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About Surajit Basu
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Expertise
I can answer questions which are mathematical, logical, or wordplay related. I am not good at highly creative problems, or riddles.

Experience
I regularly do puzzles, and help out friends, teenagers. I read books written by Martin Gardener. I love the puzzles and Easter eggs in Douglas Hofstadter's Godel, Escher, Bach: an enternal golden braid.

Publications
A few examples of my writing: http://surajitbasu.sulekha.com/blog/post/2006/04/the-journey-down-the-number-line.htm

Education/Credentials
B. Tech. ( Computer Science), IIT Kanpur, India MBA ( Post-Graduate Diploma in Business Management), (Finance, Systems), IIM Calcutta, India

   

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SubjectDate AskedExpert

Dots on the foreheads.6/16/2009Rohit Agarwal
  Q: A wealthy ginger is searching for a suitor for his daughter, so he collects the three smartest men ...
  A: There are 4 cases All White: Negated as all of them can see atleast one red mark 2 White 1 Red: ...
A Riddle That is driving me Nuts.1/28/2009Rohit Agarwal
  Q: I was given this riddle in one of my classes and I thought I had the answer and that I couldn't be ...
  A: There are three cases possible: (W stands for White and R for Red) Case I: 2W, 1R In this case, the ...
logic12/23/2008Rohit Agarwal
  Q: you have bales of hay. for some reason, instead of being weighed individually, they were weighed in ...
  A: The sum of these weights is 856/4 = 214 kgs Let the weights be w1, w2, w3, w4 and w5; where ...
patterns and logic11/18/2008Rohit Agarwal
  Q: What are the next two terms in the sequence shown below? 2,U,4,O,8,l,16,E,__,__
  A: 32,A The series can be decomposed into two series, one containing the elements at odd places, and ...
puzzle10/2/2008Rohit Agarwal
  Q: with 3 lines of 3 dots each, each line next to the ohter, how do you contact all of the dots with 4 ...
  A: try the following links then http://www.mazes.com/NineDotsFourLines.html ...
Next and Final term9/20/2008Rohit Agarwal
  Q: What is next and final term in the sequence 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 20, 22, 31, Hope you can help this ...
  A: Since there is no pattern visible in the sequence, I googled it up and found this: ...
Balance Puzzle8/25/2008Rohit Agarwal
  Q: I have had particular difficulty with this problem and I hope you may help. Instead of explaining ...
  A: The answer is as follows: The solid triangle weighs 4 The solid trapezium weighs 8 The semi-solid ...
NEED A PUZZLE ANSWER8/19/2008Rohit Agarwal
  Q: HOW CAN I FIND A DEFECT CUBE IN 12 IDENTICAL (IN LOOKING) CUBE BY ONLY THREE TURN WEIGHING.
  A: Easy. But we have to make an assumption that we know that the defective cube is heavier than the ...
career counselling5/24/2008Surajit Basu
  Q: scope, prospects, and future of having msc (masters in mathematics & statistics). where can i aplly ...
  A: hmmm this is not the kind of question i expect to answer in this group. i will do my best on this. ...
maths5/15/2008Surajit Basu
  Q: My son gave me this puzzle to do help. using the numbers 0 to 9 what is the lowest integer that ...
  A: My son gave me this puzzle to do help. using the numbers 0 to 9 what is the lowest integer that ...
mathlogic puzzle4/19/2008Surajit Basu
  Q: in one family there are several children in which each boy has as many sisters as he has brothers ...
  A: A little girl sells oranges door to door one day on her rounds. Suppose she had A oranges. .. and ...
riddle4/15/2008Surajit Basu
  Q: you have a scale of justice and eight balls. seven balls weigh the same and one is heavier. you can ...
  A: take any three on one side; three others on the other side. There are two possibilities: A and B. ...
mathlogic puzzle4/13/2008Surajit Basu
  Q: in one family there are several children in which each boy has as many sisters as he has brothers ...
  A: n one family there are several children in which each boy has as many sisters as he has brothers but ...
math( probability)4/4/2008Surajit Basu
  Q: You are the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of IHI Insurance and last week one of your major ...
  A: Let's solve a similar problem. The chance that it will rain tomorrow where I stay is 0.25 ( once in ...
alphabet pattern3/28/2008Surajit Basu
  Q: My son has written down the alphabet in a certain way and asked me to find the pattern. I can't!! ...
  A: you should not ask this .. as the solution and the expert is there with you :-) ask him to join all ...
Rebus question3/19/2008Surajit Basu
  Q: I have been informed that an answer to my previous question is available in All Experts pages. I ...
  A: Made me think a lot. I thought it had something to do with Dr.Crippen, heard of him? a murderer ...
Rebus Question3/18/2008Surajit Basu
  Q: What does Dr. Cri__en mean?
  A: Dr.Crippen, heard of him? a murderer he is supposed to be... search for him on the web Ok, that ...
LOGICAL PUZZLE3/17/2008Surajit Basu
  Q: FIVE PEOPLE ARE QUEUING AT THE CHECKOUT.EACH SHOPPING CART HAS ONLY ONE TYPE OF PRODUCT.FOR EXAMPLE, ...
  A: Number the statements 1) $3,$4,$5,$8 AND $10 ARE THE DIFFERENT AMOUNTS SPENT. 2) THE ONE WHO SPENT ...
