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(Message started by: DeMark on Nov 23^rd, 2003, 6:41am)

Title: Impossible to see it/How much did Mary make?
Post by DeMark on Nov 23^rd, 2003, 6:41am

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?

Title modified by Icarus - Please use Meaningful titles.

Title: Re: 3 riddles
Post by TenaliRaman on Nov 23^rd, 2003, 10:49am

::[hide]
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
[/hide]::

Title: Re: 3 riddles
Post by DeMark on Nov 23^rd, 2003, 11:13am

;D Yup! What about the first one?

Title: Re: 3 riddles
Post by TenaliRaman on Nov 23^rd, 2003, 11:19am

My initial guess was [hide]silence[/hide]. But your statement "it lies under the mountains" confuses me unless its sort of a red herring.

Title: Re: 3 riddles
Post by DeMark on Nov 23^rd, 2003, 11:31am

It also lies above the stars...

Title: Re: Impossible to see it/How much did Mary make?
Post by Icarus on Nov 23^rd, 2003, 12:02pm

"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.

Title: Re: Impossible to see it/How much did Mary make?
Post by DeMark on Nov 24^th, 2003, 8:09am

I didn't know number 2 was a repeat. :-/ Sorry.
Number 1: Keep trying.

Title: Re: Impossible to see it/How much did Mary make?
Post by aero_guy on Nov 24^th, 2003, 8:19am

I would be able to see it if it wasn't so darn dark.

Title: Re: Impossible to see it/How much did Mary make?
Post by DeMark on Nov 24^th, 2003, 8:52am