Monday, March 3, 2008

THESE R INTERESTING PUZZLES WORK IT OUT....YO YO.............

2. Glenn and Jason each have a collection of cricket balls. Glenn said
that if Jason would give him 2 of his balls they would have an equal
number; but, if Glenn would give Jason 2 of his balls, Jason would have 2
times as many balls as Glenn. How many balls does Jason have?


1. G+2=j-2
2. 2(G-2)=J+2.
solve these 2 to get
J=14







3.Monkeys and bananas:
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Suppose 8 monkeys take 8 minutes to eat 8 bananas.
(a) How many minutes would it take 3 monkeys to eat 3 bananas?
Sol:each mky takes 8 min to eat a banana
(b) How many monkeys would it take to eat 48 bananas in 48 minutes

ans:8m=48 m=6

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