CAN YOU WORK IT OUT?

Turn on two of the switches for 5 minutes, turn one off, go into room, see which light is on , see which of the other 2 bulbs is hot, that is your second switch, the third one is the one you haven’t used.

Oooh that's clever. I'm rubbish at logic problems.

Hi, simple when you know how!

Oopsadaisy3 You have it but easy way is.
Turn one on
Leave one off
Turn one on for 5 minutes then turn it off

By the time I would have not worked it out,
1/ The train would have left the station, at 5 miles an hour and I would have missed it.
2/ The bath I left running, to see how long it takes to fill, or empty with a teaspoon, would have overflowed
3/ And, fused all the lights, red, blue and green.
I would be in the dark, and come last in the logic exam.

Are you my twin AuntieFlo ? That would be my scenario exactly.

Sodapop.

If it takes a man and a half a day and a half to fill a bath and a half, what is the name of the clerk at United Utilities who sends the letter to tell you how much your monthly DD will rise by?

If a bath has a small hole in it which let’s water out at a rate of one gallon a minute, how long would it take you to realise you needed a new bath?

I used to hate this in Primary School and there were the clever clogs who put their hand up before I even understood the
question! Now I don't even try!

Grandmacclampit the three switch scenario reminds me of the switches in my mother's hallway. She didn't have coloured light bulbs though but the three were for different rooms and there was no direct logic to which switch turned which room light on. If you were unfamiliar with the order and couldn't t enter one of the rooms at all to see which light came on you could me there all day!

We have 3 switches by the front door,

1 for outdoor lights

1 for hallway lights

1 for upstairs hallway

All are labelled, we have been here for over 20 years and still can’t remember which one is which in the dark.

Oopsadaisy3

Sad thing is Cherry that without our glasses on, we now can’t read the labels!

That's like the light switches in our porch. A couple of years ago, we had a new outside light fitted, which did away with the need for the second switch.
Great I thought. I will mark a black X on the redundant one.
What did I do, put a X on the one that is in use, and the wretched mark is not washable.
So we are stuck with a big X on the switch we need to use!

I know exactly what that feels like, I'm short sighted and longsighted and I don't have his or vari- focals. Sometimes I have 2 pairs of glasses on my head

Unplug the lights and take them into the room with the switches!