Two Brain Teasers

[Guest boggybogstar]

Apologies now for the amount of time you might waste on this

 

I had 2 brain teasers today at work that I thought were quite good, the first I got ok and the second I still dont know the answer to..

 

First one;

 

It is said that Engineers take 2 minutes to solve this - (I think car builders are included in this)

Architects 3 hours,

Doctors 6 hours,

Supervisors/Managers 10 hours, the rest have to ask someone.If you determine what the 6th number is, you'll be able to open the file.

If you can discover it, open the file and reply to this topic with the words you find in it.

 

Which is the 6th number?

1, 2, 6, 42, 1806, ___???

 

Find the answer and you will be able to open the attached file using your answer as the password.

 

answer.doc

 

Second one - and I have no idea of the answer, I have two possibilites, mathematically there are a few solutions but i have no idea which one is the cortrect one - if anyone can explain i'll be a happier person

 

Quiz: How old are they??(There are no tricks & all the info you need is here.)

 

A man is walking down the street and meets his neighbour.

The man says "I can't remember the ages of your 3 dogs."

The neighbour replies "The product of their ages is 36."

The man thinks a bit and says "I still don't know their ages".

The neighbour replies "The sum of their ages is your address."

The man thinks a minute and says "I still don't know their ages"

The neighbour replies, "The oldest is a Labrador".

The man says "Aha.. now I know their ages".

 

[Longboarder]

But that would discolour a classic livery.

[Guest boggybogstar]

But that would discolour a classic livery.

- very good but what about the other one ?

[Dave R]

the answer to the first one is my perfect choice

2nd one. i need another beer

[Guest sritony]

20 mins and still no further forward !

[Guest sritony]

Got it with the help of my fiancee! Good colour

[Guest TerryBarry]

I may look very foolish and probably am

Assuming the three ages are whole integers and there are no twins

I would assume 9; 4 and 1

So his address is no.14

[Guest Eric]

very good

 

an all time favourite

 

cheers

ek

 

the second one

[Guest boggybogstar]

I may look very foolish and probably am

Assuming the three ages are whole integers and there are no twins

I would assume 9; 4 and 1

So his address is no.14

 

 

but couldnt they be 3,3 & 4 or even 1, 2 & 18 ???????? (not that Ive ever seen an 18 year old Labrador!)

[Guest Eric]

 

i was thinking 2,3 and 6

house #11

 

ehhh

 

cheers

ek

[Guest erichetherington]

I like that colour

[Guest TerryBarry]

I was working on the basis that a friend had a labrador that had only three legs due to an incident on a railway track.

[Guest mikebloomfield]

yipee got it in less than 2 mins, if you ignore time to find a calculator!

i must be an engineer not a mathematician

 

no.2 is a mystery

[Les Welsher]

Nice colour for a sports car

 

the dogs are 2, 2 and 9

address is 13

 

took a few cans to work that out

 

Les

[Guest bone]

god is it me the question says how old are the dogs it don't say each dog so the answer is 36 lol hmmmmmmmmmmmmm .