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(Message started by: Grimbal on Mar 16^th, 2005, 12:22pm)

Title: More Confusing Math
Post by Grimbal on Mar 16^th, 2005, 12:22pm

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?

Title: Re: Confusing Math
Post by Sjoerd Job Postmus on Mar 16^th, 2005, 1:11pm

on 03/16/05 at 12:22:18, 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

Title: Re: More Confusing Math
Post by Icarus on Mar 16^th, 2005, 2:55pm

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.

Title: Re: More Confusing Math
Post by Padzok on Mar 16^th, 2005, 3:21pm

on 03/16/05 at 14:55:09, 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. ;D

Title: Re: More Confusing Math
Post by Icarus on Mar 16^th, 2005, 3:57pm

That Grimbal would not know the answer to chuanway's question is about as probable as those 100 prisoners getting out on day 100.

Title: Re: More Confusing Math
Post by Grimbal on Mar 17^th, 2005, 4:08am

Uh? What question? And what happened to the other sweet?

::)

Title: Re: More Confusing Math
Post by e_har on Mar 20^th, 2005, 9:14pm

Isn't it suppose to be $0.50 for the bottle.

Title: Re: More Confusing Math
Post by sokrates on Mar 21^st, 2005, 11:54pm

The bottle of wine costs 20$