|
Question
There are 100 light bulbs lined up in a row in a long room. Each bulb has its own switch and is currently switched off. The room has an entry door and an exit door. There are 100 people lined up outside the entry door. Each bulb is numbered consecutively from 1 to 100. So is each person. Person No. 1 enters the room switches on every bulb and exits. Person No. 2 enters and flips the switch on every second bulb (turning off bulbs 2 4 6
Answer

First think who will operate each bulb obviously person #2 will do all the even numbers and say person #10 will operate all the bulbs that end in a zero. So who would operate for example bulb 48:Persons numbered: 1 & 48 2 & 24 3 & 16 4 & 12 6 & 8 ...
More Math Riddles
More Riddles and Answers
Logic - Math - Miscellaneous - What Am I - Words
|