Iago: Puzzle ………………….?
You are placed on a medication regime by you doctor. You meds come in two pill bottles marked pill A and pill B.
You must take one of each every morning. Taking more than one can be fatal.
Pill B isnt effective without pill A. You need them both!
So one day you flip open the A bottle and tap it. One pill falls down to you palm. Them you do the same to pill B, but two pills fall to your palm.
The problem is that pill A and pill B are identical in every way. When the pills fell they were mixed up. So now you have three pills in your palm and you cant tell which is pill A and which are pills B.
You can throw them away but each pill costs £50.
How can you make sure you get you daily dose without wasting pills.
I actually dont know the solution.
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Answer by Rocker chic
Cut all three pills exactly in half, taking care to keep the two groups of halves separate. Take another Pill A, cut it in half, and add one half to each of the groups. Each group now contains two Pill B halves and two Pill A half. Take one group of halves today, the other group tomorrow.
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