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Puzzle about beer
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30/10/2001 11:57:48
Charles Richard
Nvo Management Systems
Boisbriand, Québec, Canada
 
 
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Politics
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Thread ID:
00574855
Message ID:
00575150
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33 including the teacher and the principle.

>>>>>>>John brought 5 bottles of beer, Bill brought 3 bottles, when I came. So, we drank this beer together and then I gave them $8 (all I had at this moment). How should they divide this sum?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Nadya,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I'm allowing myself one question: Does the specific wording of your puzzle matter or is it solved by just logic?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Renoir
>>>>>
>>>>>It's solved by simple math, as Hilmar already did.
>>>>>
>>>>>Ok, here is another one:
>>>>>This class is known, because there are 4 pairs of twins study there. Once there was a meeting and all parents came (each family has a father & mother). All together (with students) there were 85 persons on this meeting. How many students are in this class?
>>>>
>>>>31
>>>
>>>He-he. It has another correct answer too, BTW :)
>>
>>Does this involve brothers & sisters who are not twins ?
>>
>Haven't thought about this possibility.
>
>>If there were also 1 set of quadruplets, then there would be 33 in the class.
>
> Yes, this is another one.
>
>>Or is the answer simpler/more obvious than that
>
>No, the way I saw this question asked, answers 31 and 33 are correct.
Charles Richard
NVO Management Systems
crichard@nvo.ca
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