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wu :: forums    riddles    easy (Moderators: SMQ, william wu, Eigenray, Grimbal, Icarus, towr, ThudnBlunder)    Lilypad « Previous topic | Next topic » Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print    Author  Topic: Lilypad  (Read 365 times) Kitty Full Member     Gender: Posts: 287 Lilypad   « on: Apr 25th, 2003, 9:42am » Quote Modify This is a really stupid one that nearly everyone knows and it is very easy:   There is a lilypad in the middle of a pond that doudles in size every day. After 20 days it covers the whole pond.     After how many day did it take to cover 1/2 the pond?   (most people know it wih a bucket of bacteria but i prefer this version) « Last Edit: Apr 25th, 2003, 9:43am by Kitty » IP Logged If the human brain was simple enough for us to understand, we would still be so stupid that we couldn't understand it.~Kant (1724-1804) wowbagger Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 727 Re: Lilypad   « Reply #1 on: Apr 25th, 2003, 10:07am » Quote Modify Yes, this is definitely a classic. Shouldn't it be somewhere on the site already? Well, it's not worth searching for it, I guess.   By the way, my first encounter with this riddle was in your version, although it's arguably more appropriate to use bacteria. But not so nice an image.   edited to correct spelling « Last Edit: Apr 28th, 2003, 9:30am by wowbagger » IP Logged "You're a jerk, <your surname>!" Kitty Full Member     Gender: Posts: 287 Re: Lilypad   « Reply #2 on: Apr 25th, 2003, 10:09am » Quote Modify I did not find it anywhere on the site. IP Logged If the human brain was simple enough for us to understand, we would still be so stupid that we couldn't understand it.~Kant (1724-1804) wowbagger Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 727 Re: Lilypad   « Reply #3 on: Apr 25th, 2003, 10:12am » Quote Modify As a Full Member, I expected you to have searched first, of course.   IP Logged "You're a jerk, <your surname>!" Kitty Full Member     Gender: Posts: 287 Re: Lilypad   « Reply #4 on: Apr 25th, 2003, 10:13am » Quote Modify Kinda   IP Logged If the human brain was simple enough for us to understand, we would still be so stupid that we couldn't understand it.~Kant (1724-1804) Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print Forum Jump: ----------------------------- riddles -----------------------------=> easy   - medium   - hard   - what am i   - what happened   - microsoft   - cs   - putnam exam (pure math)   - suggestions, help, and FAQ   - general problem-solving / chatting / whatever ----------------------------- general -----------------------------  - guestbook   - truth   - complex analysis   - wanted   - psychology   - chinese « Previous topic | Next topic »

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