Balance the nails
Puzzling Asked on October 3, 2021
Someone I know handed me this puzzle, I have seen a couple of solutions for it that follow the instructions and don’t involve bending the nails, etc.
Can you figure out how to balance the 6 nails on top of the stationary nail?
If nobody figures it out within a week, I will post the answers I know (one of which was my idea, another was known by a relative).
3 Answers
You can build a structure something along the lines of a da Vinci bridge, where the weight of the structure itself keeps it from falling apart:
It's easiest to build on the tabletop; you can then pick it up by the bottom nail, watch how gravity locks the structure into place, and then balance the whole on the vertical nail.
Correct answer by Bass on October 3, 2021
Well here's 2 ways I thought of...
Answered by Shiv Prateek on October 3, 2021
Here is my smart aleck solution:
Answered by Cotton Headed Ninnymuggins on October 3, 2021
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