Sunday, June 13, 2010

The Weight of a Brick

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If a brick balances with three-quarters of a brick and three-quarters of a pound, how much does a brick weigh?
~Sam Loyd, Cyclopedia of Puzzles, 1914

I won't bother with a separate post: answer
Posted by Curmudgeon at Sunday, June 13, 2010

3 comments:

  1. PeggyUJune 18, 2010 at 2:18 PM

    3 lbs.?

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  2. CurmudgeonJune 19, 2010 at 12:41 PM

    Yep! I've decided to try that new way of indicating a short answer - hold your mouse over the answer and the little popup should appear. It works in Google Reader and in several browsers that I've tested. The benefit is that people can still work on the problem without seeing the answer till they're ready.

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  3. camiloFebruary 10, 2014 at 9:22 AM

    1/4 brick weighs 3/4 libs, so the whole brick will weight 3/4 lbs * 4 = 3 lbs

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