RILMS said:

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Huffer has the correct answer to my teaser.

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I still say its impossible due to the weight of a standard gold bar for reasons I stated above.

But even if one were strong enough to do it, the force of impact of catching a gold bar would increase the weight on the bridge because you not only have the weight of the bar but the force with which it fell. If you had one bar in the air, one in hand and caught the other, the temporary force of catching the bar would be greater than the weight of two bars alone. And included on top of that is the force you need to exert when you toss the next one up. That's a lot of additional transferred weight that isn't being taken into account.

It's like crash tests for cars. They have a 1000 lb device crash into a car with the result of 5000 lbs of pressure. Or whatever the actual numbers would be. The point is force adds much to weight when applied.


Sir Spectre

.... Ours is not to reason why, but to fly or fry!

Edited by - Sir Spectre on 28-09-2003 05:36:51

Sir Specter said,

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I still say its impossible

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Just like the other brain teasers, logic and reality don't enter into the problem.

Life: No one gets out alive.

@Loc, I still don't get it either m8, u r not alone.

@everyone else... wot's the answer?!?

have your friends strengthen the bridge before you go over?

"What? Another girl! Tell me my boy. *whispers* what have you been doing?" - Tobias

You have no friends, you are alone.

Life: No one gets out alive.

Throw them across or, have a boat waiting, with a someone in it, and have them row across while you go over the bridge

Why are you trying to guess when the correct answer has already been given?

Life: No one gets out alive.

Okay, let's try to move on to the next teaser! anyone else has a good brain-racker?

Easy one:

What has 4 legs in the morning, 2 legs in the afternoon, and three in the evening.

Life: No one gets out alive.

Homo sapiens!
Ain't I cool?

Just remember...if the world didn't suck, we'd all fall off.

yay for tenical terms. But why Homo Sapians?

Life: No one gets out alive.

Yep, humans: in the dawn of our lifes (early years) we walk (crawl) on four legs (hands knees), in the afternoon of our life (teenage and most adult life) we walk on two legs (just legs) and in the evening of our life (when we're old) we walk on three legs (two legs and a stick)

Does that make sense? Could be right. Am I right?

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Trent: uh, huh.
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Very good, the Spinx dosn't eat you.

Life: No one gets out alive.

@RILMS: yep, sometimes I also wonder why we're called "sapiens".

Just remember...if the world didn't suck, we'd all fall off.