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Take an 8 oz espresso and drink 1/6 of it. But it's just too strong, so you replace what you drank with hot milk. Now you drink 1/3 more and it's still to strong, so you fill it back up again with more hot milk. Now drink 1/2 of your brew. This time fill it up again with hot milk and drink the entire mix.
Question is:
Have you had more hot milk than the espresso? And how much of each have you had?
Take an 8 oz espresso and drink 1/6 of it. But it's just too strong, so you replace what you drank with hot milk. Now you drink 1/3 more and it's still to strong, so you fill it back up again with more hot milk. Now drink 1/2 of your brew. This time fill it up again with hot milk and drink the entire mix.
Question is:
Have you had more hot milk than the espresso? And how much of each have you had?
Answer
You have had the same amount of hot milk as you have the espresso. 8 oz. of espresso (1/6 plus 1/3 plus 1/2) is equal to the hot milk.Hide Answer Show Answer
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