Received: from ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (TCP 1200400116) by AI.AI.MIT.EDU 18 Jun 87 12:24:47 EDT Received: by ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (5.57/1.26) id AA01006; Thu, 18 Jun 87 09:03:18 PDT Received: from USENET by ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU with netnews for cube-lovers@ai.ai.mit.edu (cube-lovers@ai.ai.mit.edu) (contact usenet@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU if you have questions) Date: 17 Jun 87 13:47:50 GMT From: ihnp4!homxb!houxm!homxc!halle@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (J.HALLE) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel Subject: Re: Give or Take Message-Id: <515@homxc.UUCP> References: <148@altura.srcsip.UUCP> Sender: cube-lovers-request@ai.ai.mit.edu To: cube-lovers@ai.ai.mit.edu In article <148@altura.srcsip.UUCP>, notch@srcsip.UUCP (Michael k Notch) writes: > > Have I got an interesting puzzle to at least look at: > > > GIVE or TAKE > > You can take 45 from 45 and have > a remainder of 45. A trick, yes, but it > can be done. > Give it a try > It's fun Just get together two score and five gunslingers, only one of whom has two guns, and take away one of the guns (assuming you survive :-) ).