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MC Mike
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Math Trick

Okay, everyone knows that 11 is more than 1. The same holds for 0.11 being more than 0.1. Now, Let me ask you this:

When you have 9.0, you add 1.0 to get to 10. When you have 9.9, you add 0.1. And now the important part:

If you have 9.99, you add 0.11. 0.11 is more than 0.1. 9.99 is more than 9.9. Where did the extra value come from?

This is a math trick, not a real problem. It's really simple, and everything that I said up there is total bullshit.

If you scroll down you might see the answer so try figuring it out for yourself first.

*I got this from a little genius test thing*

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Dec 12th, 2004 01:50 AM

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MC Mike
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It's really fecking easy. roll eyes (sarcastic)

You're just lazy. laughing out loud

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Dec 12th, 2004 01:58 AM

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I know the answer! eek!

But I ain't tellin shifty

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quote:
Originally posted by Darth Revan
I know the answer!

But I ain't tellin

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.01!?

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pretty much the same as this :

3 men go into a motel. The desk clerk said the room was $30, so each man paid $10 and went to the room. A while later, the desk clerk realized the room was only $25, so he sent the bellboy to the 3 guys' room with $5. On the way, the bellboy couldn't figure out how to split $5 evenly between 3 men, so he gave each man $1 and kept the other $2 for himself. This meant that the 3 men each paid $9 for the room, which is a total of $27.
Add to that the $2 the bellboy kept and the total is $29.

Where is the other dollar?

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i had to do that for math class! eek!

i forgot the answer though erm

Dec 12th, 2004 02:31 AM

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Re: Math Trick

quote:
Originally posted by MC Mike

This is a math trick, not a real problem. It's really simple, and everything that I said up there is total bullshit.

Con men have used this trick for over a hundred years to get store owners and cashiers to give them the wrong (too much) change.

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Dec 12th, 2004 02:43 AM

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For anyone too who wants to know... [SPOILER - highlight to read]: 0.99+0.11 does NOT equal 10.00, it equals 10.10. 0.99+0.01 equals 10.00.

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Dec 12th, 2004 03:20 AM

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So simple. It almost worked for me.

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thats basic algebra no expression

if i asked about quitients and infinite series your head would explode. no expression

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God damn I hate math.

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quote:
Originally posted by RaventheOnly
thats basic algebra if i asked about quitients and infinite series your head would explode.

okay whatever no expression

you say Raven no expression

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quote:
Originally posted by BackFire
God damn I hate math.

Hallelujah!

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And yet, when you do 25 + 2, it equals 27, and then add the three the men have, it adds up to 30....Weird....

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Well duh...

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Dec 12th, 2004 03:47 AM

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exactlyThe trick is the math problem is worded so it mixes outlay (what they paid) and income (what they got back) in such a way as to make the problem unsolvable without stating it in a different way. ; )

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