Some three hundred years ago a prince lived in a land of many riches, a man of ill heart and much pride. His daughter, who was ripe for marriage, was named Priyanka. He had promised her to a rich neighbour, but she had a different plan: she fell in love with a plain lad, the blacksmith Raghu. The lovers tried to run off to the mountains, but were caught.
Angered, the prince decided to execute them both the next day. He had them locked up in this tower - a somber structure, unfinished and abandoned. A young girl, a servant who had helped the lovers in their unsuccessful flight, was locked up with them.
Raghu, calmly looking around, climbed the steps to the tower's upper part and glanced out the window. He realized it would be impossible to jump out and survive. But he saw a rope, forgotten by the masons, hanging near the window. The rope was thrown over a rusty tackle fastened to the tower wall above the window. Empty baskets were tied to each end of the rope. These baskets had been used by the masons to lift bricks and lower rubble. Raghu knew that if one load was 10 pounds more than the other, the heavier basket would descend smoothly to the
ground while the other rose to the window.
Looking at the two girls, Raghu guessed Priyanka's weight at 100 pounds and the servant's at 80. He himself weighed nearly 180. In the tower he found 13 separated pieces of chain, each weighing 10 pounds. Now all three prisoners succeeded in reaching the ground. At no time did a descending basket weigh over 10 pounds more than the ascending basket.
How did they escape?Puzzle
PI - Good puzzle. Took about 30 minutes to crack.
Here is how all ends in well
Weights available: 180lb boy (180b), 100lb girl (100g), 80lb girl (80g), 13 chains of 10lb each (Thirteen 10w, 2 of them will be referred to as 20w, three as 30w and so on)
Baskets available: b1 and b2.
Important rule is that at any time the difference between two baskets is only 10 pounds.
Here is the sequence:
> Load B2 with 10w
> Load B1 with 20w
> Load B2 with 30w
> Load B1 with 40w
> Load B2 with 50w
> Load B1 with 60w
> Load B2 with 70w
> Load B1 with 80g (leave 60w on top at this point)
> Load B2 with 90w
> Load B1 with 80g+20w
> Load B2 with 110w
> Load B1 with 80g+40w
> Load B2 with 100g + 30w
> Load B1 with 80g+60w
> Load B2 with 100g + 50w
> Load B1 with 80g+80w
> Load B2 with 100g + 70w
> Load B1 with 180b (Leave 80g and 80w on top at this point)
> Load B2 with 100g + 80g + 10w (Leave 60w on top at this point)
> Load B1 with 180b + 20w (180b gets down and now waits at the bottom)
> Load B2 with 30w (Leave 80g and 100g at top now)
> Load B1 with 40w
> Load B2 with 50w
> Load B1 with 60w
> Load B2 with 70w
> Load B1 with 80w
> Load B2 with 80g + 10w (Leave the 60w on top at this point)
> Load B1 with 100g (Leave the 80w on top at this point)
> Load B2 with 80g + 30w (small girl picks up 20w each time she goes on top from now on; Also she drops 20w at bottom each time she reaches the bottom, so B2 will be 90lb in weight while going up)
> Load B1 with 100g (100g sits and does nothing on B1)
> Load B2 with 80g + 30w (drop another 20w at bottom after this)
> Load B1 with 100g
> Load B2 with 80g + 30w (drop another 20w at bottom after this)
> Load B1 with 100g
> Load B2 with 90w (drop 80g, the smart servant girl at the bottom now)
> B1 comes down with our beauty Priyanka, who is 100g.
Then Raghu will ask the servant girl to close her eyes and gives a loud chumma to Priyanka.. Director Tejasvee's movie says "The end.. they live happily ever after". Clap!!
Here is how all ends in well
Weights available: 180lb boy (180b), 100lb girl (100g), 80lb girl (80g), 13 chains of 10lb each (Thirteen 10w, 2 of them will be referred to as 20w, three as 30w and so on)
Baskets available: b1 and b2.
Important rule is that at any time the difference between two baskets is only 10 pounds.
Here is the sequence:
> Load B2 with 10w
> Load B1 with 20w
> Load B2 with 30w
> Load B1 with 40w
> Load B2 with 50w
> Load B1 with 60w
> Load B2 with 70w
> Load B1 with 80g (leave 60w on top at this point)
> Load B2 with 90w
> Load B1 with 80g+20w
> Load B2 with 110w
> Load B1 with 80g+40w
> Load B2 with 100g + 30w
> Load B1 with 80g+60w
> Load B2 with 100g + 50w
> Load B1 with 80g+80w
> Load B2 with 100g + 70w
> Load B1 with 180b (Leave 80g and 80w on top at this point)
> Load B2 with 100g + 80g + 10w (Leave 60w on top at this point)
> Load B1 with 180b + 20w (180b gets down and now waits at the bottom)
> Load B2 with 30w (Leave 80g and 100g at top now)
> Load B1 with 40w
> Load B2 with 50w
> Load B1 with 60w
> Load B2 with 70w
> Load B1 with 80w
> Load B2 with 80g + 10w (Leave the 60w on top at this point)
> Load B1 with 100g (Leave the 80w on top at this point)
> Load B2 with 80g + 30w (small girl picks up 20w each time she goes on top from now on; Also she drops 20w at bottom each time she reaches the bottom, so B2 will be 90lb in weight while going up)
> Load B1 with 100g (100g sits and does nothing on B1)
> Load B2 with 80g + 30w (drop another 20w at bottom after this)
> Load B1 with 100g
> Load B2 with 80g + 30w (drop another 20w at bottom after this)
> Load B1 with 100g
> Load B2 with 90w (drop 80g, the smart servant girl at the bottom now)
> B1 comes down with our beauty Priyanka, who is 100g.
Then Raghu will ask the servant girl to close her eyes and gives a loud chumma to Priyanka.. Director Tejasvee's movie says "The end.. they live happily ever after". Clap!!