Braingle: 'Volleyball Team' Brain Teaser

Volleyball Team

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Puzzle ID:	#727
Fun:	(2.28)
Difficulty:	(1.51)
Category:	Math
Submitted By:	vikass
Corrected By:	sdm1177

There are six players on a coed volleyball team. After an exhausting game, each girl drinks 5 cups of water. Each boy drinks 7 cups of water. The coach drinks 9 cups.
A total of 43 cups of water is consumed by everyone. How many boys and how many girls are there on the team?

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Comments

_rab Aug 14, 2002	If there are six players on the team, how do you get 5 girls and 2 boys??
smileysteve May 29, 2003	the coach was a girl
fishmed Aug 13, 2003	You forgot the water boy...
paul726 Mar 04, 2006	What was the coach's problem that he/she needed so much water, while it was the players doing all of the work?
blonde_genius Jul 14, 2006	This was too easy... after I took out the coaches water, I knew there were only two boys because that was the only way it could have ended in four... I could have solved this when i was a little kid...
javaguru Feb 01, 2009	Way too easy. The water the coach drinks is pointless to the teaser. The 34 remaining are 2 less than the average of 6, so there must be two more girls than boys.
Jimbo Mar 28, 2009	I love your logic Java. This is the way all of us should think about problem solving! Good teaser - better explanation!