3 Golden Balls
There was once a man who stole 3 golden balls from a King in a kingdom far way. These balls were thought to bring good luck and this man was willing to risk his life for such luck. However, as he was approaching a long, old wooden bridge, he realized that the king had discovered his treachery and had sent his men after him. They were quickly approaching, and he barely would have time to cross before the men were also on the bridge. The bridge said it would only hold up to 160 lbs. The thief weighed 150 lbs and each of his 3 golden balls weighed 5 lbs. How did the man get across the bridge with all 3 golden balls without getting captured?
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posted by Mr Fahrenheit at
12:35 PM
22 Comments:
Well.. I'm sure the answer is "He juggled while crossing the bridge". So he was only holding 2 balls at any given time.
However, if you include inertial forces created when throwing one ball up and catching a falling ball, then he would still exceed the 160lbs threashold and he would fall to his own miserable death.
But then.. just how "lucky" are the balls?
i say he hid and had someone else go across that bridge dressed like him so the guards would chase the other guy and he could walk away fine.
-Amanda K.
JUGGLE sounds logical but i mean its five friggin pounds just throw one of em across at a time then run across pick em up and be on ur merry way
i agree with him/her /\
"as he was approaching a long, old wooden bridge,"
How far you think you can throw a 5 lbs ball? If the bridge is more than a couple hundred feet, you'd be hard pressed to throw one across. World records of shot put with a 16lbs shot is about 73 feet. But i doubt you could get a 5lbs shot 200 feet.. w/o knowing the length of the bridge, you can't know if you can throw it across..
probly he took of his shoes and clothes that would be about 5lbs i would guess
however he could have bowled with them depending on if the bridge had a curb type of board
Since he had lucky golden balls, and he could only have 160lbs, he got lucky and crossed with all three golden balls :P
two of them were attached to him, as in, HIS balls... the other one was the one he stole
He rolled one across then walked across with the other two.
cross with one, drop em off, go back and get the oddah two,
bra!
Why the heck should he cross the bridge in the first place? Just swim, you lazy bum! Also, if he did manage to get himself onto the bridge with all three balls, weighing a tiny bit less than the amount that the bridge could hold, if one of the King's men got to the bridge before he had crossed completely, All one of the men would have to do is throw their shoe onto the bridge, which would most likely cause it to weigh more than it can hold and collapse.
But ultimately his situation is impossible. Even if he uses magic and gets all the balls and himself on the bridge, if he takes a step, the downward force of that step will exceed his normal weight- like when you step on the scale at first it jumps to like 300lbs, but it drops down back to 125. His inertia force would exceed the weight limit. unless he can swim well, he is doomed.
-Paul
Ya but dude those measurements are alwys wrongit could probably hold 175 if it had to :P
They ARE lucky aren't they? Hence, the ability to cross w/out problems. If it doesn't work though, chuck them across, and carefully slide across the bridge after them.
i say juggle them... or else go bowling and hope you dont throw a gutter ball
if he was a good thief he would be stealthy right??? hide in some bushes or something and wait until the guards pass... or turn bulimic just 5 lbs of vomit and go lol
He should cut of one arm that should weigh about 5lbs rite?
i like the bowling idea.
He juggles them! Thus one is always in the air and he's under/at the max load limit.
ok, toss something heavy up and catch it. it feels like downward force pushing your arm down so u cant juggle
heres a winkle for those of u who think he can hide and let the guards go by, how much to u think the guards weighed? unless there we 2 of them and the weigh 59lbs the bridge will fall
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Well the story did say that he was willing to risk his life did it not? So how can you be so sure if the bridge can only support up to 160 lbs when the bridge hadn't collaspe yet? Well there's only one way to find out right? So the man probably risked it and with the King's men following behind him...well dunno how many men there were but I'm sure the men probably tumbled and collasped along with the bridge leaving the theif to escape with the 3 Golden Balls.
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