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MelodyJan 6, 2014

Bob:
Help me solve this puzzle:

3 men bought a bottle of wine for 30 dollars. They paid 10 dollars each. When they left, the shopkeeper realized that the bottle only costed 25 dollars. So he sent a dude with the remaining 5 dollars. He kept 2 dollars and have 1 dollar to each of the men.

So now they paid 9 dollars each and the dude have 2 dollars that adds up to 29. Where's the remaining dollar?!!?

There is no money missing lol there was 30 when the shopkeeper sent $5 out to them, the guy with the 5 kept 2 and 1 dollar went to each of the 3 men. That means 3 plus 2 = 5 plus the 25 that is still in the store. You added the three 9's and then the 2, which was an incorrect way to solve it. Hopefully it makes sense now.

GuestJan 6, 2014

#33

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Melody:
Puzzled:
RE: 5, 3, 3, 10, 25 --magic number 325

I thought there were supposed to be 6 numbers in this game.
Here is an answer
10*(3+3)*5+25 = 325

So far we have
10*(3+3)*5+25 = 325 from Puzzled
and
(5*10) (3+3) + 25 = 325 from Kitty
Both excellent answers
and mine was different again
I had
5*(3*25 - 10) = 325

I want to talk a little about how you might go about finding these answers.
5, 3, 3, 10, 25 --magic number 325

1) Kittys method maybe
100 is divisable by 25 so 325 must be divisable by 25
25 x 13 = 325 and 13=10+3
so
25(10+3)=325.

2) My method
I know that 25*13=325 (I found that one first)
There is a 5 in the numbers and 5*5=25 so
5*5*13 = 325
but 5*13=65 and 65=75-10 and 3*25=75 so
5*65 -> 5(75-10) -> 5(3*25-10)
so
5(3*25-10) = 325

3) Puzzled might have said 10*(3+3)*5+25 = 325 from Puzzled
325 = 300 +25
300=10*30
30=5*6
6=3+3
so
325 = 10*(3+3)*5 + 25

[size=150] Actually it was me that came up with the method that you said kitty<3 came up with........[/size]

WarpedTourGirlJan 6, 2014

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I found out what I did wrong with previous question.:

1b) 170000(1+0.066/2)^(2x6)
= 250987 (D**m found the mistake it was 5 it was meant to be 6

1c) 170000(1+ 0.066/1) ^ (1x4)) (tricky question I haven't been taught monthly so if it was monthly do you x 1/3 or x 4 months? I will guess 4 months)
= $219521

1b) 170000(1+0.066/3)^(2x6)
= 250987 (D**m found the mistake it was 5 it was meant to be 6

1c) 170000(1+ 0.066/3) ^ (1x4)) (tricky question I haven't been taught monthly so if it was monthly do you x 1/3 or x 4 months? I will guess 4 months)
= $219521

As you can see the rate is now changed to 3 since that is the compounding period. Please tell me if this is right or wrong.

but here is the question you asked

1a) 0.066
2a) (3x5) = 15
3a) 12/4 = 3
4a) 0.066/3 = 0.022

1b) 0.066
2b) (3x6) = 18
3b) 12/4 = 3
4b) 0.066/3

1c) 0.066
2c) (1/3x12) x 3
3c) 12/4 = 3
4c) r= 0.066/3

Tell me if the above is correct. I think it should be right now if it is we can now focus on terms and understanding sentence structure and meaning of each letter. Since idk if I got that right.

GuestJan 6, 2014

Here is a puzzle but it is also very useful, now or later, if you want to factorise a trinomial.

alezyJan 6, 2014

+118725

Melody:
Guest:
Use only the numbers 8163 to make a decimal and fraction closest to one. No repeats

Is the fraction answer 63/81?

That would simplify down to 7/9 which is pretty close to 1

_____________________________
or maybe you mean

(6+3) / (8+1) = 1

I'm not sure what you want

MelodyJan 6, 2014

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+118725

Random260:
r= is the rate it is compounded (A better answer would be) r is the rate for each compounding period
n= the number of compounding interest. How many times it is compounded n= the number of compounding interest. How many times it is compounded