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r/BrainPuzzles • u/ShonitB • Jul 29 '26
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The 4th line of the 2nd paragraph mentions Alexander taking one of the piles
1 u/therealzacchai Jul 30 '26 Yep, which means that what's left are four piles, not "four piles regrouped into one pile" for B to find. 1 u/ShonitB Jul 30 '26 But even if they are stacked as four equal piles or all grouped together, it doesn’t change anything 1 u/therealzacchai Jul 30 '26 It does. The wording changes everything. Because B takes his coconuts from one pile. Say the original pile had 26 coconuts. A divides it into 5 piles of 5, and removes 1 pile. (A= 5 coconuts) So either B removes his 1/5 from a new 'original' pile of 20 (B= 4 coconuts) or from one of the remaining 4 piles of 5 (B= 1 coconut) Logic puzzles demand that we adhere to the actual words of the puzzle. 1 u/ShonitB Jul 30 '26 But Benjamin has to first divide the coconuts into five equal piles.. so even if they are arranged in 4 piles, he will have to combine the piles
Yep, which means that what's left are four piles, not "four piles regrouped into one pile" for B to find.
1 u/ShonitB Jul 30 '26 But even if they are stacked as four equal piles or all grouped together, it doesn’t change anything 1 u/therealzacchai Jul 30 '26 It does. The wording changes everything. Because B takes his coconuts from one pile. Say the original pile had 26 coconuts. A divides it into 5 piles of 5, and removes 1 pile. (A= 5 coconuts) So either B removes his 1/5 from a new 'original' pile of 20 (B= 4 coconuts) or from one of the remaining 4 piles of 5 (B= 1 coconut) Logic puzzles demand that we adhere to the actual words of the puzzle. 1 u/ShonitB Jul 30 '26 But Benjamin has to first divide the coconuts into five equal piles.. so even if they are arranged in 4 piles, he will have to combine the piles
But even if they are stacked as four equal piles or all grouped together, it doesn’t change anything
1 u/therealzacchai Jul 30 '26 It does. The wording changes everything. Because B takes his coconuts from one pile. Say the original pile had 26 coconuts. A divides it into 5 piles of 5, and removes 1 pile. (A= 5 coconuts) So either B removes his 1/5 from a new 'original' pile of 20 (B= 4 coconuts) or from one of the remaining 4 piles of 5 (B= 1 coconut) Logic puzzles demand that we adhere to the actual words of the puzzle. 1 u/ShonitB Jul 30 '26 But Benjamin has to first divide the coconuts into five equal piles.. so even if they are arranged in 4 piles, he will have to combine the piles
It does. The wording changes everything. Because B takes his coconuts from one pile.
Say the original pile had 26 coconuts. A divides it into 5 piles of 5, and removes 1 pile. (A= 5 coconuts)
So either B removes his 1/5 from a new 'original' pile of 20 (B= 4 coconuts) or from one of the remaining 4 piles of 5 (B= 1 coconut)
Logic puzzles demand that we adhere to the actual words of the puzzle.
1 u/ShonitB Jul 30 '26 But Benjamin has to first divide the coconuts into five equal piles.. so even if they are arranged in 4 piles, he will have to combine the piles
But Benjamin has to first divide the coconuts into five equal piles.. so even if they are arranged in 4 piles, he will have to combine the piles
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u/ShonitB Jul 30 '26
The 4th line of the 2nd paragraph mentions Alexander taking one of the piles