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I’ll write numbers on ping pong balls next time .... but then again someone might still have their hammer from earlier on in this thread ... 
I’ll write numbers on ping pong balls next time .... but then again someone might still have their hammer from earlier on in this thread ... 
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Derek. Are those Xmas gifts for all your Corvette friends i see.... ?...
Just noticed. You use the same wrapping paper as me... 
Derek. Are those Xmas gifts for all your Corvette friends i see.... ?...
Just noticed. You use the same wrapping paper as me...
Three men go to stay at a motel, and the man at the desk charges them $30.00 for a room. They split the cost ten dollars each. Later the manager tells the desk man that he overcharged the men, and gives the bellboy $5.00 and tells him to give it to the men.
The bellboy, however, decides to cheat the men and pockets $2.00, giving each of the men only one dollar.
Now each man has paid $9.00 to stay in the room. 3 x $9.00 = $27.00. The bellboy has pocketed $2.00. $27.00 + $2.00 = $29.00 - so where is the missing $1.00?
The bellboy, however, decides to cheat the men and pockets $2.00, giving each of the men only one dollar.
Now each man has paid $9.00 to stay in the room. 3 x $9.00 = $27.00. The bellboy has pocketed $2.00. $27.00 + $2.00 = $29.00 - so where is the missing $1.00?
There isn’t a missing dollar.
$30 = $1 (inside Guest pocket) +
$1 (inside Guest pocket) +
$1 (inside Guest pocket) +
$2 (inside bellhop's pocket) +
$25 (inside hotel cash register)
$30 = $1 (inside Guest pocket) +
$1 (inside Guest pocket) +
$1 (inside Guest pocket) +
$2 (inside bellhop's pocket) +
$25 (inside hotel cash register)
Of course that is correct Fast. Worked in that direction all is correct. But approaching it in the alternate direction is a brain teaser...... Each man paid 10. They each got 1 back. 10 - 1 = 9.
9 + 9 +9 = 27
Bellboy has 2....
Makes one use the brain to refute that.....
9 + 9 +9 = 27
Bellboy has 2....
Makes one use the brain to refute that.....
ddgermann
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I was too lazy to do the math. These are not my favourite puzzles.
I was too lazy to do the math. These are not my favourite puzzles.
lol... Mine neither but I use to win draft at the bar (in a previous century) with that one....
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So thats what I needed to work it out … beer …
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So that what it needed to work it out … beer …
Hahaha... True that Spence.
It didn’t make sense to me either at first but according to the interweb (yes I cheated) this puzzle is more of a trick than a puzzle.
“The misdirection in this riddle is at the end of the description, where a bunch of unrelated totals are added together, and the listener assumes these numbers should add to 30. There is, in fact, no reason this sum should add to 30.”
“The misdirection in this riddle is at the end of the description, where a bunch of unrelated totals are added together, and the listener assumes these numbers should add to 30. There is, in fact, no reason this sum should add to 30.”
This reminds me of the “change raising” con.
(The video is NOT safe for work.)
(The video is NOT safe for work.)
then there is in fact no reason the formula should remain the same so my answers would also be valid....
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OK ... time again to resurrect this thread with an aptitude check ... enjoy 
(I never believe the last statement on this though as it likely relates to the
percentage of those most likely to just ignore the challenge ... maybe
)
(I never believe the last statement on this though as it likely relates to the
percentage of those most likely to just ignore the challenge ... maybe
)
45
AxeZ06
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34?
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I can't say definitively that one or the other is incorrect ... as the pattern of addition
gets questioned and then some will argue that one must extrapolate and include
the missing statement of "4+7=32" too ... where "5+8=45"
I find I have to make some things more complicated than they are I guess ...
by finding the pattern formula of A+(BxA)=C for a "45" answer ...
which would eliminate the pattern of adding all the numbers
that one sees for a 5+8=34 result.
Cheers
gets questioned and then some will argue that one must extrapolate and include
the missing statement of "4+7=32" too ... where "5+8=45"
I find I have to make some things more complicated than they are I guess ...
by finding the pattern formula of A+(BxA)=C for a "45" answer ...
which would eliminate the pattern of adding all the numbers
that one sees for a 5+8=34 result.
Cheers
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34. no question
I agree.. There is more than one way to come up with an answer, it all depends on your approach...But, more importantly it is about the ride and not the destination....I can't say definitively that one or the other is incorrect ... as the pattern of addition
gets questioned and then some will argue that one must extrapolate and include
the missing statement of "4+7=32" too ... where "5+8=45"
I find I have to make some things more complicated than they are I guess ...
by finding the pattern formula of A+(BxA)=C for a "45" answer ...
which would eliminate the pattern of adding all the numbers
that one sees for a 5+8=34 result.
Cheers
I'm supposed to be doing paperwork...not trying to figure out dogs and triangles 