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Impossible to see it/How much did Mary make?
« on: Nov 23rd, 2003, 6:41am » |
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1) It's impossible to see it, it's impossible to hear it, it's impossible to smell it. It lies under the mountains and fills empty caves. What is it?
2) A woman has two sons: they were born the same day the same year. But they are not twins.
3) Mary bought a car for 6000 dollars and sold it for 8000 dollars. Then she bought it again for 10000 dollars and sold it for 12000 dollars. How much money did she earn?
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Re: 3 riddles
« Reply #1 on: Nov 23rd, 2003, 10:49am » |
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2> the woman might have had more than two children so they were actually triplets or quadruplets
3> total money spent = 16000 dollars
total money received = 20000 dollars
profit = 4000 dollars
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Re: 3 riddles
« Reply #2 on: Nov 23rd, 2003, 11:13am » |
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 Yup! What about the first one?
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Re: 3 riddles
« Reply #3 on: Nov 23rd, 2003, 11:19am » |
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My initial guess was silence. But your statement "it lies under the mountains" confuses me unless its sort of a red herring.
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Re: 3 riddles
« Reply #4 on: Nov 23rd, 2003, 11:31am » |
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It also lies above the stars...
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Re: Impossible to see it/How much did Mary make?
« Reply #5 on: Nov 23rd, 2003, 12:02pm » |
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"Nothing" might be an answer to problem 1. But air fills empty caves, and crustal rock and magma lie under mountains, so "nothing" does not work for those two parts.
Problem 2 is a repeat - it's been posted several times before.
3 seems rather trivial. I suppose the point of it is foul up people who don't consider total cost vs total income. Or maybe the puzzle is where she found morons willing to pay more for a used car than it was originally worth.
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Re: Impossible to see it/How much did Mary make?
« Reply #6 on: Nov 24th, 2003, 8:09am » |
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I didn't know number 2 was a repeat.  Sorry.
Number 1: Keep trying.
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Re: Impossible to see it/How much did Mary make?
« Reply #7 on: Nov 24th, 2003, 8:19am » |
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I would be able to see it if it wasn't so darn dark.
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Re: Impossible to see it/How much did Mary make?
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