Christ, Brianna, if you read the whole thread and still can't figure out the right answer you don't deserve the 10 points. :headshake

Why did Richard Feynman always have that devilish smile on his face?

Did you really think I was interested in the cucumber?

But, why do you think oral sex involves a carrot?

:smack: Why didn't I know the Cellar when I was taking MY stupid gen ed math class? All those wasted sexual favors on wrong answers...

BTW, sorry, don't have a clue as to the real answer, I have lost my patience with brain teasers of this sort since said math class.

carrot does not equal oral. carrot equals anal. you must be an mba. brianna makes my diodes tingle.

See? I'm not as dumb as you think!

and, tw., right back atcha.

But if you understand those kinds of problems, you can apply your math understanding to real-world problems too. For example, on Friday I developed this strange brain teaser. The math is easy, let's see if you can do it:

Suppose you have a music distribution co-operative where new artists are charged $500 as a one-time lifetime fee for being a part of it.

Suppose this co-operative realizes this model is wrong for most artists, and wants to change it to a monthly membership fee.

Under the old system, 20 artists per month sign up at $500 one-time fee, bringing in $10000 per month. The operation needs this $10000 per month to survive. Under the new system, artists will be charged $29.95 per month. Assuming the new plan brings in 35 artists per month:

A) How many months will it be before it turns a profit?
B) How much cash will the operation lose before it turns a profit?

Now the extra credit.

Most artists have two CDs to distribute, which requires no small amount of work to put into the system. Some artists have 10, which is a burden. Suppose that each artist is charged $50 one time per CD to add their CD to the system. Suppose that the average artist has 2.5 CDs. Now how long will it take?

In my job, I figure something out once, double check the answer, then WRITE THE WHOLE THING DOWN, so I don't have to figure it out again. SO there. :)

No, I'm a lingustics engineer and I read your words more carefully than you write them.

Brianna, don't believe everything you read on the net.

Especially this sentence.

I suck at math, but knowing the starving artist bit pretty well, I'd say you'd have a better chance of getting $500 out of a band in one shot than you would over the course of several $30 payments. People save up for something that's $500, but when they're $30 short at the end of the month...

But I don't know business, either -- what's the bottom line difference between having to handle music for 1500 artists who pay $30 and handling music for 100 artists who pay $500? Doesn't the lessened workload make the latter more appealing?

Sorry for the hijack -- we now return you to your regularly scheduled math problem.....

It doesn't matter now, because the lack of income from the current plan, combined with the general failure of the Melody Mill idea, means there's only enough money in the business to pay Undertoad to work technical problems, and not business-plan problems.

I've been downgraded from part-time employee to contractor, which bottom-line means about half the money and half the hours.

So much for not hijacking...?

Well, it seems that people are still confused. This "math problem" is a marketing scam.

Try this instead:

You buy 100 lbs of cucumbers. Cukes are 1% solids. In a few days they later dry out to 2% solids. How much do they weigh?

Even before all this math bullshit, I've already had aural sex with Brianna. It's really great. I'm totally in love. :faint: