who can explain this? where does extra man come from?

[StarFyre]

http://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/05/where-does-the-extra-man-come-from/

I had an idea but having problems to prove that....

Anyone able to explain?

Sanjay

 

[matty1001]

The man on the very left is not given an extra piece when they switch round, making an extra person on the very right. Its hard to explain!

 

[supervike]

Its obvious.

The extra man comes from the BITZ box.


lol

 

[StarFyre]

hmm

Matty..i thought it has to do with that person being extra when they shift (only the top of his hair shifts, so he is still a full person mid shift anyways).

Is that the full explaination?

 

[matty1001]

Yea thats the one! It\'s hard to explain, but its because he remains a full person and lose\'s just his hair, then somebody else keeps just the hair and lose\'s the entire body, which then becomes the extra bloke. Aaaarrrggghhh! tis hard to explain!

 

[matty1001]

This link was right below the image! I hadnt noticed it before, but its what i was trying to explain, i couldnt remember it properly though!
http://dqd.com/%7Emayoff/notes/extra-man-puzzle/

 

[supervike]

Originally posted by StarFyre
Matty..i thought it has to do with that person being extra when they shift (only the top of his hair shifts, so he is still a full person mid shift anyways).

Is that the full explaination?

You got it! Actually...there is a link on that page that explains it beautifully....Still confusing, I admit, but it makes sense.