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The Captive Queen

A captive queen and her son and daughter were shut up in the top room of a very high tower.

Outside their window was a pulley with a rope around it, and a basket fastened to each end of the rope of equal weight.

They managed to escape with the help of this and a weight they found in the room, quite safely.

It would have been dangerous for any of them to come down if they weighed 15 lbs more than the content of the other basket, for they would do so too quick, and they also managed not to weigh less either.

 

The one basket coming down would naturally of course draw the other basket up.

The queen weighed 195 lbs, daughter 105, son 90, and the weight 75 lbs.

 

How did they all escape safely? 

 

 

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Answer :

 

(a) The weight is sent down; the empty basket comes up.

(b) The son goes down; the weight comes up.

(c) The weight is taken out; the daughter goes down; the son up.

(d) The son gets out; the weight goes down; the empty basket up.

(e) The queen goes down; daughter and weight come up; daughter gets out.

(f) The weight foes down; empty basket up.

(g) Son goes down; weight comes up.

(h) Daughter removes weight, and goes down; son comes up.

(i) Son sends down weight; empty basket comes up.

(j) The son goes down; weight comes up.

(k) Son gets out; the weight falls to the ground.

 

 

 

 

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