#761 - Hard Odd One Out Matchstick Puzzle
Which of the below images is the odd one out?
Byomkesh Bakshi has visited his friends Ajit just to discover that Ajit neighbor Dr. A.P Bindu was murdered. Dr. Bindu, who is a mathematician wrote the murderer name as a cipher "Hcqtfz". There were five suspects
1. Ajit
2. Another neighbor "Pankaj"
3. The servant "Ganpat"
4. The security guard "Deenu"
5. Dr brother "Hariya".
Byomkesh Bakshi instantly able to find the murderer.
Can you?
Ganpat
Cipher can be cracked as
G + 1 characters-> H
a + 2 characters-> c
n + 3 characters-> q
p + 4 characters-> t
a + 5 characters-> f
t + 6 characters-> z
When we see 2 but call 10 instead?
On her drawing table, Steffi lit 10 colored candles. A few seconds later she blew two candles off.
How many candles Steffi have at the end?
Two as remaining 8 candles are burned out.
Can you count the number of squares in this matchstick riddle below?
On charity event at Dubai, Murray beat Djokovic by winning six games and losing three games.
Note: There is total of 5 service breaks(one who serve lost the game).
Who served first, Djokovic or Murray?
Murray serves first
The one who serves first can serve 5 and other will serve four.
Case-1 :
If Murray serve 4 and Djokovic serve 5
Then five service breaks and Murray winning 6:3 not possible.
Case-2 :
Murray serve 5 and Djokovic serve 4
There are five service breaks and score is Murray 6 - Djokovic 3
i.e
On Murray serve, Murray wins 3 and lost 2
On Djokovic serve, Murray wins 3 and lost 1
You need to arrange three 7 and mathematical symbols to form number 1?
There can be many solutions. Three such solutions are:
A) ((7 - 7)^7)!
B) sqrt(7) * sqrt(7)/7
C) (7*(7 - 7))!