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day1: cut #3.. give him that
day2: take back his link and give hime #1 & #2 together
day3: give him link #3 again
day4: take back link #1-3 and give him #4-7
day5: give him #3
day6: take back #3 give him link #1 & 2
day7: give him the last link

 

doh beat me to it..

 

Nice work guys!! Texasbman had the right idea... do you guys want another riddle?

 

What day laborer will return to work with all of his pay from the previous days?

 

Yeah, I think so.









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chains 1 - 7
day 1: cut #3, give that to him
day 2: give him #1, #2 take #3 back
day 3: give him #3,
day 4: give him #4 - #7, take back #1, #2 & #3
day 5: give him #3
day 6: give him #1, #2 take back #3
day 7: give him #3

and most importantly, hope he doesn't spend any of the links in the meantime

I guess the key is to get chains of 1, 2 and 4 links (1, 10, 100 in binary) and you can form any combination from 0 - 7 with that (sort of like doing chmods).

 

Pretend he's saving all 7 gold links for new wheels..

 

Yeah, these two premises are arguably a little inconsistent:

1) He demands precise payment each day.
2) He never spends any of it.

Nevertheless, riddles require that you let go of ordinary situations and look for the odd solutions, that, despite their implausability, are still solutions.

- Warren

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by boka
[B]Nice work guys!!

 

Oh, I see now. Once you cut the link, the two pieces fall out and you combine them for a whole link. Sneaky...

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by texasbman
[B]

I was robbed!!