11-01-2006, 10:48 AM
Kiro Wrote:This is a nice one.
Each guest paid £9 because they gave £30 and they were given back £3. The manager got £25 and the difference ( £2) has the bellboy. So it is nonsense to add the £2 to the £27, since the bellboy kept the £2.
:cheeky:
I agree, it's the mixing of sums / equations
How about this one:
A farmer dies leaving 17 cows to his sons. The eldest is to recieve one-half of the cows, the middle one one-third and the youngest one one-ninth. How did they manage to solve this, without harming any cows ?