Can you solve the human cannonball riddle? - Alex Rosenthal

Translator: Rizka Anjani Reviewer: aditya prayogi

They call you the human cannonball,

Orang-orang memanggilmu manusia meriam,

but you’re really more of a pinball person.

tetapi kau lebih mirip manusia bola pin.

Your act involves flying through a dozen rings of fire,

Aksimu meliputi terbang menembus barisan cincin api,

bouncing through a trampoline course,

melambung di atas trampolin,

and catching the trapezist in the grand finale.

dan menangkap pelompat palang di babak terakhir.

Your cannon has metal coils that accelerate you to the perfect speed.

Meriammu dililit logam yang meningkatkan kecepatanmu.

At least it’s supposed to.

Seharusnya seperti itu.

Today’s pre-flight test fails dramatically,

Uji coba hari ini gagal total,

and upon inspection, this is a clear act of sabotage:

dan setelah diselidiki, jelas ada sabotase:

someone amped the power up to the max.

seseorang menaikkan kecepatan ke titik maksimal.

It’s too late to abort the launch;

Sudah terlambat untuk membatalkan peluncuran;

the trapezist will plummet if you don’t catch him in a few minutes.

pelompat palang akan jatuh jika tidak segera kau tangkap.

So you’d better get fixing.

Jadi, sebaiknya kau segera mengatasinya.

The cannon was invented by your eccentric mentor,

Meriam diciptakan oleh pelatih eksentrikmu,

and as usual, his instructions leave something to be desired.

seperti biasa, kau harus membuat satu pilihan sesuai instruksinya.

The cannon’s electromagnet is powered by energy cells

Elektromagnet meriam itu bertenaga baterai,

located in 16 chambers on two levels.

yang terletak di 16 tempat di 2 tingkat.

Each level is a hollowed out square, with three chambers to a side.

Tiap tingkat berupa kotak kosong dengan 3 tempat di sisinya.

The acceleration is survivable if:

Kecepatannya dapat dikontrol jika:

there are twice as many energy cells in the upper level as in the lower level.

jumlah kelipatan tenaga baterai di tingkat atas dan bawah sama.

Every chamber has 1 to 3 energy cells.

Setiap tempat punya 1 sampai 3 baterai.

And each side of the cannon, made of 6 chambers, has 11 energy cells.

Tiap sisi meriam, ada 6 tempat, punya 11 baterai.

Your mentor designed the cannon to use a certain number of energy cells,

Pelatihmu mengatur baterai dipakai dalam jumlah tertentu,

but when the shipment arrived, it was 3 short.

tetapi saat kiriman tiba, baterai kurang 3 buah.

So he made all of those conditions work with this reduced number,

Jadi, ia mengaturnya agar bekerja dengan jumlah terbatas,

and it fired perfectly.

dan tembakannya sempurna.

That’s the amount you’ll need.

Itulah jumlah yang akan kau butuhkan.

Too many, or too few, and you and the trapezist are doomed.

Lebih atau kurang akan membuat kalian celaka.

How many energy cells should you use, and where?

Berapa banyak baterai yang harus dipakai, dan dimana?

Pause here to figure it out yourself. Answer in 3

Jeda untuk menjawabnya sendiri. Jawaban muncul dalam 3

Answer in 2

Jawaban muncul dalam 2

Answer in 1

Jawaban muncul dalam 1

The first step in this puzzle is to narrow the options.

Langkah pertama adalah mengurangi pilihan.

Let’s focus on rule 3 in isolation.

Ayo fokus ke aturan 3 di isolasi.

We could put 11 cells in these two corners and fulfill it with just 22 total cells,

Kita masukkan 11 dalam 2 sudut dan isi dengan total 22 baterai,

because adjacent sides share corners.

karena sisi bersebelahan itu sudutnya sama.

But if we put 11 in the middle chambers, we could have 44 cells.

Jika kita masukkan 11 di tengah, akan ada 44 baterai.

The answer must be in the range bounded by those extremes.

Jawabannya harus di kisaran yang dibatasi jumlah tersebut.

