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wu :: forums    riddles    easy (Moderators: Grimbal, Eigenray, SMQ, ThudnBlunder, william wu, Icarus, towr)    More Confusing Math « Previous topic | Next topic » Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print    Author  Topic: More Confusing Math  (Read 482 times) Grimbal wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 7527 More Confusing Math   « on: Mar 16th, 2005, 12:22pm » Quote Modify More confusing math:   A bottle of wine costs $20.  The wine alone costs $19 more than the bottle alone.  What is the price of the bottle alone? « Last Edit: Mar 16th, 2005, 2:52pm by Icarus » IP Logged Sjoerd Job Postmus Full Member     Posts: 228 Re: Confusing Math   « Reply #1 on: Mar 16th, 2005, 1:11pm » Quote Modify on Mar 16th, 2005, 12:22pm, Grimbal wrote: More confusing math:   A bottle of wine costs $20.  The wine alone costs $19 more than the bottle alone.  What is the price of the bottle alone? First instinct: $.5 Calculation: bottle = wine - $19 total = bottle + wine total = (wine - $19) + wine $20 = 2wine - $19 $39 = 2wine $19.50 = wine   bottle = wine - $19 bottle = $19.50 - $19 bottle = $0.50 « Last Edit: Mar 16th, 2005, 1:12pm by Sjoerd Job Postmus » IP Logged Icarus wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler Boldly going where even angels fear to tread.     Gender: Posts: 4863 Re: More Confusing Math   « Reply #2 on: Mar 16th, 2005, 2:55pm » Quote Modify Since chuanway double-posted this thread and both threads have replies, but this one does not contain any direct references to his original post, I have deleted the original post and let Grimbal's post take over the lead. IP Logged "Pi goes on and on and on ... And e is just as cursed. I wonder: Which is larger When their digits are reversed? " - Anonymous Padzok Junior Member     Gender: Posts: 104 Re: More Confusing Math   « Reply #3 on: Mar 16th, 2005, 3:21pm » Quote Modify on Mar 16th, 2005, 2:55pm, Icarus wrote: .... but this one does not contain any direct references to his original post....   I think that's because Grimbal didnt know the answer to chuanway's question; so he changed the subject.       IP Logged Icarus wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler Boldly going where even angels fear to tread.     Gender: Posts: 4863 Re: More Confusing Math   « Reply #4 on: Mar 16th, 2005, 3:57pm » Quote Modify That Grimbal would not know the answer to chuanway's question is about as probable as those 100 prisoners getting out on day 100. IP Logged "Pi goes on and on and on ... And e is just as cursed. I wonder: Which is larger When their digits are reversed? " - Anonymous Grimbal wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 7527 Re: More Confusing Math   « Reply #5 on: Mar 17th, 2005, 4:08am » Quote Modify Uh?  What question?  And what happened to the other sweet?     IP Logged e_har Guest Re: More Confusing Math   « Reply #6 on: Mar 20th, 2005, 9:14pm » Quote Modify Remove Isn't it suppose to be $0.50 for the bottle. IP Logged sokrates Guest Re: More Confusing Math   « Reply #7 on: Mar 21st, 2005, 11:54pm » Quote Modify Remove The bottle of wine costs 20$ IP Logged Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print Forum Jump: ----------------------------- riddles -----------------------------=> easy   - medium   - hard   - what am i   - what happened   - microsoft   - cs   - putnam exam (pure math)   - suggestions, help, and FAQ   - general problem-solving / chatting / whatever ----------------------------- general -----------------------------  - guestbook   - truth   - complex analysis   - wanted   - psychology   - chinese « Previous topic | Next topic »

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