Sunday, October 8, 2006

A Dumbbell for Left Brain!

Came across this interesting puzzle in one of my archived files - don't know the source; not very hard, but I like the way it was composed. Solution is at the bottom of this Post.
There are three brothers. The product of their ages is 36. The sum of their ages is equal to the age of their only sister. The three brothers never admit their ages, but their sister always admits her own. Even so, you need to know that the oldest brother usually wears his baseball cap backward. How old is each brother?
Somewhat related quote:
The great pleasure and feeling in my right brain is more than my left brain can find the words to tell you.-Nobel Laureate Roger Sperry.
Answers:

(1) Jason! His name is spelled with the first letter of the seventh through the 11th months: July (J) through November (N).

(2) 50 lbs (if 1 lb = 2%, 100% will be 50 lbs)

2 comments:

ShastriX said...

The first one was interesting, Gopa; but what if that Jason "7-11" guy is a DJ in an FM station. Then he would become:

JAS OND JFM!

Gopa said...

HA! HA! Raama. And if he works only in the mornings, he would be JAS OND JFM AM!