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Wed 19 Nov, 2003 01:01 am
Just found this one and I love it! Enjoy.
A guy starts the night with $121 then he:
buys dinner and some drinks for $61 leaving $60
goes to a show costing $30 leaving $30
fills up his car with petrol $14 leaving $16
picks up some booze for later $9 leaving $7
gets some pretzels $3 leaving $4
buys a sunday newspaper $2 leaving $2
and some chewing gum $1 leaving $1
grabs a pez dispenser $1 leaving $0
Now we check the maths $121 $120
Why don't the columns match?
Um...which columns don't match?
Sorry everyone, there were columns when I typed it. Can't work out how to get rid of the align left. (Me 2 stooopid)
I think I see your question. But the problem can be restated to say:
A guy starts with 121 dollars.
He buys a bunch of stuff worth 121 dollars, leaving 0.
Why don't the columns match?
In other words, it doesn't matter how much you have left when you sum what you have bought.
I think that's what Craven means with 0 = 0 and I'm well aware that there is no question here to actually answer. I still love it though because I've now shown it to 8 different people at work and they all got confused and gave up. 1 of them keep's hassling me to tell them what the "answer is".
that 1 dollar is what he left.. since he spent it away, he cant have anything left..
try using another way to see the question...
you can show the money he left after buying something and ask how much he had at first...
people might only add up the sum that he left after buying things..
but actually, the answer is to add up the money he left and then add the money he last spent before he is left with no money...
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