108. There is the Enterance of the Place Where Two Guards Are the
there is the entrance of the place where two guards are there outside,one guard is facing north and another south, the one on the north smiles and the another one asks why ? how ?
Submitted by tartle · Added 21 August 2010
Solution:
The two guards are facing each other, with one guard facing north and the other facing south. The guard facing north smiles because he is looking at the other guard, while the guard facing south is looking directly at him.
Comments (4)
The scenario with the two guards is intriguing. Can you clarify why the guard facing north smiles?
there facing each other, one north and one south.
their faceing each other,one north the othe south.
Just because one is facing north and one is facing south doesn't mean that they are back-to-back. For example, we can use the letters p and d to represent the people. (The line sticking out is the direction they are facing.)
The way you're supposed to interpret this is that they look like this:
d
p
But in actuality, they can be like this:
p
d
That way, they are looking right at each other, but the p is facing south and the d north.
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