There are 3 swithes to a storage closet. 1 of them turns on the bare lightbulb in the closet and the other two do nothing. Your goal is to find the switch that turns on the lightbulb. But you can only enter the closet to check the light bulb once. You can't see the light until you enter the room. You can't use a pole or mirrors to solve this. You only need 10 minutes or so to do this. How can you figure out which switch is the right one?
Hint: you can touch the lightbulb
2006-12-06 08:15:21 · 9 answers · asked by KYZ 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
Turn the first one on and leave it for a few minutes. Turn it off, and turn the second switch on. Go in the closet and feel the lightbulb. If it's barely warm then it was the first one. If it's really warm then it's the second one. If it's not warm at all it's the third one that you haven't turned on yet.
2006-12-06 08:21:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
u turn two of the swiches on. wait a while and turn on of the two of the switches u turn on off. u go to the closets. if the lights off and the light bulb cold then the switch is the one u didn't touch. if the ligts off and the lightbulb warm, it the one u origanly turned on but now off. if the light on, its the switch u left on.
2006-12-06 16:21:27 · answer #2 · answered by greenbebop 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
you flip on 2 switches for the 10 mins or w/e. then you turn one off. Then you go in the closet. if the light is on it's the switch that you left on. if it is hot but off then it is the switch you just turned off. if the light bulb is cold then it is the switch that you didn't turn on.
2006-12-06 17:13:39 · answer #3 · answered by laughinggerbil 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
flip the first switch ~ leave it on for a while ~ then flip it off
flip the second switch
go into the room
~ if the light is on, it corresponds to the second switch
~ if the light is off, but the bulb is warm, it corresponds to the first switch
~ if the light is off, but the bulb is not warm, it corresponds to the third switch.
2006-12-06 16:21:47 · answer #4 · answered by ♥michele♥ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
turn on the 1st switch, wait a few min, turn it off, turn on the second, open the door, if the bulb is on, then its the 2nd switch, if its off but warm, then its the 1st switch, if its off and cold then its the 3rd switch.
2006-12-06 16:21:38 · answer #5 · answered by debean75 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
trun off all the lights in the house and when u flick the right one u will see a lite flash under the door
2006-12-06 16:21:37 · answer #6 · answered by kayia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
umm, well flip all three switches at the same time?
2006-12-06 16:18:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
ive heard it before, but i feel too tired to answer right now srry man
2006-12-06 16:34:39 · answer #8 · answered by c.c. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
good one dude!!! but i don't know the answer. Would you please send me the answer. I would really like to know.
2006-12-06 16:23:13 · answer #9 · answered by funmzire 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