clues the 'normal' way, the owner of the blue bag could be playing basketball or going climbing. However, the owner of the blue bag was Fanny, while the lady going climbing was Holly.

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05-14-2013, 04:48 AM (This post was last modified: 05-14-2013 04:49 AM by TheGreatErenan.)
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RE: Riddles!
(05-14-2013 04:40 AM)Gf!sh Wrote:  Yes, you're wrong:

But what about: (highlight)


Eve - 26 - Yellow - Tennis
Fanny - 22 - Blue - Basketball
Gina - 30 - Red - Soccer
Holly - 31 - Green - Climbing


and


Eve - 26 - Blue - Tennis
Fanny - 22 - Yellow - Basketball
Gina - 30 - Red - Soccer
Holly - 31 - Green - Climbing


Every clue is true in these cases, I think.

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05-14-2013, 05:39 AM (This post was last modified: 05-14-2013 06:12 AM by TheGoldenGriffin.)
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RE: Riddles!
(05-13-2013 11:33 PM)TheGreatErenan Wrote:  You said three of them. Well, you said thrre.
(05-13-2013 02:38 PM)Doodat Wrote:  Ace-30k-25-no hat
Bruce-50k-30-no hat
Clive-60k-35-hat
Dirk-40k-40-hat

No, sorry, that's not it.

Oh its supposed to say these
It could also be

Fanny-22-blue-basketball
Eve-26-red-tennis
Gina-30-green-soccer
Holly-31-yellow-climbing

Right?

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