Re: Manda is brilliant! » Manda

Posted by JohnX2 on May 11, 2002, at 16:57:21

In reply to Manda's attempt at brilliance-- Ha!, posted by Manda on May 11, 2002, at 6:57:07

> Well... Here's my guess. Since you can fool with the levers when you're out of the room, you should turn one lever on for a little while, and then turn it off (w/out looking). Then turn on another lever, and go in the room. The light that is on (obviously) belongs to the second lever. By touching the lightbulbs of the other three, you can tell which belongs to the first lever. Repeat with the other 2 lamps/levers.
> -Manda
Manda is brilliant! You win. Ron copped out of giving
his solution, he wanted $$$.
There is another possibility (this is the one
I came up with, but your's works just as well):
1)flip on just lever 1 - note the lamp it controls
2)flip the 2nd and 3rd levers on,and then turn off
lever 3. Go in the room , the lamp on is for lever 2.
touch the two remaining lamps (they will be off, and
you already figured out lever 1 and 2). The hot bulb is lever
3, the cool bulb is lever 4.
A little less hand burning :-)
Good Work!
John

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