Comments on: Hammer and Ruler Puzzle

By: Romus

Romus — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:54:17 +0000

OMG you are all dumb, can’t you see there’s a refrigerator hanging off one side of the picture with a chain tied to a truck, which is counterbalancing the color yellow, which influences the weight of the basket of sunflowers which is sitting on the edge of the piece of glass with the fishing wire attached to the hammer, causing the earth’s gravitational forces to pull the moon closer, influencing the tides, making one side of the equator heavier than the other, which makes this picture possible in Guam. And that’s where it was taken.

Solved. Me FTW. I will now ignore all accusations of idiocy or statements to the contrary of my answer.

By: kevyn

kevyn — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:36:53 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CJhzuzUgjo

By: Tony

Tony — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:29:38 +0000

Loyalknight…you’re the stupid one…

http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to/video/how-to-create-a-hammer-and-ruler-impossible-illusion-275973/

By: loyalknight

loyalknight — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:20:20 +0000

ur all stupid its nothing to do with nails or balance wat u look at and think is a wall is in fact a table. the ruler is set at an angle ontop of the hammers handle if u look at the ruler and hammer u will see they both have shadows why dosent; the plank have one because its flat on the table the hammer and ruller are both tilted

By: AH

AH — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:42:20 +0000

I also think it is real. I have dome some basic calculations based on what I see in the picture. First, here are what I estimated – The hammer is hanging approx 3.5 units from the table and the hammer is touching 17.5 units from the table. Based on this I calculate (based on turning moments – Physics) that ratio of 1.the difference between the heavy side of the hammer and its light side to 2. the sum of the heavy side of the hammer and its light side is 5 (17.5 / 3.5) – Thus I calculate based on this that the light side of the hammer is 2/3 of the heavy side. Now that seems reasonable to me as that is what I expect in a real hammer. Now I realize that this is not a direct verification. All I have done is to take what I can at face value and calculated a number for a piece of equipment I know and that seems to be able to provide the required forces for balance.

By: Speakmymind

Speakmymind — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:01:26 +0000

If you flip the picture upside down, it looks like the hammer is glued to the wall and is holding the ruler up. Whether that is not it, that makes a good optical illusion within itself.

By: flip

flip — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 04:20:21 +0000

Help Smokey Prevent Wildfires!

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 05:54:50 +0000

Hehehee! nice to read here the ludicrous comments from glue- and nailmaniacs.

Be reasonable. That trick is real! I have done the same trick. And some wont believe it even if their see it with their own eyes from any angle.

By: no.johnny5

no.johnny5 — Wed, 20 May 2009 12:36:23 +0000

I, too, like pie [O-O]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:22:00 +0000

im 11yrs young...:D

its easy, the weight of the end of the hammer is keeping the ruler balanced :P see what i meen

anyway anyone older than me should be ashamed of themselves if they cant work it out :D