Can you solve the below algebraic mathematical equation?

(J+O+I+N+T)3 = JOINT

Four people need to cross a rickety bridge at night. Unfortunately, they have only one torch and the bridge is too dangerous to cross without one. The bridge is only strong enough to support two people at a time. Not all people take the same time to cross the bridge. Times for each person: 1 min, 2 mins, 7 mins and 10 mins. What is the shortest time needed for all four of them to cross the bridge?

There are a number of books on a shelf. If one book is the 4th from the left and 6th from the right, how many books are on the shelf?

There is a place where if I stand up straight, I will still be considered sideways.

You have a square. What you have to do is cut and reassemble the square such that you create a Red Cross sign that has the same volume as that of the square.

The host of a game show, offers the guest a choice of three doors. Behind one is a expensive car, but behind the other two are goats.
After you have chosen one door, he reveals one of the other two doors behind which is a goat (he wouldn't reveal a car).

Now he gives you the chance to switch to the other unrevealed door or stay at your initial choice. You will then get what is behind that door.

You cannot hear the goats from behind the doors, or in any way know which door has the prize.

Should you stay, or switch, or doesn't it matter?

What type of tree can I carry in my hand?

A mother is 21 years older than her child. In exactly 6 years from now, the mother will be exactly 5 times as old as the child.
Where's the father?

They do not possess flesh or feathers or scales or bone
But still, they are blessed with fingers and thumbs of their own.

81 x 9 = 801. What must you do to make the this equation true?