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Group: Wizengamot - Retired
Posts: 971
Joined: 6-July 05
From: North Carolina
Member No.: 5972
Right, too many numbers. I'm trying to adapt a riddle and it was too hard, so let's try a different version:
The same woman has to make 200 racks of donuts at 5 racks an hour for $10 an hour. She has the material to make 4 dresses, which she knows she won't be able to sell for more than $100 each. How fast will she have to make the dresses in order to average $20 an hour between the 200 racks of donuts and the four dresses. In other words she covers the first $400 dollars at $10 dollars an hour, how fast would she have to make the next $400 from the dresses in order to average $20 an hour between the dresses and the donuts?
She decides that if the answer seems unreasonable she will opt out of the security of the donut business and decide to make clothing full time for her new store, Darzee the Tailorbird. Based on your answer, what should she do?
Unfortunately, this just doesn't have the oomph I was hoping for. If no one posts the correct answer in the next 12 hours, I will give up in defeat.
Edit: Okay. I get it. It just isn't going to work because it's too much like a math problem. The good news is that Janet already chose the right answer so she can go next.
I was trying to adapt the one about the mile-long track where a driver drives one lap at 30 mph and you have to figure out how fast they have to go on the next lap to average 60 mph for the two laps, but the problem is that by the time you finish the first lap you've already used up all the time you would need if you wanted to average 60 mph for two laps, so it's impossible. Same thing here--by the time all the donuts are cooked it would be impossible to average $20 an hour so she should just quit and open shop.
Group: Sorting Ceremony
Posts: 13
Joined: 14-August 07
From: my home is Western Canada, but right now i'm in Ireland!!
Member No.: 71713
OMG!!! i'm SOOOO sorry! i didn't realize that it was my turn to post!
the email notifictaion thing isn't working for me, so i had no idea!! sorry!!
for now, here is my riddle... using a pencil and paper it should be easy enough to figure out. i personally love these kind of riddle/brain busters...
Tom is younger than Rose, but older than Will and Jack, in that order. Rose is younger than Susie, but older than Jack. Jack is younger than Jim. Susie is older than Rose, but younger than Jim. Jim is older than Tom. Who is the oldest?
good luck!
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Group: Wizengamot
Posts: 5523
Joined: 25-April 06
From: Looking at my new book case and the top shelf is filled with HP books!
Member No.: 17365
The bear is white as in it's a polar bear. The house is built in the arctic circle/north pole. The walls face south because the if you walked in any direction from the north pole, eventually you'd end up at the south pole!
Riddles And Jokes V.3
Jan 14 2008, 07:53 PM
I feel stupid. Hehe. Well, I'm going to guess now, so be careful everyone... *drumroll*
