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Gareth 27-07-2005 17:52
brainteaser
 
I'm having a bad day, and an evil friend sent me this.... took me ages to get the right answer.

I'll put the answer below, so don't cheat but post whether you got it correct or not. Check the first Spoiler after making your first guess :)

if a bat and ball cost £1.10 and the bat is £1 more expensive than the ball then how much is the ball?????

First Spoiler
Spoiler: 
If you said 10p then you're wrong... try again before checking below


Answer
Spoiler: 
The ball costs 5p and the bat costs £1 more than the ball, ie £1.05, so the bat and the ball costs £1.10

marky 27-07-2005 17:57
Re: brainteaser
 
damn and i went for
Spoiler: 
7p

orangebird 27-07-2005 18:03
Re: brainteaser
 
I heard that on radio one yesterday, and got it immediately.

makikomi 27-07-2005 20:26
Re: brainteaser
 
Got it instantly here too. :D

Ramrod 27-07-2005 20:54
Re: brainteaser
 
I got it but I had to think about it for about 15 secs :dunce:

nffc 27-07-2005 21:13
Re: brainteaser
 
well it has to be 5p seeing as the ball can't be free!

MetaWraith 27-07-2005 21:24
Re: brainteaser
 
Got it straight away here too.


Easy if you understand that
Ball = cost of ball.

Bat = 100 + Ball
Total = 110

Writing a simple equation gives
Total = Bat + Ball = 1 + Ball +Ball


Thus 2 Balls = 10p which means 1 Ball = nah.....ain't worth a spoiler.


This all happened so fast I doubt if i spent more than 2 seconds thinking about it. Certainly took longer to write this post.

Gareth 27-07-2005 22:37
Re: brainteaser
 
Bah, I thought it was kinda tricky. Fooled me for a while, but then again, I don't do numbers :D

Well done to those less numerically-challenged than myself :)

Wicked_and_Crazy 27-07-2005 23:40
Re: brainteaser
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by MetaWraith
Got it straight away here too.




Easy if you understand that
Ball = cost of ball.


Bat = 100 + Ball
Total = 110


Writing a simple equation gives
Total = Bat + Ball = 1 + Ball +Ball




Thus 2 Balls = 10p which means 1 Ball = nah.....ain't worth a spoiler.



This all happened so fast I doubt if i spent more than 2 seconds thinking about it. Certainly took longer to write this post.
simpler to think that the difference has to be £1 so split the remainder which is 10p between th two items and then add the £1 to the bat

Martin 27-07-2005 23:51
Re: brainteaser
 
Hmmmm one of the more simple brainteasers. ;)


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