Brain Out Level 32

Overview

A seesaw balances on an arched fulcrum in the middle of the board. A girl in a red dress sits on the left end, which is pressed down to the ground, while a boy sits on the raised right end. Below the plank, a rabbit, a cat, a small rock, and a tuft of grass lie off to the sides. The prompt asks you to help the boy win, meaning his end has to drop down to the ground. The girl's weight at the far left is what holds her side down, and the solution is to move her to the middle of the seesaw, over the fulcrum, so her weight no longer leverages the plank.

• Difficulty: Regular
• Estimated moves: 2

Step-by-Step Solution

1. Read the prompt and identify the two riders. The girl on the left is sitting low, and the boy on the right is sitting high, so the boy's side needs to go down to win.
2. Look at the fulcrum under the center of the plank. The seesaw tilts because weight at the far ends acts as a lever; a rider directly over the middle does not push either end down.
3. Consider the loose animals below the plank before acting. The rabbit and cat are distractions here, and the level does not ask you to add weight to the boy's side.
4. Press and hold the girl on the left end of the plank. Drag her along the seesaw toward the center, placing her directly over the arched fulcrum in the middle.
5. Release the girl in the middle position. With her weight no longer out on the left end, the plank balances around the center and the boy's right end drops down to the ground.
6. Once the boy's side touches down, the level recognizes his win and the success panel appears. If the plank does not move, check that the girl was placed exactly over the middle fulcrum rather than still near the left end.

The mechanic here is moving a rider's position on a lever. The level treats the seesaw as a balance where position matters as much as weight, and shifting the girl to the pivot removes her leverage on the left side.

Strategy & Reasoning

A normal seesaw win would mean adding weight to the boy's side or removing weight from the girl's side. The loose cat and rabbit below look like candidates to place on the plank, but the intended solution changes the girl's own position instead. Moving her over the fulcrum keeps her on the seesaw while canceling the lever effect of her weight, which lets the boy's side fall.

Dragging the cat onto the boy's side fails because that is not the interaction the level accepts. Pushing the boy down by hand fails because the plank still tips under the girl's far-end weight. Tapping the animals below fails because they are decorative props. The intended realization is that the rider at the end of the plank is the source of the imbalance, and relocating her to the center restores the balance in the boy's favor.

Tips & Common Mistakes

• Do not place the cat or rabbit onto the boy's side to weigh it down. Those animals are decoys, and the accepted move repositions the girl on the plank.
• Move the girl all the way to the middle, over the fulcrum. Leaving her near the left end keeps her weight leveraged against the boy, so the seesaw will not tip his way.
• Watch which way the plank tilts after the move. The boy's end should drop to the ground; if it stays raised, nudge the girl closer to the center of the seesaw before trying another action.