Shakuntala Devi Puzzle -1 - Answer
Other pages: Welcome! Home Contents Get your brain teaser solved! View my blog on particle physics here FAMOUS SHAKUNTALA DEVI PUZZLE - Answer! Age group: All Hi! This is the answer to the famous puzzle by Shakuntala Devi! The question was: "Fifty minutes ago if it was four times as many minutes past three o'clock, how many minutes is it to six o'clock?" You can also view the question here: Shakuntala Devi Puzzle Now coming to the Answer! Let us first analyse the question. So what does the question really mean? Specifically, what does "four times as many minutes past 3:00" mean? Once we understand this, we will be able to solve the question very easily. "As many minutes" refers to the next part of the question i.e. to 6:00. So basically what this question means is: Fifty minutes ago, the time past 3:00 is 4 times the time left to 6:00. Doesn't this make it even more simple? Proceeding from here is very simple, Let x be the minutes to ...