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In this past weeks Jewish Press Magazine, a riddle was posed in the “family fun page”.
It reads:
Question: If a cork and a bottle costs $4.10 and the bottle costs $4.00 more than the cork, what does the cork cost?
And…
they got the answer wrong.
What was their answer?
What answer did they give?
Should be cork $.05 and bottle $4.05, am I missing something here?
Is the cork supposed to cost 10 cents, or am I getting this wrong too? o.O
I’m thinking 5 cents also. But anything more complicated than a quadratic equasion is beyond me. 10 cents just seems too easy.
The correct answer is $.07, I’m going to wait to see if anyone can figure out why before giving the explanation.
The cork costs nothing. The bottle without a cork would cost $4. When they add the cork they charge you another 10¢ for the bottle.
Isn’t it $.05 for the cork?
4.05
-0.05
_______
4.00
DASH: Why $0.07?
4.03
-0.07
______
3.96
ETA: Darn it, stupid formatting problems… it looks a lot cooler with the original formatting :).
The bottle is $4. The cap is free. You bought them both in Michigan so there’s a ten cent deposit.
Don’t understand your logic.
$.07 (cork) + $4.00 is $4.07. Your missing $.03!
Hmmm … I think The Jewish Press got it right, and you got it wrong. $4.00 is not $4.00 more than $.07
Don’t forget Oomis.
Don’t understand your logic.
$.07 (cork) + $4.00 is $4.07. Your missing $.03!
$4.10 is a special bundle price only available when buying the bottle and cork together. Purchased individually they would cost $4.14.
the cork costs ten dollars, the bottle 14, and there’s a discount if you buy both, so there is no answer
Here is the full math:
This is the given info, with Cork as C, and bottle as B:
C+B=4.10
B=C+4.00
So since we know what B is, we insert it into the first equation:
C+C+4=4.10
Combine the C:
2C+4=4.10
Subtract 4 from both sides:
2C=.10
Divide by 2 on both sides:
C=.05
I also thought .10 — until you really take it in that it says the bottle is 4.00 more than the cork, not actually 4.00
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