The Key to the Door
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I need to get into this building. Next to the only door is a keypad with a simple 10-key numeric keypad.
I hear someone approaching so I hide in a nearby bush to observe.
They walk up to the door, pull out a piece of paper and start alternating between looking down at the paper and pushing buttons which causes the keypad to beep.
I listen closely and hear them push buttons in this alternating pattern:
beep beep-beep beep beep-beep beep beep-beep
They reach for the door as they push the last two buttons and I'm able to see that they push 1-2.
They hurry inside the door and in their haste they drop the paper. I wait a minute and then go pick it up and read the following:
THE KEY TO UNLOCK THE BOX
What is the code to the door?
knowledge lateral-thinking word-problem
asked 10 hours ago
MetaZenMetaZen
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I need to get into this building. Next to the only door is a keypad with a simple 10-key numeric keypad.
I hear someone approaching so I hide in a nearby bush to observe.
They walk up to the door, pull out a piece of paper and start alternating between looking down at the paper and pushing buttons which causes the keypad to beep.
I listen closely and hear them push buttons in this alternating pattern:
beep beep-beep beep beep-beep beep beep-beep
They reach for the door as they push the last two buttons and I'm able to see that they push 1-2.
They hurry inside the door and in their haste they drop the paper. I wait a minute and then go pick it up and read the following:
THE KEY TO UNLOCK THE BOX
What is the code to the door?
knowledge lateral-thinking word-problem
asked 10 hours ago
MetaZenMetaZen
1,076114
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Is your set of beeps the full set or do the 1-2 come after?
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– Lio Elbammalf
8 hours ago
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It is the full set. The 1-2 are the last two of the set.
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– MetaZen
8 hours ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
I need to get into this building. Next to the only door is a keypad with a simple 10-key numeric keypad.
I hear someone approaching so I hide in a nearby bush to observe.
They walk up to the door, pull out a piece of paper and start alternating between looking down at the paper and pushing buttons which causes the keypad to beep.
I listen closely and hear them push buttons in this alternating pattern:
beep beep-beep beep beep-beep beep beep-beep
They reach for the door as they push the last two buttons and I'm able to see that they push 1-2.
They hurry inside the door and in their haste they drop the paper. I wait a minute and then go pick it up and read the following:
THE KEY TO UNLOCK THE BOX
What is the code to the door?
knowledge lateral-thinking word-problem
asked 10 hours ago
MetaZenMetaZen
1,076114
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I need to get into this building. Next to the only door is a keypad with a simple 10-key numeric keypad.
I hear someone approaching so I hide in a nearby bush to observe.
They walk up to the door, pull out a piece of paper and start alternating between looking down at the paper and pushing buttons which causes the keypad to beep.
I listen closely and hear them push buttons in this alternating pattern:
beep beep-beep beep beep-beep beep beep-beep
They reach for the door as they push the last two buttons and I'm able to see that they push 1-2.
They hurry inside the door and in their haste they drop the paper. I wait a minute and then go pick it up and read the following:
THE KEY TO UNLOCK THE BOX
What is the code to the door?
knowledge lateral-thinking word-problem
knowledge lateral-thinking word-problem
asked 10 hours ago
MetaZenMetaZen
1,076114
asked 10 hours ago
MetaZenMetaZen
1,076114
asked 10 hours ago
MetaZenMetaZen
1,076114
asked 10 hours ago
MetaZenMetaZen
1,076114
asked 10 hours ago
MetaZenMetaZen
1,076114
1,076114
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Is your set of beeps the full set or do the 1-2 come after?
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– Lio Elbammalf
8 hours ago
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It is the full set. The 1-2 are the last two of the set.
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– MetaZen
8 hours ago
add a comment |
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Is your set of beeps the full set or do the 1-2 come after?
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– Lio Elbammalf
8 hours ago
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It is the full set. The 1-2 are the last two of the set.
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– MetaZen
8 hours ago
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Is your set of beeps the full set or do the 1-2 come after?
$endgroup$
– Lio Elbammalf
8 hours ago
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Is your set of beeps the full set or do the 1-2 come after?
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– Lio Elbammalf
8 hours ago
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It is the full set. The 1-2 are the last two of the set.
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– MetaZen
8 hours ago
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It is the full set. The 1-2 are the last two of the set.
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– MetaZen
8 hours ago
add a comment |
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My thought process
Six sets of beeps or beep-beeps corresponds to six words in THE KEY TO UNLOCK THE BOX. The person looks down for every set which implies they have worked something out from each word. Here the key is that BOX = 12 (1-2 in a beep-beep format)
Drawing on that and adding in quite a bit of guesswork:
Adding the values of BOX together in scrabble gives you 12 so then we have:
THE = 6
KEY = 10
TO = 2
UNLOCK = 12
THE = 6
BOX = 12
So my answer is
6,1,0,2,1,2,6,1,2
answered 8 hours ago
Lio ElbammalfLio Elbammalf
26815
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Excellent work! Can you double check your math on the 4th word and update so I can check the box for the answer?
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– MetaZen
8 hours ago
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Looks like it needs to decrease by one @LioElbammalf
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– Brandon_J
7 hours ago
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@metazen updated. After all that I couldn't add numbers up!
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– Lio Elbammalf
7 hours ago
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Looks good. Glad there was enough info to get to the answer. I wondered if it would be too easy or too hard!
