You need to boil eggs for exactly 9 minutes.
But you have only 2 hourglasses – one measures 4 minutes and the other measures 7 minutes. How do you measure exactly 9 minutes without the process taking longer than 9 minutes?.
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Three Missionaries and Three Cannibals
Three missionaries and three cannibals want to get to the other side of a river. There is a small boat, which can fit only two. To prevent a tragedy, there can never be more cannibals than missionaries together.
How can all the cannibals and missionaries cross the river safely ?
Riddle AnswerBaseball Bat and a Ball Cost $1.10
A baseball bat and a ball cost $1.10 in total. The bat costs $1 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?
Riddle AnswerRemove One from Nine Becomes Ten
If you remove one from eleven, it becomes ten. If you remove one from nine, it becomes ten. How is this possible?
Riddle Answer3000 Bananas and Camel
You have 3000 bananas and a camel. You wish to transport the bananas to a place 1000 miles away, using only the camel as the mode of transportation.
The camel can only carry a maximum of 1000 bananas at a time, and will eat one banana every mile it travels. The camel will not go anywhere if it does not have any bananas.
You can load and unload as many bananas as you want anywhere. What is the maximum number of bananas that can be transferred to the destination using only the camel?
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