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wu :: forums    riddles    easy (Moderators: towr, ThudnBlunder, Grimbal, Eigenray, Icarus, SMQ, william wu)    Apples and Friends « Previous topic | Next topic » Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print    Author  Topic: Apples and Friends  (Read 713 times) Wilmamercy Newbie     Posts: 7 Apples and Friends   « on: Mar 23rd, 2010, 8:29pm » Quote Modify There's a  basket containing ten apples. You have ten friends, who  desires an apple each. Each of them are given one apple. After a few minutes each of your friends has one apple each, yet there is an apple remaining in the basket.   How? IP Logged towr wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler Some people are average, some are just mean.     Gender: Posts: 13730 Re: Apples and Friends   « Reply #1 on: Mar 24th, 2010, 3:05am » Quote Modify You and your friends are in a hot air balloon.   IP Logged Wikipedia, Google, Mathworld, Integer sequence DB JohanC Senior Riddler     Posts: 460 Re: Apples and Friends   « Reply #2 on: Mar 24th, 2010, 5:31am » Quote Modify Although Towr's alternative answer sounds better, I suppose the intended answer is You offered the last apple together with the basket to the sweetest of your girlfriends.   IP Logged rmsgrey Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 2874 Re: Apples and Friends   « Reply #3 on: Mar 24th, 2010, 9:56am » Quote Modify Another possibility: You have another apple in your hand when you ask "Who wants an apple?" - if there's going to be 11 of you, you take 11 apples... IP Logged Grimbal wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 7527 Re: Apples and Friends   « Reply #4 on: Mar 24th, 2010, 10:00am » Quote Modify Or you miscounted. IP Logged Noke Lieu Uberpuzzler pen... paper... let's go! (and bit of plastic)     Gender: Posts: 1884 Re: Apples and Friends   « Reply #5 on: Mar 24th, 2010, 3:47pm » Quote Modify one of them stopped being you friend and had to return the apple... IP Logged a shade of wit and the art of farce. Grimbal wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 7527 Re: Apples and Friends   « Reply #6 on: Mar 25th, 2010, 8:09am » Quote Modify Or one of them didn't get an apple, and stopped being a friend. IP Logged alien2 Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 6991 Re: Apples and Friends   « Reply #7 on: Mar 27th, 2010, 8:29pm » Quote Modify The apple fell from a tree in the basket.     Or two of your friends are one-armed Siamese twins, whatever that means. 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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