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  • C CBadger

    So I came across a very interesting quiz. So lets see who can get this one... I go to a food stall and buy a burger, chips and a cool drink. The drink is $ 0.30 and the burger is & 1.00 more than the chips. So if I paid $ 1.60 for the meal, how much did I pay for the chips? :cool:

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    Nagy Vilmos
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    D + B + C = 160 D = 30 B = C + 100 :=> 30 + (C + 100) + C = 160 2C = 160 - 100 - 30 C = 30 / 2 C = 15

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    • C CBadger

      So I came across a very interesting quiz. So lets see who can get this one... I go to a food stall and buy a burger, chips and a cool drink. The drink is $ 0.30 and the burger is & 1.00 more than the chips. So if I paid $ 1.60 for the meal, how much did I pay for the chips? :cool:

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      Oh come on! Almost everyone here is smart enough to answer this one! :laugh:

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        Oh come on! Almost everyone here is smart enough to answer this one! :laugh:

        Your time will come, if you let it be right.

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        Johnny J
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        Yeah, he should have put it in QA anyway... :laugh:

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        • N Nelek

          0.15$? or...

          CBadger wrote:

          the burger is & 1.00 more

          do we have to make currency exchange? If yes... which country is &1.00 ??

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          CBadger
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          Correct. I will find out what the conversion is for & Although that looks like homer rubbing his butt on the carpet, so how much beer can Homer drink with $1? :^)

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            D + B + C = 160 D = 30 B = C + 100 :=> 30 + (C + 100) + C = 160 2C = 160 - 100 - 30 C = 30 / 2 C = 15

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            CBadger
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            You are more intelligent than 50% of Harvard and MIT students according to the internet :laugh:

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              Correct. I will find out what the conversion is for & Although that looks like homer rubbing his butt on the carpet, so how much beer can Homer drink with $1? :^)

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              Nelek
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              CBadger wrote:

              so how much beer can Homer drink with $1?

              It depends... if homer has to pay the each beer he drinks, I don't think much. But your statement does not clarify the aspect. If the $1 stays in the pocket because he is getting invited then the answer would probably be "infinite" ;P

              M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

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              • C CBadger

                You are more intelligent than 50% of Harvard and MIT students according to the internet :laugh:

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                It was so simple I've been reading the question over and over looking for the trick cos I couldn't believe it would have been posted unless there was one.

                Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.

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                • C CBadger

                  So I came across a very interesting quiz. So lets see who can get this one... I go to a food stall and buy a burger, chips and a cool drink. The drink is $ 0.30 and the burger is & 1.00 more than the chips. So if I paid $ 1.60 for the meal, how much did I pay for the chips? :cool:

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                  Pete OHanlon
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                  $0.15. It's not that difficult a one to figure out.

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                  • C CBadger

                    So I came across a very interesting quiz. So lets see who can get this one... I go to a food stall and buy a burger, chips and a cool drink. The drink is $ 0.30 and the burger is & 1.00 more than the chips. So if I paid $ 1.60 for the meal, how much did I pay for the chips? :cool:

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                    I will leave McBurgers and go and buy a soup

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                    • C CBadger

                      So I came across a very interesting quiz. So lets see who can get this one... I go to a food stall and buy a burger, chips and a cool drink. The drink is $ 0.30 and the burger is & 1.00 more than the chips. So if I paid $ 1.60 for the meal, how much did I pay for the chips? :cool:

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                      It's 15c (I wish I can buy chips for that!) but there's something about that question that provides a strong urge to say 30c. I've got a very similar question wrong in the past by saying the 'obvious' thing.

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                        So I came across a very interesting quiz. So lets see who can get this one... I go to a food stall and buy a burger, chips and a cool drink. The drink is $ 0.30 and the burger is & 1.00 more than the chips. So if I paid $ 1.60 for the meal, how much did I pay for the chips? :cool:

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                        Nicholas Marty
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                        Make the question even more simple and it might trick more ;): if a meal with a burger and a drink costs $1.10 and the burger costs $1 more than the drink. how much did you pay for the drink?

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                          So I came across a very interesting quiz. So lets see who can get this one... I go to a food stall and buy a burger, chips and a cool drink. The drink is $ 0.30 and the burger is & 1.00 more than the chips. So if I paid $ 1.60 for the meal, how much did I pay for the chips? :cool:

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                          GuyThiebaut
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                          I have not looked at any of the other comments but my calculation brings the chips to $0.15.

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                          • C CBadger

                            So I came across a very interesting quiz. So lets see who can get this one... I go to a food stall and buy a burger, chips and a cool drink. The drink is $ 0.30 and the burger is & 1.00 more than the chips. So if I paid $ 1.60 for the meal, how much did I pay for the chips? :cool:

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                            HobbyProggy
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                            This one sounds to me like our joke about different schoolsystems The Question for the "Hauptschule" (goes from 5th to 9th class / mostly lazy and not that intelligent ppl)

                            A Farmer sells a sack of potatoes for 50€. The production costs are 40€. Calculate the yield.

                            "Realschule" (goes from 5th to 10th class / the "normal" ppl)

                            A farmer sells a sack of potatoes for 50€. The production costs are 4/5 of the revenues. How high is the farmers yield?

