Solving the Crime Scene Riddle: Can You?

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around a riddle involving a crime scene where a man was shot, with details about the bullet's impact on a chair and the characteristics of a suspect's gun. Participants explore whether the gun could be linked to the crime based on the provided information, engaging in reasoning about physics and ballistics.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory
  • Debate/contested
  • Mathematical reasoning

Main Points Raised

  • One participant suggests that a ballistics comparison of the bullets would be necessary to determine if the suspect's gun was used in the crime.
  • Another participant questions the relevance of the barrel length in the calculations.
  • Some participants express skepticism about the riddle being a legitimate homework question, with one noting that it seems overly simplistic.
  • A participant mentions that important figures, such as the friction constant between the chair and the floor, are missing, complicating the calculations.
  • Another participant proposes that the objective of the problem is to determine the friction coefficient and assess the integrity of the crime scene.
  • Several participants share alternative riddles and humorous scenarios, diverging from the original topic.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants do not reach a consensus on whether the riddle is a legitimate problem or a homework question. There are multiple competing views on the relevance of the details provided and the feasibility of solving the riddle with the given information.

Contextual Notes

Participants note the absence of certain critical figures, such as the friction constant, which may affect the calculations and conclusions drawn from the riddle.

  • #31
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  • #32
Funny thread :smile: :biggrin:
 
  • #33
Guillochon said:
A dead man and a monkey are in a room. The man is holding a lighter, wearing a tutu, covered in baking soda and glued upside-down to the far wall. The monkey is spinning rapidly while playing a rendition of Mozart on his tuba. In the room are a puddle of water, 3 strands of blonde hair, blood on the ceiling, two pitchforks, a broken television full of cottage cheese, and a bowling ball with 7 finger holes. Using this information, what is the escape velocity for an electron from a pulsar in a chaotic orbit with two companion stars in a dark matter halo?
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  • #35
ForensicCrime said:
The pool of water and blood riddle is the oldest one in the book!
Well, it wasn't very old when the thread was posted... :biggrin:
 
  • #36
DaveC426913 said:
Well, it wasn't very old when the thread was posted... :biggrin:

:smile: :smile: :smile:​
 
  • #37
DaveC426913 said:
An otherwise empty room, locked from the inside. On the floor is some broken glass, a puddle of water and a body. What went down here?

If its the same one I heard before...
A goldfish bowl fell off a table and broke leaving broken glass, water, and the dead body of a fish on the floor.
 
  • #38
Tom Mattson said:
Here's a much less challenging one. A man was found stabbed to death. All that was found at the crime scene was the corpse, a puddle of blood, and a puddle of water. The detective claims that he can figure out the murder weapon from that information alone. What do you think it was?

ice …. shaped like a knife :rolleyes:
 

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