{"id":87,"date":"2026-07-13T22:19:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T22:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cookingtips.delicedcook.com\/?p=87"},"modified":"2026-07-13T22:19:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T22:19:26","slug":"did-you-get-it-right-on-your-first-try-share-your-answer-before-reading-the-explanation-and-check-the-right-one-in-sthe-first-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cookingtips.delicedcook.com\/?p=87","title":{"rendered":"Did you get it right on your first try? Share your answer before reading the explanation ! AND CHECK THE RIGHT ONE IN STHE FIRST COMMENT.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At first glance, this looks like a simple math puzzle, but the wording is designed to trick you.<\/p>\n<div id=\"HTML01\" class=\"widget HTML\" data-version=\"2\">\n<div class=\"widget-content\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Puzzle:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I enter a room with 50 people.<br \/>\nA killer walks in and kills 30.<br \/>\nHow many people are still in the room?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 id=\"answer-52\" class=\"rb-heading-index-0 wp-block-heading\">Answer: 52<\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"explanation\" class=\"rb-heading-index-1 wp-block-heading\">Explanation:<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You entered the room, so that\u2019s 1 person.<\/li>\n<li>There were already 50 people inside.<\/li>\n<li>A killer enters, adding 1 more person.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"HTML02\" class=\"widget HTML\" data-version=\"2\">\n<div class=\"widget-content\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That makes 52 people in the room before the attack.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The killer then kills 30 people, but the question asks how many people are still in the room, not how many are still alive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 30 victims are still in the room, along with:<\/p>\n<div id=\"HTML03\" class=\"widget HTML\" data-version=\"2\">\n<div class=\"widget-content\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You<\/li>\n<li>The killer<\/li>\n<li>The remaining 20 living people<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>30 victims<\/li>\n<li>20 survivors<\/li>\n<li>You (1)<\/li>\n<li>The killer (1)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Total: 52 people still in the room.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At first glance, this looks like a simple math puzzle, but the wording is designed to trick you. The Puzzle:&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":88,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookingtips.delicedcook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookingtips.delicedcook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookingtips.delicedcook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookingtips.delicedcook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookingtips.delicedcook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=87"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cookingtips.delicedcook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89,"href":"https:\/\/cookingtips.delicedcook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87\/revisions\/89"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookingtips.delicedcook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/88"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookingtips.delicedcook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookingtips.delicedcook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=87"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookingtips.delicedcook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=87"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}