27-07-2005, 17:52
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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
Answer
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27-07-2005, 17:57
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Re: brainteaser
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27-07-2005, 18:03
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Re: brainteaser
I heard that on radio one yesterday, and got it immediately.
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27-07-2005, 20:26
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Re: brainteaser
Got it instantly here too. 
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27-07-2005, 20:54
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Re: brainteaser
I got it but I had to think about it for about 15 secs 
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27-07-2005, 21:13
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Re: brainteaser
well it has to be 5p seeing as the ball can't be free!
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27-07-2005, 21:24
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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.
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27-07-2005, 22:37
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Re: brainteaser
Bah, I thought it was kinda tricky. Fooled me for a while, but then again, I don't do numbers
Well done to those less numerically-challenged than myself
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27-07-2005, 23:40
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Re: brainteaser
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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
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27-07-2005, 23:51
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Re: brainteaser
Hmmmm one of the more simple brainteasers. 
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