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5 butts = 1 cigarette
25 butts = 5 cigarettes
and after smoking all of them he again has 5 butts = 1 cigarette :P
5 +1 = 6 :P


YOUR QUESTION WAS OUT OF THE CONTEXT TOO!
Are you saying only drunk people are creative and ambitious?


A problem with many solutions is not a problem at all, but a waste of time.


Edit: The answer must be around -8 C, because the answer we get from the kelvin scale is too cold. Such temperatures have never been recorded on Earth, and the temperature cannot change so drastically in one day. A good riddle though.

Edit: The answer must..."
You cannot solve it by converting. Because each scale has different values, dividing them by 2 post-conversion will yield a different dilation of values for each scale (try converting to kelvin first and then referring back to celsius, then take the fahrenheit route and go back to celsius -- you'll get different results each time).
There's another way to solve it and that would make you appreciate what school has been trying to teach you. -8.9 or -8 is not an answer.


Good job at using symmetry. Funnily, you cannot find a concrete answer to this question by experimental methods lol.

That's the trick of the question lol. Cold is a qualitative term, not a quantitative one. But you have to apply it to a quantity here (which, conveniently enough, happens to be zero).

Good job at using symmetry. Funni..."
No, this method is correct. Use this formula-
3/2×Boltzmann constant×temp. in kelvin
To find speed of gas molecules at 0 C. Divide by 2 and then calculate temperature, which is -136.6 in this case. We need to redefine what twice as hot or cold means, as twice as hot as 10 is not 20 by this formula.
Good question, but a boring "substitute the values" physics question.

Good job at using s..."
Which is why you don't use any equations. The meat of the question lies in the fact that it highlights to you the possible errors that may arise when you apply a qualitative concept to a quantitative one. Needless to say, there is NO correct answer here for 'twice as cold'. But -136.6 at least shows that you have a good number sense. Say if you take the fahrenheit scale and take that value of it which corresponds to 0 of Celsius, then you would get an entirely different answer.
Just a fun exercise: Try using the power formula P = mc dTemp/dt to ascertain 'twice' as cold. Begin with a set quantity of water and put it in room temperature conditions and then take it outside to let it freeze. Measure the time (call it X). Twice as cold would mean that you put X/2 in another equation (or double the power of the first one) for the same quantity of water and same initial conditions. Do the calculations to find the temperature. Now, take different initial temperatures and see the magic.

Three foreigners, X, Y and Z are present before you. One of them always lies, one always tells the truth, and one always answers randomly. You can only ask 3 yes no questions and each question must be asked to only one person. Determine who is the honest, false and the random person. But... They're foreigners who aren't too confident speaking your language. They understand you completely, but answer yes and no in their own language, in which bool and ool can be either yes or no. You of course don't know which is which.

Three foreigners, X, Y and Z are present before you. One of them always lies, one always tells the truth, and one always answers randomly. You can only as..."
What the fuck lmao. This requires a mindfuck of a solution. I'll let it rest in the back of my head until the solution strikes me.

Three foreigners, X, Y and Z are present before you. One of them always lies, one always tells the truth, and one always answers randomly. Y..."
Hint: It won't. Don't feel too dumb though, practically no one can do this. Literally the hardest logic puzzle ever.

Three foreigners, X, Y and Z are present before you. One of them always lies, one always tells the truth, and one always answe..."
I sat down trying to make a triad of XYZ assigning them different roles, and discovered on the very first attempt that it's a pain in the ass even if I take the rigorous approach, and I've never taken a rigorous approach in pretty much anything.
Guess I'll just look the solution up. There's definitely some trick here that's worth learning. What's the name of this puzzle?

Three foreigners, X, Y and Z are present before you. One of them always lies, one always tells the truth, and on..."
As I said, it's literally called the hardest logic puzzle ever. Beyond the comprehension of us mortals.

And I'll ask Bern and Lux if they can solve it. Should be fun."
Lol, it's so difficult that it's called the hardest logic puzzle ever. Yeah, that's it's name, the hardest logic puzzle ever. Google it. I'd be extremely surprised if anyone you knew solved this; it's not meant for laymen.

And I'll ask Bern and Lux if they can solve it. Should be fun."
Lol, it's so difficult that it's called the hardest logic puzzle ever. Yeah, that's..."
Holy shit. That solution alone will take me days to comprehend lol. Bern and Lux may already know about this puzzle but I hate asking people questions like 'Can you do this?' when I cannot. I'll pass on sharing it with them. But really though, how the fuck did Boolos himself found the solution?

A king wants his daughter to marry the smartest of 3 extremely intelligent young princes, and so the king's wise men devised an intelligence test.
The princes are gathered into a room and seated, facing one another, and are shown 2 black hats and 3 white hats. They are blindfolded, and 1 hat is placed on each of their heads, with the remaining hats hidden in a different room.
The king tells them that the first prince to deduce the color of his hat without removing it or looking at it will marry his daughter. A wrong guess will mean death. The blindfolds are then removed.
You are one of the princes. You see 2 white hats on the other prince's heads. After some time you realize that the other prince's are unable to deduce the color of their hat, or are unwilling to guess. What color is your hat?

White. Because if it were black, one of the other guys could tell the color of his hat. In case I had black, the thought process of one of those guys would be, 'I'm seeing black and white. I can only have a white on my head because if I had black, that one guy would see two blacks so he'll deduce his color'.
One BIG AF cigarette.
Where's my prize?