Ocean_Islands | Saturday, January 27, 2001 - 01:02 pm  Three people check into a hotel. They pay $30 to the manager and go to their room. The manager finds out that the room rate is $25 and gives $5 to the bellboy to return. On the way to the room the bellboy reasons that $5 would be difficult to share among three people so he pockets $2 and gives $1 to each person. Now each person paid $10 and got back $1. So they paid $9 each, totalling $27. The bellboy has $2, totalling $29. Where is the remaining dollar? |
Guruchaz | Saturday, January 27, 2001 - 01:19 pm  The remaining dollar is part of the original $25 room rate. It resembles the excess change from not being able to equally divide $25 among 3 people. |
Spamgirl | Saturday, January 27, 2001 - 01:20 pm  There is no remaining dollar, it all works out perfectly. They pay $30 Hotel takes $25 Bellboy gets $5 back He takes $2 Gives them each $1 That equals $30 |
Ocean_Islands | Saturday, January 27, 2001 - 01:21 pm  No, only dollar bills are available. |
Ocean_Islands | Saturday, January 27, 2001 - 01:29 pm  Correct Sgirl! Spontaneous mystery #2 Ten years from now Tim will be twice as old as Jane was when Mary was nine times as old as Tim. Eight years ago, Mary was half as old as Jane will be when Jane is one year older than Tim will be at the time when Mary will be five times as old as Tim will be two years from now. When Tim was one year old, Mary was three years older than Tim will be when Jane is three times as old as Mary was six years before the time when Jane was half as old as Tim will be when Mary will be ten years older than Mary was when Jane was one-third as old as Tim will be when Mary will be three times as old as she was when Jane was born. |
Guruchaz | Saturday, January 27, 2001 - 04:33 pm  Oh, I already had that broken down on the last question but seemed too simple an answer. lol! |
Guruchaz | Saturday, January 27, 2001 - 04:35 pm  As for the second one, I smell BS.  |
Ocean_Islands | Saturday, January 27, 2001 - 04:41 pm  No BS. Answer please. |
Spamgirl | Saturday, January 27, 2001 - 04:51 pm  There is no question? |
Ocean_Islands | Saturday, January 27, 2001 - 04:53 pm  Sorry! How old are they now? LOL |
Spamgirl | Saturday, January 27, 2001 - 05:02 pm  ROFL Thanks OI Jane - 7 Mary - 11 Tim - 1 that's more guessing than anything |
Spamgirl | Saturday, January 27, 2001 - 05:04 pm  NONONO I was totally off Jane - 8 Mary - 15 Tim - 3 I think that's right, but my brain is now MUSH! ROFL |
Azriel | Saturday, January 27, 2001 - 05:06 pm  When Tim is 60 and all the rest of those people are dead and gone I'll still be just as confused! |
Ocean_Islands | Saturday, January 27, 2001 - 05:12 pm  Wow Spam you are good! The solution: Tim is 3, Jane is 8, and Mary is 15. A little grumbling is in order here, as clue number 1 leads to the situation a year and a half ago, when Tim was 1 1/2, Jane was 6 1/2, and Mary was 13 1/2. This sort of problem is easy if you write down a set of equations. Let t be the year that Tim was born, j be the year that Jane was born, m be the year that Mary was born, and y be the current year. As indefinite years come up, let y1, y2, ... be the indefinite years. Then the equations are y + 10 - t = 2 (y1 - j) y1 - m = 9 (y1 - t) y - 8 - m = 1/2 (y2 - j) y2 - j = 1 + y3 - t y3 - m = 5 (y + 2 - t) t + 1 - m = 3 + y4 - t y4 - j = 3 (y5 - 6 - m) y5 - j = 1/2 (y6 - t) y6 - m = 10 + y7 - m y7 - j = 1/3 (y8 - t) y8 - m = 3 (j - m) t = y - 3 j = y - 8 m = y - 15 |
Spamgirl | Saturday, January 27, 2001 - 05:15 pm  Yeah, the halfs threw me at first, 'cuz I thought "no, it wouldn't really involve halfs??" which is how i got my first answers.... then i went with the halves |
Ocean_Islands | Saturday, January 27, 2001 - 05:18 pm  Spontaneous Mystery # 3: Which Box Contains the Gold? Two boxes are labeled "A" and "B". A sign on box A says "The sign on box B is true and the gold is in box A". A sign on box B says "The sign on box A is false and the gold is in box A". Assuming there is gold in one of the boxes, which box contains the gold? |
Spamgirl | Saturday, January 27, 2001 - 05:19 pm  Neither impossible question |
Ocean_Islands | Saturday, January 27, 2001 - 05:28 pm  Correct. Spontaneous mystery # 4: Person A loves you. Person B hates you. You hate person A You love person B. Persons A and B are friends. What should you do? |
Spamgirl | Saturday, January 27, 2001 - 05:30 pm  Get a gun. |
Juju2bigdog | Saturday, January 27, 2001 - 06:41 pm  fix a and b up on a blind date. |
Azriel | Saturday, January 27, 2001 - 06:48 pm  You should just move on. You can't make someone love you and you are only setting yourself up for disaster if you try to manipulate people. |
Guruchaz | Saturday, January 27, 2001 - 06:50 pm  When in doubt, choose C
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Azriel | Saturday, January 27, 2001 - 06:51 pm  LOL! |
Ocean_Islands | Sunday, January 28, 2001 - 10:30 am  No one has gotten this right yet! Are you stumped? |
Juju2bigdog | Sunday, January 28, 2001 - 02:40 pm  Yep, stumped. |