myrmepropagandist on Nostr: My father in-law shared a puzzle with us for Christmas. And none of us could figure ...
My father in-law shared a puzzle with us for Christmas. And none of us could figure it out until after dinner. Here is the puzzle:
100 pennies. 10 are heads, 90 tails. You are blindfolded and must partition *all* 100 pennies into two piles so in each pile the number of heads are the same.
You cannot tell heads from tails by feeling.
My mother in law didn't believe the solution we found worked so we had to get 100 pennies and demonstrate that it worked. Which it did! So fun!
100 pennies. 10 are heads, 90 tails. You are blindfolded and must partition *all* 100 pennies into two piles so in each pile the number of heads are the same.
You cannot tell heads from tails by feeling.
My mother in law didn't believe the solution we found worked so we had to get 100 pennies and demonstrate that it worked. Which it did! So fun!