Problem Solving

How do you solve a problem?

Try it out

This puzzle is not easy. Pause it at 2:00 to really try it out.

Write your answer down

Get a piece of paper and illustrate your answer. Don't worry that you don't get it the first time. Try it out and you will see what your "problem" actually is.

Identify the problem

What is the "problem" that you are really facing? Or, what made this puzzle difficult?

Try again with this problem

Try this problem. This one is a bit different as you have to think of away to do something; not what to do but how to do.

Hint

All they can say is "black" or "white". However, "black" or "white" can be used to express other meaning.
"Black" and "White" is not enough to talk about all the numbers but good enough to talk about odd or even.

Problem Identification

In the two riddles above, we can see two things:

Understanding a problem is different from identifying the problem. In the first riddle, the actual problem is to handle the 5-minute janitor and return the lantern quickly.
After understanding the problem, the things that really cause the trouble, we can think of ways to handle the problem. And we call this solution design and implementation.

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