Brain Food

Posted on July 14, 2008 by dingsan

Is this filler? You bet. Is this my way of avoiding posts with substance? Definitely. And is this an attempt at soliciting participation? Sadly. Hopefully, this will catch on. Anyway, we’ll start off with an easy puzzle.

#1 – July 14th, 2008

A book costs $1 plus half its price. How much does it cost?

Next question after a week, or when somebody gets it right (fame and glory included). =)


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11 Responses

  1. Llora-chan, on July 15th, 2008 at 2:10 am Said:

    It costs $1!

  2. blissmo, on July 15th, 2008 at 9:09 am Said:

    I hate trick questions … if I get it wrong I feel stupid

  3. dingsan, on July 15th, 2008 at 9:20 am Said:

    It’s not a trick question. =(
    Super-big-almost-giving-away-the-answer-but-not-quite hint: algebra.

  4. Yitza, on July 15th, 2008 at 9:21 am Said:

    You lied… this isn’t brain food, it’s brain food poisoning.

  5. omisyth, on July 15th, 2008 at 10:28 am Said:

    66 cents recurring?

  6. Yitza, on July 15th, 2008 at 11:49 am Said:

    Alright I’m just going to get the obvious and wrong answer out of the way.

    $1.50?

    Yes, I know it’s wrong… you dont have to rub it in my face.

  7. dingsan, on July 15th, 2008 at 12:02 pm Said:

    I’m not the gloating type. My character is better than that. =(

    The hint a few replies above may come in handy.

  8. Llora-chan, on July 15th, 2008 at 12:28 pm Said:

    Okay, I did some algebra and I got $2.

  9. dingsan, on July 15th, 2008 at 12:54 pm Said:

    Congrats to Llora-chan – the book is $2.

    If 2A is the price of the book, then
    2A = 1 + A
    A = 1
    So the book costs $2.

    There is usually method to madness.

  10. Llora-chan, on July 15th, 2008 at 9:12 pm Said:

    Yay! ^^ I’m glad I know algebra.

  11. gndynames, on July 16th, 2008 at 8:47 pm Said:

    Wow…damn that’s obvious…

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