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What is the answer to the locker problem?
Answer in: 3 Answer in: 2 Answer in: 1 The key is realizing that the number of times a locker is touched is the same as the number of factors in the locker number. For example, in locker #6, Person 1 will open it, Person 2 will close it, Person 3 will open it, and Person 6 will close it.
How do I lock my locker?
Always start with a turn to the right!
- For your second number, turn the dial to the left, going past zero and your first number. Then stop at your second number.
- For your third number, turn the dial to the right and go directly to the last number. Leave your lock on this number.
How do you solve a combination lock?
Standard Instructions for Opening a Combination Lock
- Turn right three times. Stop at First Digit.
- Turn left one full turn passing 1st number and stop at Second Digit.
- Turn right and stop at Third Digit. Pull shackle. Profit.
Why is my locker stuck?
Many locker jams come from items inside overstuffed lockers being pressed against the locking mechanism. All you have to do in this case, is clean out the locker to prevent it from jamming again. If it jams repeatedly even after you try everything, you might need to consider buying a new locker.
Why isn’t my locker opening?
If the slap doesn’t work, try applying constant pressure to the jammed area which hopefully will allow enough force to relieve the tension on the locker door as you dial and open it. This may be awkward, but using your knee, place it about three quarters of the way up from the bottom and apply pressure.
What’s the deal with the 100 lockers challenge?
For those who missed it, here was the challenge problem: Imagine 100 lockers numbered 1 to 100 with 100 students lined up in front of those 100 lockers: The first student opens every locker. The second student closes every 2 nd locker. The 3 rd student changes every 3 rd locker; if it’s closed, she opens it; if it’s open, she closes it.
How do you solve word problem 1000 lockers?
Word Problem Hints 1) There are 1000 lockers numbered 1 – 1000. Suppose you open all of the lockers, then close every other locker. Then, for every third locker, you close each opened locker and open each closed locker. You follow the same pattern for every fourth locker, every fifth locker, and so on up to every thousandth locker.
How many lockers are in a school with 100 students?
The locker problem for 100 lockers is simple: A school has 100 lockers and 100 students. All lockers are closed on the first day of school. As the students enter, the first student, denoted S1, opens every locker.
How many lockers can be left open with 10 lockers?
The only doors left open with 10 lockers are 1, 4, and 9. One way to work the problem is to do this with more lockers and look for a pattern in the numbers of the lockers left open; a better way is to look for a REASON why there should be a pattern.