Brain Out 2 Level 187
📝 Walkthrough
Overview
A wooden tub full of hot water has a coin sitting at the bottom. A rock and a magnifying glass lie nearby. The prompt asks to get the coin out from under the hot water. The solved frame shows the tub now empty, the coin floating above it, and the message "Got it!". The trick is to let the hot water evaporate (or use the magnifying glass) so you can retrieve the coin without touching the hot water.
- Difficulty: Easy
- Estimated moves: 1–2
Step-by-Step Solution
- Look at the problem. The tub of hot water has the coin at the bottom, but you cannot reach in because the water is painfully hot.
- Do not grab it. Trying to dip your hand in fails because the water is too hot.
- Evaporate the water. Use the magnifying glass to focus sunlight onto the tub, or simply wait, so the hot water evaporates away.
- Take the coin. Once the water is gone, the coin sits dry at the bottom of the empty tub and you can pick it up. The "Got it!" result appears.
Strategy & Reasoning
The water is hot, so you cannot dip your hand in. The solution is not to fish it out but to let the water go away — either by waiting for it to cool and evaporate, or by using the magnifying glass to evaporate it. With the tub empty, the coin is easily retrieved.
The magnifying glass on the ground is the hint: it can focus sunlight to speed up evaporation. Rather than fighting the heat, you remove the obstacle (the water) entirely. The rock is a red herring; lifting the tub or pouring does not help. Evaporating the water leaves the coin dry and reachable.
Why evaporate the water instead of fishing the coin out? The tub holds hot water, so reaching in to grab the coin is impossible — the heat is the obstacle, not the depth. The rock nearby looks like something you could drop to splash the water, but it does not help. The magnifying glass, however, focuses sunlight to heat and evaporate the water away. Once the tub is empty, the coin sits dry at the bottom and can be picked up safely. The joke is that you remove the problem (the hot water) rather than fight around it, which is why the magnifying glass is the key prop.
The tub holds hot water, so reaching in to grab the coin is impossible; the heat is the obstacle, not the depth. The rock nearby looks like something you could drop to splash the water, but it does not help. The magnifying glass focuses sunlight to heat and evaporate the water away. Once the tub is empty, the coin sits dry at the bottom and can be picked up safely. The joke is that you remove the hot water rather than fight around it.
Tips & Common Mistakes
- Mistake: grabbing the coin. Do not try to grab the coin while the water is hot.
- Tip: Let the water evaporate — wait, or use the magnifying glass.
- Helper: The magnifying glass speeds up the evaporation by focusing sunlight.
- Result: Once the tub is empty, take the coin.
Key Frames
