Assorted Brain Teasers by Kundan Pangtey - HTML preview

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TEASER - 03

COVER ON COVER

Consider that there is a book with a specific cover design which is   named   here   as   K.     Now   a   stamp   size   (medium   size) photograph (named as M) of cover of K is to be printed on the left  bottom  corner  of  same  cover  (as  is  done  for  the  cover  of this book). Whether it is possible to do so?

(a) Yes

(b)  No

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THE EXPLANATION:

1)   We  have  a  book  cover  design  named  as  K  and  its  exact photograph M of smaller size (stamp size). The smaller one M is to be placed or printed on bigger one K.

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Barring size difference, M is identical to K in all respect.

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A BOOK (M) AND STAMP SIZE IMAGE OF ITS COVER (M)

When  M  is  printed  on  K  (bottom  left  corner),  it  is  an  action  of ‘adding’ or introducing new things to the original cover K.

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Any  alternation  or  changes  made  on  the  K  would  amount  to changing the original design therefore K would become KM.

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STAMP SIZE IMAGE OF BOOK COVER (M) IS PUT ON ITS COVER (K)

2)   Now as K has become KM, the M (the stamp size exact image of K) will get automatically cancelled and invalid and a new stamp size image, with new name, shall have to be made all over again and put on the new book cover KM.

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Now as soon the stamp size image S is placed / printed on the new book cover (KM), the process, as indicated at (1) above will get repeated once again and KM will become KMS.

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NEW STAMP SIZE IMAGE (S) IS PUT ON BOOK COVER (KM)

3)   Now KM has become KMS, the S (the stamp size exact image of KM) will get automatically cancelled and a new stamp size image shall have to be put on the new book cover KMS

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Now as soon Y is placed on KMS, the cover gets altered and the whole process is repeated again.

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NEW STAMP SIZE IMAGE (Y) IS PUT ON BOOK COVER (KMS)

The process continues till infinity. Therefore every time a stamp size image or photograph of a book cover is printed (placed) on itself it gets  altered  which  in  turn  invalidates  its  stamp size  image.  So the process  of  placing  or  printing  stamp  size  image  on  itself  triggers another action and creates new cover.

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