Life is a Test: A Series of Pony Logic Puzzles

by Brony_of_Brody


Mo' Money, Mo' Rocks, Maud Pie

So you're the hired hoof?

Hello. I'm Maud. Maud Pie. You're working with me today.

I know you. Pinkie told me.

What are we doing? We're farming inexplicablyvalumium.

Inexplicablyvalumium. It's a rare mineral. We can only find it in about 1% of the rocks on the farm.

We need to check all our fields for it.

It won't be as hard as you think. I have a secret weapon.

I have a special inexplicablyvalumium detector. It beeps when it finds any.

I worked on it for months.

Hmm? Oh, it's not that simple. It's not perfect.

About 10% of the time it'll beep, even when there is no inexplicablyvalumium.

But it's still reliable enough for us. Until I perfect it, anyway.

You'll get used to saying it. Now, when it beeps, load the rock into the cart and we'll take it back to the farm to be examined. Okay?

Good.

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Thanks for all the work today. That's a big one.

...

...Say. Do you want it? I'll sell it to you.

How much? 20,000 bits.

A rock of inexplicablyvalumium that size can fetch 100,000 bits.

You'd be getting it for a fifth of the price.

Not bad, is it?

What do you say?