Real time puzzle solving. Let's see if I'm right. I haven't felt too well lately, but managed some sleep yesterday during the day and felt refreshed. Didn't sleep too bad at night either.. Feel some good muscle tone. Despite not doing Lumosity for weeks, pulled off 210k+ on Penguin P. So..
RAY: You're on a medication regime in which you are to take daily one tablet of A and one of B. So, you have two little pill containers. One says "Pill A," and one says "Pill B." You must be careful. Taking two or more B's can have unpleasant side effects, or can even be fatal. In order for the B to be effective, it must be accompanied by the A pill.
TOM: So, you gotta take one A and one B. Got it.
RAY: Right. You open up the A bottle and one A pill kind of jumps out into your palm. You open the B bottle, and you accidentally get two Bs falling out of the bottle. But here's the problem: They look exactly the same. Both kinds of pills are blue, they're the same size, they're the same weight. And as soon as they fall in there, they get mixed up, so now you have three pills, but you can't tell what the heck you’ve got. The pills cost a hundred bucks apiece, and you can't throw them away.
How can you make sure that you get your daily dose of A and B without wasting any of the pills?
What would Jerome do?
Add one more pill A, put all 4 pills in a mortar, grind with a pestle and mix thoroughly. Then, take half of that mix today and the rest tomorrow.
If the pills are soluble in water, then you just add one more A pill, put all 4 in a class of water, dissolve, drink half today and the rest tomorrow?
How did I do? Sort of okay - they say cut each of the 4 pills in half and you're good - true.. Hmm..
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