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Prager
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eMentalism.com
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Posted: Mar 6, 2011 11:13am
The tallow obtained by burning ten candles will yield one extra candle. If you burned 1000 candles, how many extra candles could you make?
First correct answer gets a prize.
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IAIN
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england
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Posted: Mar 6, 2011 11:16am
111 extra...
I don't want the prize though...thanks...
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Mindpro
Inner circle
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Posted: Mar 6, 2011 11:19am
Still only one extra - lol
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Prager
Inner circle
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Posted: Mar 6, 2011 11:30am
IAIN was right, but he does not want the prize.
So here is another one:
Sam Sham, Captain Frank, and few other men were swapping war stories. Sham told one about his uncle Sly who lost an arm during the war. "Uncle Sly met a General who was shocked that Sly had lost his arm, and yet had not received a medal for bravery. The general removed one of his own medals and pinned it on Sly´s uniform. He then mentioned that had Sly lost both arms, he would have received a commission. Hearing this, Sly withdrew his sword and with one swift stroke he cut off his other arm. Shortly thereafter, he was appointed Minister of Armaments." Captain Frank looked blanky at Sham and said, "You couldn´t possibly expect anyone to belive that yarn, could you?" Why not?
If you are not interested in the prize, don´t answer.
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Santiago
New user
Argentina
75 Posts
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Posted: Mar 6, 2011 11:35am
If you have only one arm, you can't cut it by yourself
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Prager
Inner circle
eMentalism.com
1620 Posts
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Posted: Mar 6, 2011 11:37am
Congratulations Santiago!
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markthorold
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Posted: Mar 6, 2011 6:47pm
Of course you can .You stick it in an industrial guillotine and press the button with your nose ..
Prize please
E.O.I
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markthorold
Inner circle
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Posted: Mar 7, 2011 8:22am
Jose ,you're such a good sport .
Regards Mark
E.O.I
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LGray
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Posted: Dec 12, 2011 10:48am
The candle answer I do not understand. Every ten candles burned releases enough tallow to make one candle.
1000 were burned, how many extra candles could be made? Why is the answer not 1000/10 =100?
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Michael Daniels
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Isle of Man
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Posted: Dec 12, 2011 10:55am
Because each of those 100 can be burned to make another 10 and those 10 can be burned to produce 1 more. So total = 100+10+1 = 111.
Mike
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LGray
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Posted: Dec 12, 2011 10:56am
Further to this, I can see where Iaian is coming from. He has burned 1000 and made another 100. He burns them, produces another ten which he has burned to make one final one giving a grand total of 111 extra candles.
The question states that 1000 candles were burned, not 1111!
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captainsmiffy
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UK, resident UAE
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Posted: Dec 12, 2011 12:35pm
I agree; the question was not worded correctly.
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