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Old 01-02-2012, 02:40 PM   #1
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$20. Had $90 at first, $110 last.

He would have $110 if he also still had the horse.
If he got the horse for free....

selling for 90, he has 90....
buying it for 80, leaves him 10 from his 90
selling for 100 .... he has 110.

what am i missing?
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Old 01-02-2012, 02:45 PM   #2
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If he got the horse for free....

selling for 90, he has 90....
buying it for 80, leaves him 10 from his 90
selling for 100 .... he has 110.

what am i missing?
I think this must be a linguistic thing, "how much did he make on the transaction?" I think is meant to mean how much more did he make on the second transaction.

Just be glad this isn't 1921
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Old 01-01-2012, 10:18 PM   #3
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See, I only learned opposite math!

I'm dumb.
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Old 01-01-2012, 10:57 PM   #4
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I think he woke up one morning and it was in his barn.
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Old 01-01-2012, 10:59 PM   #5
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Old 01-01-2012, 11:01 PM   #6
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The horse or the squirrel?
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Old 01-02-2012, 07:38 AM   #7
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This was a good idea for a thread.
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Old 01-02-2012, 10:30 AM   #8
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The next several nuts are just math tricks or as the Brits like to say maths trick,

whatever. I am putting all of them up along with the advertisements and then the nut nut proper. One has to remember things were different in 1921. No calculators for instance.
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Old 01-02-2012, 10:46 AM   #9
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I thought so as well, but I thought the answer was no he does not.
Hence the repeated question.
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Old 01-02-2012, 10:53 AM   #10
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Yes. The hunter does not go around the squirrel. They both go around the tree but the squirrel always keeps the tree between himself and the hunter. For the hunter to go around the squirrel it would need to stay in one place on the tree.
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Old 01-02-2012, 11:05 AM   #11
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Why? If the squirrel is ALWAYS on the tree and the hunter circles the tree ...
This must be a matter of semantics or definitions.
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Old 01-02-2012, 12:32 PM   #12
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Why? If the squirrel is ALWAYS on the tree and the hunter circles the tree ...
This must be a matter of semantics or definitions.
No, it's geometry.
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Old 01-02-2012, 01:05 PM   #13
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No, it's geometry.
I assume you mean squirlomatree.
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Old 01-02-2012, 02:46 PM   #14
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I assume you mean squirlomatree.
No, she means squirrelonatree
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Old 01-02-2012, 03:00 PM   #15
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No, she means squirrelonatree
Which is a branch of geonatree.

And what about #33?
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