Try and figure this out. . .

MTV · 01-26-2010, 03:36 PM

If a standard-sized cigarette with no filter can be "rolled" out of 6 standard-sized cigarette butts, how many cigarettes can be made and smoked from 36 butts?

My teacher says the answer isn't 6.

Hawkeye · 01-26-2010, 03:41 PM

5. 30 butts to make 5 cigarettes without butts, then you need 5 butts to put on them to smoke?

immiketoo · 01-26-2010, 03:52 PM

None. You can't smoke butts.

whyrms · 01-26-2010, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by immiketoo

None. You can't smoke butts.

my mind was blown!

southlight · 01-26-2010, 04:37 PM

7 is my guess. 36 butts let you roll 6 cigarettes. Smoke these 6 and you can make another cigarette out of these 6 butts.

Best regards,
south

MTV · 01-26-2010, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by southlight

7 is my guess. 36 butts let you roll 6 cigarettes. Smoke these 6 and you can make another cigarette out of these 6 butts.

Best regards,
south

I'm gonna go with this!

SpacE82 · 01-26-2010, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by immiketoo

None. You can't smoke butts.

If i were you, I'd go with this^ ...it makes the most sense...

Spec 1 · 01-26-2010, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by immiketoo

None. You can't smoke butts.

My answer as well. I am a fan of these types of questions.

radix · 01-26-2010, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by southlight

7 is my guess. 36 butts let you roll 6 cigarettes. Smoke these 6 and you can make another cigarette out of these 6 butts.

Best regards,
south

This, assuming a butt equals 0.16 smokable cigarette, and that the smoker is consistent in leaving this 0.16 unsmoked for each cigarette.

pmeloche · 01-26-2010, 09:17 PM

Don't smoke it will kill you. Why is the teacher promoting smoking?

immiketoo · 01-26-2010, 10:45 PM

Because the teacher is/was a bum and is used to picking up cigarette butts and re-using them.

JME · 01-26-2010, 10:47 PM

WTF? This was on my Algebra test 20 years ago in 7th grade.

Labrada_Exoticz · 01-26-2010, 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by JME

WTF? This was on my Algebra test 20 years ago in 7th grade.

You have great memory

Dan in PA · 01-26-2010, 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by pmeloche

Don't smoke it will kill you. Why is the teacher promoting smoking?

One of my professors used to hand out cigars during exam reviews. This was two semesters ago. He was a great professor though...

oldaccount · 01-26-2010, 11:52 PM

When researchers put the following three problems to 3400 students in the US, only 17 per cent got all three right. Can you do any better?

1) A bat and a ball cost $1.10 in total. The bat costs $1 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?

2) If it takes five machines 5 minutes to make five widgets, how long would it take 100 machines to make 100 widgets?

3) In a lake, there is a patch of lily pads. Every day, the patch doubles in size. If it takes 48 days for the patch to cover the entire lake, how long would it take for the patch to cover half of it?

doubleA · 01-27-2010, 12:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Suareezay

When researchers put the following three problems to 3400 students in the US, only 17 per cent got all three right. Can you do any better?

1) A bat and a ball cost $1.10 in total. The bat costs $1 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?

2) If it takes five machines 5 minutes to make five widgets, how long would it take 100 machines to make 100 widgets?

3) In a lake, there is a patch of lily pads. Every day, the patch doubles in size. If it takes 48 days for the patch to cover the entire lake, how long would it take for the patch to cover half of it?

1) $0.05
2) 5 minutes
3) 47 days

oldaccount · 01-27-2010, 07:28 AM

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Originally Posted by doubleA

1) $0.05
2) 5 minutes
3) 47 days

damn, I was waiting for all the retarded answers.

MCMLXXXIX · 01-27-2010, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by doubleA

1) $0.05
2) 5 minutes
3) 47 days

can you explain the $0.05?

SantaPimp27 · 01-27-2010, 08:28 AM

the ball costs $.05 and the bat costs $1.05. The bat costs $1 more than the ball and together they equal $1.10

southlight · 01-27-2010, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by MCMLXXXIX

can you explain the $0.05?

Assuming x is the price of the ball and y the price of the bat. So, "A bat and a ball cost $1.10 in total" means:

x + y = $ 1.10

"The bat costs $1 more than the ball" translates to

y (price of ball) = x + $1

Hence we can say:

x + (x + $ 1) = $ 1.10
2x + $ 1 = $ 1.10
2x = $ 1.10 - $ 1
2x = $ 0.10
x = $ 0.10 / 2
x = $ 0.05

I must be really bored right now.

90 minutes to go until the Apple keynote...

Best regards,
south

Kensta335 · 01-27-2010, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by MCMLXXXIX

can you explain the $0.05?

You were probably thinking the bat was $1 and the ball .10 cents am I right?

oldaccount · 01-27-2010, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Kensta335

You were probably thinking the bat was $1 and the ball .10 cents am I right?

That's probably the most common answer.

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