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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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Questions Answered By Expert  Surajit Basu 
In Category  Puzzle Solving

SubjectDate Asked

brainteaser11/13/2009
  Q: What number goes into the empty bracket? 441 ( 14736) 144 625 ( 12516) 96 756 ( 10832 ) 256 108 ( ...
  A: Factorise the Problem 1st col Middle 2nd col 1st col factors 2nd col factors 441 ( 14736) ...
Unusual Sentence11/5/2009
  Q: What is so unusual about the setence below? (Aside from the fact tht t doesn't make a lot of sense.) ...
  A: aha! it's odd. "unusual" has to do with what's usual. Whats the most common button to push on your ...
math puzzle9/29/2009
  Q: there were 840 pumpkins in a pumpkin patch,but it was difficult for farmer Joe to find the perfect ...
  A: I shall solve some similar problems, and leave you to solve the given one. The problem I shall ...
It's driving me insane....9/4/2009
  Q: Ok, I was helping my daughter with her homework the other night. She had one problem I could not ...
  A: i shall assume that you shall in futre get several such "jane"s in your daughter's homework, so i ...
brain teasers9/2/2009
  Q: I have a square with 9 dots inside and you can draw 2 boxeas inside the 1st box to make all nine ...
  A: interesting this problem has a different angle. that is your first clue. try drawing 1 box at a ...
career counselling5/24/2008
  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. ...
maths5/15/2008
  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 puzzle4/19/2008
  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 ...
riddle4/15/2008
  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 puzzle4/13/2008
  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)4/4/2008
  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 pattern3/28/2008
  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 question3/19/2008
  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 Question3/18/2008
  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 PUZZLE3/17/2008
  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 stumped3/13/2008
  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 Numbers3/3/2008
  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 problem2/12/2008
  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) ...
Puzzle2/3/2008
  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 scrambles1/10/2008
  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 numbers12/19/2007
  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 ...

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