TRICK question for you all !

[tinytank]

a bat and a ball cost a man, 1 pound ten . the bat costs 1 pound more than the ball. how much is the ball ?

 

[GoldenDelicious]

5 cents

 

[tinytank]

5 cents

ill let you all know after ....... 10..... replys

 

[blut wump]

half a man and five

 

[artrius]

5 cents

correct. although that was if the ball and bat was $1.10 USD, I have no idea how that money system works.

 

[blut wump]

Over here we have pounds and pence but, since there are 100p to the pound, you can think in cents. Thing is that it's meant to be a trick question and I can't see the mind-flip.

 

[tinytank]

Over here we have pounds and pence but, since there are 100p to the pound, you can think in cents. Thing is that it's meant to be a trick question and I can't see the mind-flip.

see this is where my face is going red. cause i got it wronge for like 20mins, untill i said look fuck you im right then went to the gym then it hit me. so.. congrats guys its .. 5, 5 pence, 5 cents whatever... i was so shure it was 10, but it was said to me so maybe that made a diffrence. ?? im so thick !

 

[blut wump]

Not normally one to blow the gaff but there's an article here on Intelligence, Cognitive Reflection, and Decision Making which contains this question in dollars and cents

http://www-marketing.wharton.upenn.edu/news/colloquia/PDF files/Frederick paper.pdf

 

[blut wump]

With this kind of puzzle you take away the known difference (the £1) and then divide the remainder in half. That way the bat will still be just the £1 ahead of the ball no matter how much the rest is.

I do some of my best thinking in the gym too.

 

[tinytank]

With this kind of puzzle you take away the known difference (the £1) and then divide the remainder in half. That way the bat will still be just the £1 ahead of the ball no matter how much the rest is.

I do some of my best thinking in the gym too.

ok thanks with that 1, im a retard its ok, ive got another trick question, ill post it up as question 2.. u will never get this 1 .

 

[Raina]

It's much too early for thinking.

 

[tinytank]

It's much too early for thinking.

come on, read it read it ! its all there . i bet someone as smart as urself can get it raina

 

[jack sparrow]

a bat and a ball cost a man, 1 pound ten . the bat costs 1 pound more than the ball. how much is the ball ?

Are you referring to the UK Pound monetary unit as well as placing the intrinsic adjective before the noun?

"One Pound Ten". I don't believe the English run it that way...but if they did, the cost of the ball would be Pounds 4.

 

[tinytank]

Are you referring to the UK Pound monetary unit as well as placing the intrinsic adjective before the noun?

"One Pound Ten". I don't believe the English run it that way...but if they did, the cost of the ball would be Pounds 4.

NO.... but try the trick question 2 its on the C+C post, with no replys, i think its 2 hard for u all.

 

[jack sparrow]

NO.... but try the trick question 2 its on the C+C post, with no replys, i think its 2 hard for u all.

Tell me exactly why my answer was wrong. Go.

 

[blut wump]

Are you referring to the UK Pound monetary unit as well as placing the intrinsic adjective before the noun?

"One Pound Ten". I don't believe the English run it that way...but if they did, the cost of the ball would be Pounds 4.

The Americans do the same with, say, a dollar fifty

 

[tinytank]

Are you referring to the UK Pound monetary unit as well as placing the intrinsic adjective before the noun?

"One Pound Ten". I don't believe the English run it that way...but if they did, the cost of the ball would be Pounds 4.

well 1 pound ten - 1.10 yes ???? well where did u get the 4 ? ive allready told you the answer .

 

[jack sparrow]

The Americans do the same with, say, a dollar fifty

True now that you mention it. The only languages I've had that experience are Spanish and French.

Trick questions are mostly based on assumption of improper punctuation anyway. You ASSUME the punctuation is a mistake, however it is not. It was the comma that made my analysis incorrect.

Bastard.

 

[jack sparrow]

well 1 pound ten - 1.10 yes ???? well where did u get the 4 ? ive allready told you the answer .

Numismatics. Mathematics.

Two different things dude. DEFINE what exactly a POUND is worth in mathematical terms next time.

 

[tinytank]

Numismatics. Mathematics.

Two different things dude.

k

 

[blut wump]

This is too radically epistemological for me.

 

[jack sparrow]

k

Do you guys have decimal points over there? Or do you just wing it with slang?

 

[blut wump]

We sling it with wang.

 

[jack sparrow]

This is too radically epistemological for me.

Agreed, To epistemicological for me as well....not sure if logical should be tacked on to the back of that word though.

Either way...K coming your way bro. Your alright!