Toy Puzzle

Toy Puzzle

“The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he's dead.” 
― Bette Davis 

A problem that was given to us by Dr. Mandi as part of our principal of management course. To solve this amazing toy, to take the ring out of the slit. And then the fun began. People did try, got bored and went off. Now don't underestimate the curiosity of India's future leaders, because a lot of them came back later and solved it.

Here's how I did it. 

To remove the ring:

• Raise the ring as high as it would go and hold it there.
• Move one of the wooden squares to the other side by passing it through the slit in the top part.
• Bring both the squares together by moving the thread.
• One of the balls will still remain stuck after its square block is taken to other side.
• Lower the ring, tilt it and remove through the slit and the ball.

And to assemble the toy back:

  - Pass the ring through the slit back onto the square

                                     

  - Raise the ring as high as possible.

  - Pass one of the wooden squares through the slit and to it's correct side.

So it can be said that it's not  only important to be a good problem solver, but an excellent identifier as well.