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The Babysitter

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Puzzle ID:	#9275
Fun:	(2.07)
Difficulty:	(1.65)
Category:	Logic
Submitted By:	lesternoronha1

A babysitter came over one day to babysit 10 children. She decided to give them a snack. In a jar there were 10 cookies. She wants to give each one a cookie, but still keep one in the jar. How will she do it?

(WITHOUT BREAKING ANY COOKIES, EACH CHILD HAS TO GET A WHOLE COOKIE!)

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Chili-N1 Jan 08, 2003	Errr, again, this is the type of puzzle where te "solution" is a play on the assumptions. It is assumed that each child will get a cookie (and eat it) and that their should be one left in jar as well. The solution states the last child gets the jar and the cookie. Soo, the first 9 children get cookies they can eat but the last child gets a cookie she could never touch becusa then there would not be 1 final cookie in the jar. ERRR!!!!! Funny solution though Again, this is a play on the assumptions
jonnyonline Jan 16, 2003	yah, i agree... i'm not a big fan of those types of solutions. one could also answer that she had an extra cookie in her pocket and allocated that to the 10th child.
deadeye823 Apr 26, 2005	i assumed the children would eat the cookies

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