Cigar Trade Brain Teaser

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CohibaSmoker

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Ok i have a brain teaser/ "trick question" for you guys (and gals) . The first person to get the answer might get a nice little package mailed to them :wink:

Here it is...

Rick saw this SIIIICK humidor for $97. He borrowed $100...$50 from Roy, and $ 50 from Bubba, and bought the humidor. He has $3 left...gave one to Roy so he owes him $49 now, and he gives $1 to bubba and owes him $49 now too. Rick has $1 left.
49+49+1= 99 what happened to the extra $1?
 
There is no missing dollar....by paying Bubba and Roy $1 each Rick had lowered his debt to $98 and having $1 left makes a total of $99. There is no missing dollar.

Ther is my guess, thank you for the tease,

Rick
 
CohibaSmoker said:
Ok i have a brain teaser/ "trick question" for you guys (and gals) . The first person to get the answer might get a nice little package mailed to them :wink:

Here it is...

Rick saw this SIIIICK humidor for $97. He borrowed $100...$50 from Roy, and $ 50 from Bubba, and bought the humidor. He has $3 left...gave one to Roy so he owes him $49 now, and he gives $1 to bubba and owes him $49 now too. Rick has $1 left.
49+49+1= 99 what happened to the extra $1?
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All the dollars are accounted for.
The guy who sold the humidor to Rick has 97 bucks
Rick has a buck
Bubba has a buck
Roy has a buck

That made my head hurt!
 
acharpe said:
CohibaSmoker said:
Ok i have a brain teaser/ "trick question" for you guys (and gals) . The first person to get the answer might get a nice little package mailed to them :wink:

Here it is...

Rick saw this SIIIICK humidor for $97. He borrowed $100...$50 from Roy, and $ 50 from Bubba, and bought the humidor. He has $3 left...gave one to Roy so he owes him $49 now, and he gives $1 to bubba and owes him $49 now too. Rick has $1 left.
49+49+1= 99 what happened to the extra $1?
Click to expand...

All the dollars are accounted for.
The guy who sold the humidor to Rick has 97 bucks
Rick has a buck
Bubba has a buck
Roy has a buck

That made my head hurt!
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It seems like you both have a part of the answer...or maybe i was looking for a specific explination...either way ill give u both "partial credit"

Since you both kinda got it, ill consider you both winners...webesmoked give me ur address

Audrey....stop winning my sh*t...i have ur address memorized by now...and common man, u think u could have won this BEFORE i mailed out ur part of the box split (might have been hard, since i mailed it out and then made this post...but who cares)

Anyway here is the full answer.

There is no missing dollar. The $1 and the $98 have nothing to do with each other. The $98 is the amount you owe your friends, and the $1 is the leftover change from your purchase.

You bought the humidor for $97, borrowed $100, leaves you with $3 change. By paying Roy, and Bubba $1 each you reduced you $100 debt to $98...The $1 is the left over money you borrowed


This brain-teaser had my co-workers neglecting their jobs all day. I actually figured it out right away, but i love brain-teasers, i actually would do LSAT games with my girlfriend when she was studying for her LSATS...that was my idea of a good time :p
 
ehh it was a jist of it....i think this is more of a verbal brainteaser then one you read....

when it was presented to us today, it was verbal accompanied by a little diagram
 
CohibaSmoker said:
Audrey....stop winning my sh*t...i have ur address memorized by now...and common man, u think u could have won this BEFORE i mailed out ur part of the box split (might have been hard, since i mailed it out and then made this post...but who cares)
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:lol: I might have said not to worry about sending me something...until I saw my name written as Audrey! :lol:
 
I had this figured out right away but did not know exactly how to word my answer. This was fun thank you for the game. PM sent

Thank You,

Rick
 
CohibaSmoker said:
i actually would do LSAT games with my girlfriend when she was studying for her LSATS...that was my idea of a good time :p
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That's sick man. I am in law school now, mercifully my last year, and I hated those damn LSAT games!
 
Bigcat said:
That's sick man. I am in law school now, mercifully my last year, and I hated those damn LSAT games!
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Lucky you...I'm studying for it right now. In fact, I just got back from my class studying logic games when I saw this thread. :) I took the test once before and decided to try to take it again and get a few more points. So now I get to do more Logic Games. Great... :roll:
 
I love this kind of stuff, and that is how I won your last one Craig. But ask me a math question and I am lost - I guess that is why I am an artist/musician and not an archeitect! LOL!


Aubrey, take it easy on Craig, pretty soon he won't have any cigars left!
 
acharpe said:
Bigcat said:
That's sick man. I am in law school now, mercifully my last year, and I hated those damn LSAT games!
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Lucky you...I'm studying for it right now. In fact, I just got back from my class studying logic games when I saw this thread. :) I took the test once before and decided to try to take it again and get a few more points. So now I get to do more Logic Games. Great... :roll:
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Well it looks like you have a talent for them with as quickly as you got this one. I know that was my biggest weakness when I took it. Good luck with everything. It's a pain in the rear end and it doesn't become any less of one when you get to school, but I can say that it has gone by really quickly. Of course, I haven't taken the bar yet, so that could slow things down considerably :) I hope you get the results you are looking for. Good luck again!
 
Bikeman said:
Aubrey, take it easy on Craig, pretty soon he won't have any cigars left!
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He's looking at getting a bigger humidor...I'm just trying to make sure the cigars he has left fits in that cabinet he has so he doesn't need to upgrade...I'm trying to help. :lol:
 
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