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Max Mars's First Caper
When Max Mars was working for a living as a bootlegger, his customers brought him the barley, he would manufacture moonshine. Shady always took 10% of the whisky as his payment. One day, Sr. Amxam, Max Mars's best friend, received exactly one liter of whisky after Max had removed his fee. How much whisky was produced from Sam's barley before the fee was removed?
Answer
: There must have been one liter and 1/9th of a liter before shady removed his fee. Since one liter represents 90% of the total produced, we know that nine units will equal one liter. We also know that nine of Max's portions will equal one liter and therefore we can conclude that the total produced was one liter plus 1/9th of a liter.Hide Answer Show Answer
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i guessed it was 1.1111111litres, and it was straightforward.
very easy.
very easy.
did you take this teaser from the game mindmaze?
I think you did
I think you did
fordfalcon is my brother. he knows for a fact i took this teaser from mindmaze... mind, i changed it a heck of a lot.
Thought it was Mindtrap, because of the "Shady" reference. I should know because I got my name from that game.
Why do these get accepted as teasers?
If x = (a/b) * y then y = (b/a) * x.
1 = 9/10 * y
y = 10/9 * 1 = 10/9
Anybody "guessing" or spending more than a couple seconds on this teaser should take the time to remember this simple relationship--this problem is trivial and undeserving of being called a teaser.
If x = (a/b) * y then y = (b/a) * x.
1 = 9/10 * y
y = 10/9 * 1 = 10/9
Anybody "guessing" or spending more than a couple seconds on this teaser should take the time to remember this simple relationship--this problem is trivial and undeserving of being called a teaser.
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