#841 - Employee Count Maths Brain Teaser

A small media company got 20 employees.

The employee consists of reporters, camera-man and the writers
Every reporter earns daily $3, camera-man 1.5$ and writers earn 0.5$

How many reporters, camera-man and the writers are there?

Employee Count Maths Brain Teaser

reporters=2, camera-man=5 and the writers=13

Let the number of reporters, camera-man, and writers are denoted by r, c, and m respectively.

From the given information we can write the following 2 equations;
r + c + m = 20 . . . . . . (1)
3r + 1.5c + 0.5m = 20 . . . . . (2)

Multiplying equation (2) by 2 we get;
6r + 3c + m = 40 . . . . . (2)

equation3 - equation 1
5r + 2c = 20

The unique solution with whole numbers is r = 2 & c = 5

Therefore from equation(1) we can find;
m = 13

=> reporters=2, camera-man=5 and the writers=13

#842 - Lateral Thinking Murder Or Suicide Riddle

Alexis jumped off the top of building a suicide attempt not knowing that a safety net is already there near the 8th floor. However, he was interrupted by a bullet shot at the back of head fired near the 10th story window. Alexis falls on the safety net but was dead at the instance.
Normally if a person intends to commit suicide and his actions cause his death, it is a suicide even if the death does not take place in the way the person expected.
But if it's not the bullet Alexis must have survived.

Later on, investigation police found out that an old man angrily fired at her wife in the 1oth floor flat. however, shot missed the wife and hit the Alexis.
Normally, when a person intends to kill one human being and by his action kills another human being accidental, the charge is murder.

Later on the investigation, it was found out that gun was always unloaded and the man is just threatening his wife Further investigation revealed that the shotgun had been loaded by the couple's adult son, who was angry at his mother for cutting off monetary support. The son was hoping one day his father accidentally killed his mother
Normally when a person plans something whose action kills another human being, the charge is murder.

Note: This puzzle is copied from gpuzzles.com

Is this a murder or suicide and if murder who is guilty?

Lateral Thinking Murder Or Suicide Riddle

The death was ruled a suicide.

#843 - Fun Science Riddle

You need to empty 1 mug of milk and 1 mug of water into the barrel such that
* We can differentiate between water and the milk.
* We can sperate milk from the water.
* We cant use any kind of divider to separate water and milk.

Fun Science Riddle

First, pour all the water into the barrel and then freeze it. Now you must add milk in the barrel.

#844 - Holes In The Shirt Riddle

Can you solve this riddle by counting the number of holes in the t-shirt below?

Holes In The Shirt Riddle

10.

The answer is not 3 or 6 which I guess most people must be guessing. The correct number of holes are 10 as explained below:
: 1 hole for the neck.
: 2 holes for the arms.
: 1 hole for the torso.
: 3 torn holes in the front.
: 3 torn holes in the back.

#845 - Clever Equation Puzzle

Can you solve the below equation in the picture by replacing "?" with the correct number?

Clever Equation Puzzle

60.

The trick to solve this equation is write them in straight line as then we find consecutive 2's ie 22.

2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 22 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 22 + 2 x 0 + 2 = 2 x 22 + 8 x 2 + 0 = 44 + 16 + 0 = 60.

#846 - Friends Riddle

Joey Tribbiani, Chandler Bing, and Ross Gellar ordered a large pizza for Monica who was about to reach home from a hectic office day.
When Monica reached home, she found that pizza was eaten by someone.

When she asked all three about the pizza, Ross told that Chandler has eaten the pizza. Joey and Ross also gave a statement to Monica which I am not disclosing here.

Later on, it was observed that only the guilty person gave the correct statement.

Who ate the pizza?

Friends Riddle

Harry Potter

Explanation:
If Ron had stolen the car, he must be telling the truth, which cannot be the case since he claimed Hermione stole the car. So Ron is lying, which results Hermione did not steal the car.

#847 - Tricky Visual Brain Teaser

Are the two cylinders shown in the image below is of same height?

Tricky Visual Brain Teaser

Yes

#848 - Funny Out Of The Box Riddle

2 + 2 = fish
3 + 3 = eight
7 + 7 = triangle

How come?

Funny Out Of The Box Riddle

We flip the first number and stack on the second number, you will get fish eight and triangle respectively.

#849 - what number will replace

what number will replace "?" in the picture below?

what number will replace

24

Explanation:
21 * 4 - (4 * 4) = 68
12 * 4 - (4 * 4) = 32
17 * 4 - (4 * 4) = 52
10 * 4 - (4 * 4) = 24

#850 - Riddle With Shape

You need to solve the riddle by cutting the shape into two equal sized shapes using
1) two lines
2) Using one line.

Riddle With Shape

The solution is shown in the picture below