Friday, December 5, 2008

Eat the pizza

You are sitting down to share a pizza with a friend.
After you cut the pizza, you and your friend will each start eating at constant rates Y and F, respectively, until the pizza is gone.
Both of you must fully consume your current slice of pizza before grabbing another one. Generously, you've agreed in advance that if you both reach for the last slice at the same time, your friend gets it.
That said, your goal is to maximize the amount of pizza you get.

Question: How many slices should you cut the pizza into, given that all pieces must be of equal size?

[Post your answers with explanation in the comments]


Image Credit: superbrandsindia.com

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Count the Legs

There is a bus with 7 girls inside,
Each girl has 7 bags,
Inside each bag, there are 7 Big cats,
Each Big cat has 7 small cats,
All cats have 4 Legs each!

Question: How many Legs are there inside the bus?

[Post your answers with explanation in the comments]

Image Credit: scienceblogs.com

Sunday, October 5, 2008

5 Zeros

I am putting up some puzzles here for great minds to solve.

Question 1:
Use 5 zeroes to make 120

[Post your answers with explanation in the comments]

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Cheeni Climate SEO Contest

Cheeni Climate was the first SEO Contest to be organized in Asia. It was organized by Software Development Section of Hobbies Club, IIT Roorkee during Srishti 2008

Winner for the contest was announced on March 1, 2008.

My entry is at http://cheeni.mechanic.googlepages.com