[Solved] A woman wants to buy something at an auction where you bid grams of gold instead of money. She owns a length of gold chain (with 2 ends) made of 23 interlocking loops, each weighing 1 gram. She wants to go to a jeweler before the auction to cut the minimum number of loops that would allow her to pay any sum from 1 to 23. For example, she could pay a 13 gram price with a 12 link chain and a single link. After much thought, she figures out a way to do it by cutting just 2 of the loops in the chain. How many loops are in the pieces of chains that she has after the 2 cuts?

This riddle has been around for some time on internet platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp, and many people still argue over what the answer might be, as there are many possibilities. The correct answer is She will have five pieces of chains after the 2 cuts. The chains will have loops of 1, 1, 3, 6 and 12. The chain is made up of interlocking loops. So when you make 1 cut in the chain in the middle, you would end up with 2 chains and 1 cut loop. So 2 cuts in the middle would leave you with 3 chains and 2 cut single loops. So the jeweler makes one cut on the 4th loop making a 1 cut loop, a 3 loop chain, and a 19 loop chain. Then a cut on the 7th loop of the 19 loop chain leaving a 1 cut loop, a 6 loop chain, and a 12 loop chain. So at the end she has 1 cut loop, another 1 cut loop, a 3 loop chain, a 6 loop chain, and a 12 loop chain.