We can use the other rules to refine our options further.

Kita bisa pakai aturan lain untuk meningkatkan pilihan kita.

Since there are twice as many cells in the upper level,

Karena jumlah baterai di tingkat atas sama banyaknya,

the total cells must be a multiple of 3.

total baterai pasti kelipatan 3.

Now, because of rule 4,

Sekarang, karena aturan 4,

we need to find two consecutive multiples of 3 that can meet all the conditions.

kita harus cari 2 urutan kelipatan 3 yang cocok dengan semua syarat.

Up to this point we haven’t used the rule that each chamber must have 1 to 3 cells.

Di sini, kita belum pakai aturan 1 sampai 3 baterai di tiap tempat.

It tells us that the minimum for the lower level is 8 cells,

Minimal harus ada 8 baterai di tingkat bawah,

in which case, by rule 1, the upper level would have 16.

yang mana, menurut aturan 1, di tingkat atas ada 16.

On every side, the lower level would account for 3 of the 11 cells,

Di tiap sisi, tingkat bawah akan punya 3 dari 11 baterai,

so the upper would have to have 8.

jadi tingkat atas akan punya 8.

But if two opposite sides had 8,

Tetapi kalau kedua sisi punya 8,

that would be the upper level’s entire 16, not leaving any for these two chambers.

total 16 baterai tingkat atas, jadi tidak ada sisa untuk 2 tempat

So 24 is out.

Jadi 24 dicoret.

Let’s look at the other extreme.

Ayo lihat jumlah maksimal lainnya.

The upper level can have at most 3 times 8, or 24 cells,

Tingkat atas maksimal punya 3 kali 8, atau 24 baterai,

which would give a total of 36.

jadi totalnya 36.

That eliminates 39 and 42.

39 dan 42 bukan jawabannya.

With 36, if we had 3 cells in each chamber,

Dengan 36, jika kita pakai 3 baterai di tiap tempat,

each side of the upper level would already have 9 of its 11 cells,

tiap sisi tingkat atas akan punya 9 dari 11,

meaning we’d have to leave empty chambers on the lower level.

artinya kita menyisakan tempat kosong di tingkat bawah.

So 36 is also out.

Jadi 36 juga dicoret.

What about 33?

Bagaimana dengan 33?

We know we don’t want any sides with all 3′s,

Kita tahu kita tidak ingin tiap sisi diisi 3,

so we can place 2′s at opposite corners of the upper level.

jadi kita tempatkan 2 di sudut seberang tingkat atas.

Now we have 8 of 11 cells per side.

Sekarang kita punya 8 dari 11 per sisinya.

So we could place exactly 1 cell in each lower chamber...

Jadi kita tempatkan 1 baterai di tiap tempat rendah...

but that would fall short of the lower level’s required 11.

tetapi itu tidak akan memenuhi jumlah minimal 11 tingkat bawah.

That leaves only two options: 30 and 27,

Tinggal dua pilihan: 30 dan 27,

which must work by process of elimination,

yang harus dihitung dengan proses eliminasi,

and 27 is the one you should use.

dan 27 adalah jumlah yang harus kau pakai.

To total 9, the lower level must have seven 1′s and one 2.

Agar jumlahnya 9, tingkat rendah harus diisi 1 tujuh dan 2 satu.

If you put the 2 in a middle chamber, the upper level would have too many cells.

Jika kau masukkan 2 di tengah, tingkat atas akan kelebihan.

So the 2 has to go into a corner,

Jadi 2 harus pindah ke sudut,

and you can then place the upper level like this.

dan kau bisa menempatkan tingkat atas seperti ini.

You’ve barely snapped the last energy cell into place

Kau hampir tidak memasukkan baterai terakhir ke tempatnya

when you hear the ringleader announcing your act.

saat mendengar pemimpin sirkus mengumumkan aksimu.

You’re pretty sure you’ve also noticed enough clues to solve the mystery.

Kau cukup yakin memerhatikan petunjuk pengungkap misteri.

Who sabotaged you?

Siapa yang menyabotasemu?