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[3 Switch 3 Bulb] Puzzle

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[3 Switch 3 Bulb] Puzzle
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RE: [3 Switch 3 Bulb] Puzzle
July 6, 2015 at 11:38 am
(July 5, 2015 at 5:22 am)pool Wrote: I didn't mean that kind of a solution.....
What "kind" of a solution did you mean then?
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RE: [3 Switch 3 Bulb] Puzzle
July 6, 2015 at 11:39 am
Like, an aquatic one?
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RE: [3 Switch 3 Bulb] Puzzle
July 6, 2015 at 11:44 am
(July 6, 2015 at 11:38 am)LostLocke Wrote:
(July 5, 2015 at 5:22 am)pool Wrote: I didn't mean that kind of a solution.....
What "kind" of a solution did you mean then?

A purely logical kind of solution?(That's the best way i can explain.)

When someone says that the answer can be found if you touch and see the bulbs for heat effects they are making assumptions that the bulb is within reach.
I don't want that kind of a solution..
The kind of solution i want is like purely mathematical or logical(I don't know how to explain it better. Sad)
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RE: [3 Switch 3 Bulb] Puzzle
July 8, 2015 at 10:26 am
I have a friend who introduced me to this problem. He had worked as a corporate head hunter and would pose the problem to prospective executives over dinner, not because he cared whether they could solve it but to see how they reacted to a problem that bedeviled them.
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RE: [3 Switch 3 Bulb] Puzzle
July 8, 2015 at 11:38 pm
Why the need to wait?
A cheap digital thermo sensor gun is all you need.
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Know God, Know fear.
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[3 Switch 3 Bulb] Puzzle
July 9, 2015 at 12:20 pm
I would just use my X-ray vision to see which ones came on.
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