geo puzzle has me stumped3/13/2008Surajit Basu
  Q: Each letter corresponds to one single digit, 0-9. Each digit corresponds to only one letter. Solve ...
  A: MATH TEST ----- CACHE ----- C must be 1; assume it is not 0.. and it cant be anything else. ...
Need Missing Numbers3/3/2008Surajit Basu
  Q: Put the digits 1 through 9, each used exactly once, into the circles so that the total of numbers ...
  A: A------B------6 C------D------E X------3------Y where can 9 be: not at A and B where can 9 be: ...
maths problem2/12/2008Surajit Basu
  Q: February is month 2. use six 2's to write an expression for each day of the month. e.g ...
  A: ( (2/2) + (2/2) ) * (2/2) = 2 (2/2) + (2/2) + (2/2) = 3 ( (2/2) * (2/2) ) * (2*2)=4 ( (2/2) * (2/2) ...
Puzzle2/3/2008Surajit Basu
  Q: ABC+ACB=CBA Each letter is a different digit
  A: ABC ACB ---- CBA ---- Looking at the first digits, A+A (+any carryovers here) = C. So, C>A ...
spellling scrambles1/10/2008Surajit Basu
  Q: Is there a website for unscrambling letters to make words?
  A: There are some; I am not sure how good they are. Try these: ...
next numbers12/19/2007Surajit Basu
  Q: what's next in the series, and how did you get it? Thanks 110, 20, 12, 11, 10, , , , I don't ...
  A: i think it is 6. lets try the different numbers with different bases 110 in base 2 = 6 20 ...
Analytical Thinking Question10/23/2007Rohit Agarwal
  Q: Sars a communicable disease, is becoming increasingly prevalent in major portions of the world ...
  A: 1. Let us assume that 100 immigrants are planning to settle in the US. 12 of them have the disease. ...
new riddle10/15/2007Rohit Agarwal
  Q: my name is Jennifer and i would like to check the answer to thisTwo trains 200 km from each other ...
  A: This is a very good question and there are two approaches to answer it. The obvious approach is ...
The Test10/9/2007Rohit Agarwal
  Q: I've been trying to figure this out for 2 days. hope you can helpMs. Jackson announces that a test ...
  A: This is a well-known and well-discussed problem. I have also analysed this problem quite deeply and ...
rebus10/5/2007Bernard Hawkes
  Q: RALROAD CROSSNG Do you know what this is?
  A: The missing 'i's (eyes) suggest 'blind' might be part of the answer. That's all I've managed so far. ...
maths (proplem solving)10/2/2007Rohit Agarwal
  Q: calum was floating down on a raft,when half a mile downstream,his brother duncan set off in a canoe. ...
  A: Let's assume that the velocity of the stream in the river is 'v' miles per hour. Then, the velocity ...
A hard maths brainteaser10/2/2007Rohit Agarwal
  Q: my name is Jennifer and i need help for this brainteaser. I've working on it for days but still cant ...
  A: I'm sorry if I didn't make the solution clear before. What I meant to say was that keep the ...
Please Help10/2/2007Bernard Hawkes
  Q: I was given this riddle years ago and I never got the answer. I'm not sure if there is one. "There ...
  A: This is a really tricky one not helped by the fact that situation is highly unlikely in the extreme. ...
A hard maths brainteaser10/1/2007Rohit Agarwal
  Q: my name is Jennifer and i need help for this brainteaser. I've working on it for days but still cant ...
  A: .. This is a relatively easy problem (compared to the others I've encountered). You put the ...
rebus puzzles9/26/2007Bernard Hawkes
  Q: T ...
  A: Lo Dianne Well, although some of them cam through a bit scrambled, I can offer you answers to all ...
Need an answer to this puzzle.9/24/2007Bernard Hawkes
  Q: My niece had presented me with a puzzle that she needed the answer to for school but his has now ...
  A: I did send this before but maybe something didn't work somewhere, so I'll send it again. Bernard. ...
Hep solving a riddle homework9/16/2007Rohit Agarwal
  Q: Here is the riddle: Two days ago I was 20. Later next year I will be 23. How is that possible?
  A: This is quite easy. Let today be 1st January 2007. And let your b'day be on the 31st of Dec 1985. ...
Rebus puzzles8/29/2007Bernard Hawkes
  Q: I have a few difficult Rebus puzzles that I can not find the answers to. I have looked at just about ...
  A: You've already done just what I would do - search the internet - so you're way ahead of me. You ...
30 year old puzzle8/5/2007Rohit Agarwal
  Q: I've been struggling with this one since taking a statistics course in University in 1976. I'll try ...
  A: I don't know if I've understood your question properly or not. But in case I have, then I have a ...
14 Year Puzzle Problem7/20/2007Bernard Hawkes
  Q: When I was in 5th grade I had a substitute teacher give me a puzzle to try to solve. I am 24 years ...
  A: If you were presented with a piece of paper with a pre-drawn figure similar to the one you ...
Puzzle7/19/2007Bernard Hawkes
  Q: There are 25 Horses which all run at different speeds. A faster horse always beats a slower horse. ...
  A: Well, it was a more 'interesting' problem than I originally thought. It can in fact be done in just ...
14 Year Puzzle Problem7/17/2007Bernard Hawkes
  Q: When I was in 5th grade I had a substitute teacher give me a puzzle to try to solve. I am 24 years ...
  A: As presented to me I can state with absolute certainty that it is impossible to draw your continuous ...

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