Monday Micro Softy 36: A Glass Half Empty? Half Full? Too Big?
The professors on a research expedition must make sure that each glass of rationed water is exactly half full
Here’s our thirst-quenching Micro Softy for this week. Three professors were on a trip through the Sahara Desert. They had an NSF grant to study the sleep patterns of the Saharan Grasshopper (Heteracris littoralis). They brought exactly enough drinking water with them to last for four days. To stay hydrated, each was allowed a half glass of water every hour during each sixteen-hour workday.
The professors shared the water glass shown in the picture. To make sure the water lasted the entire four days, the professors made sure each portion of water filled the glass exactly halfway. There were no markings on the glass.
How can they do this?
We’ll give an answer next Monday right here on MindMatters.ai.
Solution to Micro Softy 35: A House With a View
Here’s last week’s Micro Softy again:
Eccentric billionaire Sir Irving Spoon, obsessed with southern views, tasked his Chief of Staff, Dustin Dubree, with designing a square house featuring a large frameless picture window on each side, each providing a genuine southern view without the use of mirrors or technology. How would this be possible?
The answer, as Dustin realized immediately, is there was only one possible location. He had to build Sir Irving Spoon’s new house directly on the North Pole where all windows would face south.
Here are links to all the earlier Micro Softies
Monday Micro Softy 35: A house with a view. A billionaire, used to getting what he wants, demands a house where all the walls’ windows offer a view in the same direction. The solution to Monday Micro Softy 34 is quite simple if we pay attention to the exact measurements of the poles and the wires. sincere
Monday Micro Softy 29: A funeral lament in four lines. The funeral director was puzzled by Dan’s description of his relationship to the deceased but there was no question that his grief was sincere Here, you will also find links to Microsofties 22 through 29 as well.
Monday Micro Softy 21: Finding More of the Deadly Fentanyl Pills. There, you will also find links to Microsofties 11 through 20 as well.
At Monday Micro Softy 11: What Happened to That Other Dollar?, you will find links to the first ten Micro Softies. Have fun!
