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You drink the same amount that is already gone (1/4 more), leaving 1/2 bottle.
Egbert wrote:There is a bottle of wine which is 3/4 full. How do you leave an amount of wine exactly 1/2 of the capacity of the bottle, without using any other containers or utensils?
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Wouldn't that leave you with less than half the wine
Surely it would drain out until the wine was at the same level as the bottom of the neck of the bottle which should leave it quite a bit less than half full. It's late, maybe I'm missing something...
Here's one from me though.
Two men and a woman are stuck in a lift on a hot day. One of the men has 3 bottles of water and the other man has 5. The woman doesn't have any. As it's hot they drink all the bottles of water which they share equally. When they get out of the lift the woman decides to pay the two men for sharing the water, she has 8 pound coins (or dollars, or whatever you like). What is the fairest way for her to split the money between the two men?
Surely it would drain out until the wine was at the same level as the bottom of the neck of the bottle which should leave it quite a bit less than half full. It's late, maybe I'm missing something...
Here's one from me though.
Two men and a woman are stuck in a lift on a hot day. One of the men has 3 bottles of water and the other man has 5. The woman doesn't have any. As it's hot they drink all the bottles of water which they share equally. When they get out of the lift the woman decides to pay the two men for sharing the water, she has 8 pound coins (or dollars, or whatever you like). What is the fairest way for her to split the money between the two men?
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exactly what I was thinking.
korexus wrote:Wouldn't that leave you with less than half the wine
Surely it would drain out until the wine was at the same level as the bottom of the neck of the bottle which should leave it quite a bit less than half full. It's late, maybe I'm missing something...
Here's one from me though.
Two men and a woman are stuck in a lift on a hot day. One of the men has 3 bottles of water and the other man has 5. The woman doesn't have any. As it's hot they drink all the bottles of water which they share equally. When they get out of the lift the woman decides to pay the two men for sharing the water, she has 8 pound coins (or dollars, or whatever you like). What is the fairest way for her to split the money between the two men?
It's not fast unless its got a fart can.
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She gives the bold fat guy the 8 pound coins and pays the other good looking guy 'au naturel'?korexus wrote:Here's one from me though.
Two men and a woman are stuck in a lift on a hot day. One of the men has 3 bottles of water and the other man has 5. The woman doesn't have any. As it's hot they drink all the bottles of water which they share equally. When they get out of the lift the woman decides to pay the two men for sharing the water, she has 8 pound coins (or dollars, or whatever you like). What is the fairest way for her to split the money between the two men?
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well they all drank 8/3 of the water so she pays the guy wth 3 bottles 1 dollar for his 1/3 she drank and she pays the one with 5 bottles 7 dollars for his 7/3 she drank.
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well they all drank 8/3 of the water so she pays the guy wth 3 bottles 1 dollar for his 1/3 she drank and she pays the one with 5 bottles 7 dollars for his 7/3 she drank.
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