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– MetaZen
7 hours ago
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My thought process
Six sets of beeps or beep-beeps corresponds to six words in THE KEY TO UNLOCK THE BOX. The person looks down for every set which implies they have worked something out from each word. Here the key is that BOX = 12 (1-2 in a beep-beep format)
Drawing on that and adding in quite a bit of guesswork:
Adding the values of BOX together in scrabble gives you 12 so then we have:
THE = 6
KEY = 10
TO = 2
UNLOCK = 12
THE = 6
BOX = 12
So my answer is
6,1,0,2,1,2,6,1,2
answered 8 hours ago
Lio ElbammalfLio Elbammalf
26815
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Excellent work! Can you double check your math on the 4th word and update so I can check the box for the answer?
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– MetaZen
8 hours ago
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Looks like it needs to decrease by one @LioElbammalf
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– Brandon_J
7 hours ago
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@metazen updated. After all that I couldn't add numbers up!
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– Lio Elbammalf
7 hours ago
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Looks good. Glad there was enough info to get to the answer. I wondered if it would be too easy or too hard!
$endgroup$
– MetaZen
7 hours ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
My thought process
Six sets of beeps or beep-beeps corresponds to six words in THE KEY TO UNLOCK THE BOX. The person looks down for every set which implies they have worked something out from each word. Here the key is that BOX = 12 (1-2 in a beep-beep format)
Drawing on that and adding in quite a bit of guesswork:
Adding the values of BOX together in scrabble gives you 12 so then we have:
THE = 6
KEY = 10
TO = 2
UNLOCK = 12
THE = 6
BOX = 12
So my answer is
6,1,0,2,1,2,6,1,2
answered 8 hours ago
Lio ElbammalfLio Elbammalf
26815
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Excellent work! Can you double check your math on the 4th word and update so I can check the box for the answer?
$endgroup$
– MetaZen
8 hours ago
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Looks like it needs to decrease by one @LioElbammalf
$endgroup$
– Brandon_J
7 hours ago
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@metazen updated. After all that I couldn't add numbers up!
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– Lio Elbammalf
7 hours ago
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Looks good. Glad there was enough info to get to the answer. I wondered if it would be too easy or too hard!
$endgroup$
– MetaZen
7 hours ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
My thought process
Six sets of beeps or beep-beeps corresponds to six words in THE KEY TO UNLOCK THE BOX. The person looks down for every set which implies they have worked something out from each word. Here the key is that BOX = 12 (1-2 in a beep-beep format)
Drawing on that and adding in quite a bit of guesswork:
Adding the values of BOX together in scrabble gives you 12 so then we have:
THE = 6
KEY = 10
TO = 2
UNLOCK = 12
THE = 6
BOX = 12
So my answer is
6,1,0,2,1,2,6,1,2
answered 8 hours ago
Lio ElbammalfLio Elbammalf
26815
$endgroup$
My thought process
Six sets of beeps or beep-beeps corresponds to six words in THE KEY TO UNLOCK THE BOX. The person looks down for every set which implies they have worked something out from each word. Here the key is that BOX = 12 (1-2 in a beep-beep format)
Drawing on that and adding in quite a bit of guesswork:
Adding the values of BOX together in scrabble gives you 12 so then we have:
THE = 6
KEY = 10
TO = 2
UNLOCK = 12
THE = 6
BOX = 12
So my answer is
6,1,0,2,1,2,6,1,2
answered 8 hours ago
Lio ElbammalfLio Elbammalf
26815
edited 7 hours ago
answered 8 hours ago
Lio ElbammalfLio Elbammalf
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answered 8 hours ago
Lio ElbammalfLio Elbammalf
26815
answered 8 hours ago
Lio ElbammalfLio Elbammalf
26815
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Excellent work! Can you double check your math on the 4th word and update so I can check the box for the answer?
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– MetaZen
8 hours ago
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Looks like it needs to decrease by one @LioElbammalf
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– Brandon_J
7 hours ago
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@metazen updated. After all that I couldn't add numbers up!
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– Lio Elbammalf
7 hours ago
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Looks good. Glad there was enough info to get to the answer. I wondered if it would be too easy or too hard!
$endgroup$
– MetaZen
7 hours ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Excellent work! Can you double check your math on the 4th word and update so I can check the box for the answer?
$endgroup$
– MetaZen
8 hours ago
$begingroup$
Looks like it needs to decrease by one @LioElbammalf
$endgroup$
– Brandon_J
7 hours ago
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@metazen updated. After all that I couldn't add numbers up!
$endgroup$
– Lio Elbammalf
7 hours ago
$begingroup$
Looks good. Glad there was enough info to get to the answer. I wondered if it would be too easy or too hard!
$endgroup$
– MetaZen
7 hours ago
$begingroup$
Excellent work! Can you double check your math on the 4th word and update so I can check the box for the answer?
$endgroup$
– MetaZen
8 hours ago
$begingroup$
Excellent work! Can you double check your math on the 4th word and update so I can check the box for the answer?
$endgroup$
– MetaZen
8 hours ago
$begingroup$
Looks like it needs to decrease by one @LioElbammalf
$endgroup$
– Brandon_J
7 hours ago
$begingroup$
Looks like it needs to decrease by one @LioElbammalf
$endgroup$
– Brandon_J
7 hours ago
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@metazen updated. After all that I couldn't add numbers up!
$endgroup$
– Lio Elbammalf
7 hours ago
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@metazen updated. After all that I couldn't add numbers up!
$endgroup$
– Lio Elbammalf
7 hours ago
$begingroup$
Looks good. Glad there was enough info to get to the answer. I wondered if it would be too easy or too hard!
$endgroup$
– MetaZen
7 hours ago
$begingroup$
Looks good. Glad there was enough info to get to the answer. I wondered if it would be too easy or too hard!
$endgroup$
– MetaZen
7 hours ago
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Is your set of beeps the full set or do the 1-2 come after?
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– Lio Elbammalf
8 hours ago
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It is the full set. The 1-2 are the last two of the set.
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– MetaZen
8 hours ago