ceasetoexist: (Smug)
Pokey Minch ([personal profile] ceasetoexist) wrote2010-12-06 12:26 pm

Riddles

Hey, you know what I love? Being droned for a week and a half for absolutely no friggin' reason. No. That's just great.

Anyway, I'm bored, so lets play a game. Got a riddle for you. Well, I guess it's more like a logic puzzle then a riddle, but they're close enough to be the same thing. Whatever. So here it is:

Three duelists are standing off against one another. Technically, everything about each duelist seems similar: each has a gun and is the same distance apart from the others. Despite this, each duelist has a different possibility of hitting his opponents. Duelist A has a 90% chance of firing and hitting either oppoennt. Duelist B, however, only has a 60% chance of firing and hitting an opponent.

You are Duelist C. You have a 30% chance of firing and hitting either opponent. You can't run; running will have both of them automatically draw their guns on you. So you have to stay and do something. So, the question is who do you fire at in order to survive?

[Filtered]

[identity profile] godisachild.livejournal.com 2010-12-07 05:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[Alright! A simple math problem! He's got this! He's good at math, after all, so this shouldn't be too hard! Hell, he can do complex math easily!

And it takes him awhile, but he finally answers.]


(3-7%4)x8=10

[Filtered]

[identity profile] teawithpuzzles.livejournal.com 2010-12-07 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Correct! It should have been simple to figure out once you realised you were working in fractions.

[Filtered]

[identity profile] godisachild.livejournal.com 2010-12-08 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
Pfft! I had that figured out right when I started.

[He totally didn't.]

[Filtered]

[identity profile] teawithpuzzles.livejournal.com 2010-12-08 04:05 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm sure you did.

[Lieeeees.]

If you wish for another puzzle to solve, feel free to contact me at any time.