two new nuts since I didn't post yesterday

#39 depends on whether James and William share their sandwiches with each other as well, i.e. form a pool of eight sangers shared among three eaters. I interpret this nut as NOT being like this.

I take it that stranger eats 2.5 of James' sangers, and 1.5 of William's sangers.

Assuming equal value of sandwiches, stranger should pay James 5 cents and William 3 cents.

Five and eight sandwiches! That must have been the beginning of the obesity epidemic. These problems don't show up until 50 or 60 years later.

The stranger shared equally (50 %) and so paid 4 cents to each.

It's the law of supply and demand.
It just happened that William's were just worth more per sandwich
Or, maybe William's sandwich had squirrel meat, which is harder to come by :rolleyes:

A E F H I K L M N T....VWXYZ

B C D G J O P Q R S...U

Yes? No?

I bet you're right.

I'm so proud of myself too. Must be a left brain/right brain thing. Except for the hunter/squirrel/tree one I've hardly gotten any of these puzzles. :)

Yes IM, very good !

Most people try working out an arithmetic code or something.
Very young kids usually get it right away, but they don't yet know anything about arithmetic.

Hey, now you wait a daggone minute, you. Are you saying I have the I have the brain of a very young kid? :mad:

(I don't mind. It's quite true.) :lol:

;)

Show your work. In other words, how the hell did you figure that out?

I looked at the letters. ;)

Here is the answer if you want it, hidden for those who don't:

I noticed right away that all the first letters could be made with straight lines.

I don't think like earthlings. You make everything so complicated. Like hunters/squirrels/trees. ;)

I have the heart of a small boy ... in a jar on my desk.

:)

First I was laughing really hard then I realized, through your quote of my post, that I put too many words in that sentence. Too late to edit. :blush:

OK, lets' try to keep things on track here:

Some answers and a new nut:

Note about #39 This is one of those things where there was a pool of 8 sangers that were split 3 ways (3/8 each) The guest only pays for his repast and he pays Jim and Bill back at a rate proportionally equal to their investments. I think.

I didn't have time to read the apple question so I hope the answer suits (most of) you