                            "Gymnasium" (goes from 5th to 13th/12th class / the "intelligent" ppl)

                            An agrarian economist sells a set of subterral fieldfruits for a set of money (G).
                            G has the cardinal number 50. For the elements g of the set G applies g = 1,00€. The set of production costs (H) is 10(cardinal numbers) less than set G. Draw a figure of the set H as partial set of G und and give the cardinal number of the set E for the Question :
                            How high is the yield E of the agrarian economist in units of g?

                            "Waldorfschule" (Mostly ppl that are not able to concentrate)

                            A farmer sells a sack of potatoes for 50€. The production costs are 40€. The yield is 10€.
                            Task: Underline the word potatoes and sing a song to it.

                            :) I hope my translation is not that bad so you get the message :rolleyes:

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                              CBadger wrote:

                              so how much beer can Homer drink with $1?

                              It depends... if homer has to pay the each beer he drinks, I don't think much. But your statement does not clarify the aspect. If the $1 stays in the pocket because he is getting invited then the answer would probably be "infinite" ;P

                              M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

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                              CBadger
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                              Nelek wrote:

                              But your statement does not clarify the aspect.

                              And your point is?

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                                It was so simple I've been reading the question over and over looking for the trick cos I couldn't believe it would have been posted unless there was one.

                                Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.

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                                CBadger
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                                Some people think of it like this. $1.60 - $0.30 = $1.30 So if the burger is $1 more the answer is $0.30 because $1.30 - $1 = $0.30 :doh: Sad part is when I asked other people some of them really had that 'logic'...

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                                  Some people think of it like this. $1.60 - $0.30 = $1.30 So if the burger is $1 more the answer is $0.30 because $1.30 - $1 = $0.30 :doh: Sad part is when I asked other people some of them really had that 'logic'...

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                                  CBadger wrote:

                                  Sad part is when I asked other people some of them really had that 'logic'...

                                  They'll be OK, I believe all fast food places have tills that work the prices out for you so when they're selling this stuff they shouldn't get it wrong.

                                  Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.

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                                  • B BobJanova

                                    It's 15c (I wish I can buy chips for that!) but there's something about that question that provides a strong urge to say 30c. I've got a very similar question wrong in the past by saying the 'obvious' thing.

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                                    CBadger
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                                    BobJanova wrote:

                                    a strong urge to say 30c.

                                    Ask this question (or a variation) to others and stand in awe to how many answer exactly that

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                                      Make the question even more simple and it might trick more ;): if a meal with a burger and a drink costs $1.10 and the burger costs $1 more than the drink. how much did you pay for the drink?

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                                      CBadger
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                                      The original question was exactly that. with a bat and ball. So i thought I'd do a social experiment and make it a bit more difficult to see if they fall much easier for a simple or a bit more complex question. :)

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                                      • H HobbyProggy

                                        This one sounds to me like our joke about different schoolsystems The Question for the "Hauptschule" (goes from 5th to 9th class / mostly lazy and not that intelligent ppl)

                                        A Farmer sells a sack of potatoes for 50€. The production costs are 40€. Calculate the yield.

                                        "Realschule" (goes from 5th to 10th class / the "normal" ppl)

                                        A farmer sells a sack of potatoes for 50€. The production costs are 4/5 of the revenues. How high is the farmers yield?

                                        "Gymnasium" (goes from 5th to 13th/12th class / the "intelligent" ppl)

                                        An agrarian economist sells a set of subterral fieldfruits for a set of money (G).
                                        G has the cardinal number 50. For the elements g of the set G applies g = 1,00€. The set of production costs (H) is 10(cardinal numbers) less than set G. Draw a figure of the set H as partial set of G und and give the cardinal number of the set E for the Question :
                                        How high is the yield E of the agrarian economist in units of g?

                                        "Waldorfschule" (Mostly ppl that are not able to concentrate)

                                        A farmer sells a sack of potatoes for 50€. The production costs are 40€. The yield is 10€.
                                        Task: Underline the word potatoes and sing a song to it.

                                        :) I hope my translation is not that bad so you get the message :rolleyes:

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                                        CBadger
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                                        HobbyProggy wrote:

                                        A farmer sells a sack of potatoes for 50€. The production costs are 40€. The yield is 10€. Task: Underline the word potatoes and sing a song to it.

                                        Task: < Singing> "Mary had a little dam, its numbers as stinky as yellow and everywhere that Joe went with SAM, the moon was sure to mellow" < /Singing> So how did I do?

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                                        • C chriselst

                                          CBadger wrote:

                                          Sad part is when I asked other people some of them really had that 'logic'...

                                          They'll be OK, I believe all fast food places have tills that work the prices out for you so when they're selling this stuff they shouldn't get it wrong.

                                          Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.

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                                          CBadger
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                                          chriselst wrote:

                                          They'll be OK, I believe all fast food places have tills that work the prices out for you so when they're selling this stuff they shouldn't get it wrong.

                                          What you do not realise is according to the internet 50% of the people at MIT and Harvard got it wrong when asked this If a bat and ball costs $1.10 and the bat is $1 more than the ball, how much does the ball cost? :laugh:

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