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Ok, assuming light bulbs work in this make believe situation like they do in real life I know 3 things.1. When the right switch is hit the bulb turns on. 2. When a light is on, it gets hot. 3. When it doesn't go on it stays room temperature or cool. Therefore, just like before, three equations and three unknowns. This riddle is solvable.Based upon this, I don't think I need to go any further, as i understand what I need to do. I'll leave the sequencing procedure for the switches to another person to chime in on.That's my two cents!Max
Cant you just flick on each of the switches? One is bound to work
Quote from: Samson4258 on 7 Mar 2013, 02:26:00Cant you just flick on each of the switches? One is bound to work Could the lightbulb be on already? Then if you flick all the switches you might turn it off or on.
Quote from: 86MaxSmart on 6 Mar 2013, 20:52:08Ok, assuming light bulbs work in this make believe situation like they do in real life I know 3 things.1. When the right switch is hit the bulb turns on. 2. When a light is on, it gets hot. 3. When it doesn't go on it stays room temperature or cool. Therefore, just like before, three equations and three unknowns. This riddle is solvable.Based upon this, I don't think I need to go any further, as i understand what I need to do. I'll leave the sequencing procedure for the switches to another person to chime in on.That's my two cents!MaxIf you've never seen the riddle, good job!If you have, good job for not spoiling it for someone else, but giving a hint!
Set switch #1 to the on position and switches #2 and #3 to the off position.Wait ten minutes.Turn switch #1 off and switch #2 on.Enter the room and examine the bulb. If the bulb is on, then it’s controlled by switch #2. If the bulb is off and warm or hot, then it’s controlled by switch #1 (because it was recently left on for ten minutes which caused it heat up). If the bulb is off and room temperature, then, by process of elimination, it must be controlled by switch #3.Or you could listen to the connection fizzle
Just don't close the door when you go in and out of the room? lol
Warm switches, connectins that fizzle...can we say bad wiring?