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Steev McCheapskate
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Puzzle ID: #31932
Submitted By: bigSWAFF_69_ Corrected By: Winner4600
Submitted By: bigSWAFF_69_ Corrected By: Winner4600
Situation
Situation puzzles (sometimes called lateral thinking puzzles) are ones where you need to ask lots of yes or no questions to figure out what happened in the situation. These are good puzzles for groups where one person knows the puzzle and answers the questions.Situation
Steev McCheapskate was trying to mail a package to a friend far away. The person at the Post Office weighed the package and figured out the total amount to ship it. The total to ship the package was $7.83, but Steev only had $7.80.
He took the package home to try and lighten the weight (thus lowering the cost). He didn't have any extra boxes, so a smaller box was out of the question. After an hour or so of thinking, he finally decided what to do.
What did Steev do to lower the weight of the box?
He took the package home to try and lighten the weight (thus lowering the cost). He didn't have any extra boxes, so a smaller box was out of the question. After an hour or so of thinking, he finally decided what to do.
What did Steev do to lower the weight of the box?
Hint
Steev had a birthday party the day before...Answer
All Steev did was squish a helium filled balloon (that was leftover from his birthday party the previous day) in the package. When the box was weighed, the helium balloon lowered the weight just enough to knock $0.03 off the shipping total.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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