Arrange 3 Knives to Rest on Tips of Handles/Variant/Mistake
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Source Work
1992: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Puzzles:
- The Puzzles:
- Henry van Etten
- $112$
- Henry van Etten
Mistake
- Variants in Victorian puzzle books demanded how three knives might be used to support a drinking glass, in the ample space between three other drinking glasses placed on the table with more than enough space for a fourth glass to be placed on the table between them.
Correction
If you count carefully:
- one glass to be balanced
- three glasses forming the ample space
you notice that the glass to be placed on the table between them is actually the fifth glass.
Sources
- 1992: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Puzzles ... (previous) ... (next): Henry van Etten: $112$