Brain Puzzle 3 Level 62

Overview

Level 62 is a weight-reduction puzzle on a suspension bridge. The banner reads "Reduce the weight the suspension bridge has to bear," and a weight counter at the top starts at 5000kg. A group of four people stands on the sagging bridge: a plump woman in an oversized beige coat, a man in a blue jacket and cap, a long-haired blonde woman in a pink dress holding an umbrella, and a chubby man eating a sandwich. Hanging beneath the bridge are even more loads: a skydiver in a red suit with a heavy backpack, a cat dangling by its paws, and a black-coated man dangling from a rope. A swarm of bees circles overhead. The bottom caption warns "The suspension bridge is bearing too much weight! If we don't lighten the load, it'll break!" The goal is to shed weight until the counter drops to a safe level.

• Difficulty: Regular
• Estimated moves: 5

Step-by-Step Solution

1. Read the weight counter. It starts at 5000kg and must fall to a safe value. Every object or person you remove drops the number, so watch it as you work.

1. Lower the hanging skydiver to the ground. The skydiver dangling below the bridge with his heavy backpack is dead weight. Drop him down — by the next frame he is gone from under the bridge (later shown safely on the ground eating chips). The weight counter falls.

1. Let the cat drop. The cat dangling beneath the bridge is also load. Release it; it falls away, leaving only a little orange flame where it hung. The counter keeps dropping.

1. Have the plump woman take off her heavy overcoat. Her big beige coat is bulky. She strips it off to reveal a short leopard-print dress underneath, shedding the coat's weight.

1. Remove the blonde woman's long hair / the hanging man's shoes. The long-haired blonde's hair blows away in the wind, and the black-coated man dangling below kicks off his boots (the shoes dangle loose below him). Both trim the load.

1. Watch the counter. As each weight is shed, the number runs from 5000kg down to 3010kg and finally to 1010kg, well under the breaking point.

1. The bridge holds. With the lightened load, the sagging bridge is safe. The "Completed" banner appears with confetti and a Next button.

Strategy & Reasoning

The puzzle is a simple weight arithmetic problem with the counter as your scoreboard. The trick is realizing that "weight" means everything attached to the bridge, not just the people standing on the planks. The three dangling figures underneath (skydiver, cat, hanging man) are literally hanging load, and the bulkiest clothing/hair on the people on deck also counts. You strip weight off wherever it is heaviest: drop the people dangling below, then remove the big coat and the excess hair and shoes.

The order matters less than driving the counter down. The bees overhead and the umbrella are distractions — the umbrella stays, the bees do not add weight. The reason the skydiver and cat can be dropped is that they are not essential to cross; once lowered, they are safe on the ground. The chubby man eating stays put, because he is a person on the bridge rather than removable baggage.

Tips & Common Mistakes

• Mistake: only removing things from the people on deck. The biggest weight is the people dangling underneath the bridge. Drop the skydiver and cat first.
• Mistake: stopping once the people are reduced. Watch the weight counter. You must keep shedding until it is safely low (down to around 1010kg), including the coat and shoes.
• Mistake: worrying about the bees or the umbrella. Those are set dressing; the bees do not weigh the bridge down. Focus on bodies, coat, hair and shoes.

Note: solution steps are based on visible frames only.