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Actually, the answer to my riddle is a homeless person:D:D:D

But a muscular guy would also work... Although, it's not universally appealing – a woman might really like it.

At Agilist's request, I'm posting 3 more riddles:

#21 A man had a square window in his house, with an area of 1 square meter.
But he decided that there was too much light in the room and covered half of the window so that it remained square (height 1 meter, width 1 meter). How is this possible?

#22
Two mathematicians met after many years. The first: "I have three sons."
The second: "How old are they?"
The first: "The product of their ages is 36."
The second: "This information is not enough."
The first: "The sum of their ages is equal to the number of your house."
The second: "This information is still not enough for me."
The first: "My eldest son has red hair." This time, B named the age of all the children. How old is each of them?

#23 The diameter of a deep, round lake is 200 meters; in the middle of the lake is an island with a tree growing on it. There is also a tree on the shore. A man wants to get from the shore to the island; he cannot swim, but he has a rope that is slightly longer than 200 meters. How can he get to the island using the rope?

No. 21: The window was square, measuring 1x1. And he blocked the window only from one side, that is, half of it.

No. 22 - 9, 4, and 1. Another possible option - 6, 6, and 1 - doesn't work because there's an older child.

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No. 23 - tie a rope to a tree, take it, go around the entire lake (the rope wraps around the tree growing on the island, preferably in such a way that it cannot slip off - let's say, so that it passes above some thick branch or something like that), and tie the second end to the 1st tree. This creates a rope bridge in the style of the elves of Lothlórien.

21. Basically, no matter how you try to cover the window, it will still be square because covering it doesn't change its shape.

21 In principle, no matter how you block the window, it will still be square because blocking it doesn't change its shape.

You only need to block half of the window, and the remaining part is considered a new window (and it is square, with a width of 1 meter and a height of 1 meter).

#21: the window was square, 1 x 1.
And he blocked the window only on one side, that is, half of it.

It should remain square. But in your case, the window will be rectangular and have a width of 0.5.

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#22 - 9, 4, and 1. Another possible option - 6, 6, and 1 - doesn't work because there is an older child.

Could you please provide more details so that everyone understands? Personally, without knowing the answer, I wouldn't understand what you mean...

Eeeh! I missed it! Here are a couple more new ones.
№24
The store sells large and small chocolate bars. A large chocolate bar is twice as expensive as a small one. A lady who entered the store bought 5 large chocolate bars and 3 small ones. If she had instead bought 3 large chocolate bars and 5 small ones, she would have spent 20 rub. less.
How much does a large chocolate bar cost and how much for a small one?
№25
We have a prince who wants to marry. And we have three girls; two of them dream of getting married, while one doesn't want to at all.
The prince decided not to overcomplicate things and set a condition: he would marry the one whose kettle boils faster, given that the kettles and the water level in them are identical for all three. Pouring water out or adding more is also not allowed.
The trick is that he married the one who didn't want to get married, because her kettle boiled faster. Attention, question: how could this have happened?

No. 25 - were the others asleep, perhaps?

Not quite right. “Спят и видят” is used in a figurative sense (meaning they only think about it).

Well, I initially thought the same thing, but then I decided that this is precisely where the catch lies – after all, they are princesses...

You only need to block half of the window, and the remaining part is considered a new window (and it is square, 1 meter wide and 1 meter long).

sorry, but length is not height.

#21 One person had a square window in their house, with an area of 1 square meter.
But they decided that there was too much light in the room and covered half of the window so that it remained square (height 1 meter, width 1 meter). How is this possible?

Has anyone solved it?

Has anyone solved it?

No answer yet.

I'm sorry, but it's about length, not height.

I've already fixed it.

#24 Large - 20 rubles, small - 10 rubles

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Here are some more challenging problems :)

#26
There are ten numbered hats on the table. Each hat contains ten gold coins. One of the hats contains
fake coins. A genuine coin weighs 10 grams, while a fake one weighs only 9 grams. You have scales with a gram scale to help you. How can you determine
which hat contains the fake coins using the scales for only one weighing?

#27
The sultan had 12 viziers. He learned that some of the viziers had unfaithful wives. He decided to punish them. He did the following:
each vizier and his wife were placed in completely isolated rooms, and they were told that they would remain locked up until all
unfaithful wives were killed by their husbands. Every morning, a servant checks each room to see if this condition has been met. As soon as it is determined that all unfaithful wives are dead, everyone is released. On the 3rd day, everyone was released, and all faithful wives
remained alive. How did the viziers figure it out?
Clarification. All the viziers are very smart, and there are plenty of rumors in the palace, so each vizier knows whether each other vizier's wife is faithful or unfaithful, but knows nothing about his own. There is no exchange of information while they are locked up.

#28
You are in a labyrinth. You wandered for a long time and finally, exhausted, found yourself in a room with two doors: one leads to freedom, the other to
certain death. There is a guard at each door. One always lies, and the other always tells the truth. You don't know which door
is which and who is who. What one question should you ask to determine the correct door?

#29
Two bandits, after a successful robbery, are dividing the loot - gold sand. They have no scales or other devices. They don't trust each other. How can they divide the loot between the two bandits so that neither of them feels cheated?

#30 What is equal to
(K·A·R·L·S·O·N)/(V·A·R·E·N·Y·E)

Each letter is a digit (from 0 to 9). Identical letters correspond to identical digits, and different letters correspond to different digits.
The answer turns out to be a specific number :)

#28 To any of the guardians: If I asked your "partner" which door I should choose, what would he tell me?

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#30 - 0, if I'm not mistaken?

No. 30 - 0, if I'm not mistaken?

Can you justify that?

No. 28

To any of the guardians: If I asked your "partner" which door I should choose, what would he tell me?

And where should I go? And can you justify it? :)