Mental Nuts-- Can You Crack 'em? - Page 4

Clodfobble · 12-18-2011, 04:46 PM

Sure, I suppose B could have been hired decades ago, so at any single given point in time he will still be making more than A. But that's dumb.

infinite monkey · 12-18-2011, 04:48 PM

It doesn't ask who gets more money. It just asks who receives the most.

The most increases is B with two increases every year followed by A who only gets one increase per year.

Rhianne · 12-18-2011, 05:24 PM

Clerk B gets most money in the first year but after that Clerk A takes the lead. I think I must be missing some point.

HungLikeJesus · 12-18-2011, 05:53 PM

Assume both A and B get paid half a year's salary at the end of every 6 months; here's the totals for 3 years:

ZenGum · 12-18-2011, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

Assume both A and B get paid half a year's salary at the end of every 6 months; here's the totals for 3 years:

I was thinking along those lines, but remember, B's increase is $25 per year, received every six months. So for the second half of the first year B gets an annual rate of 525, which when /2 is 262.50, not 275.

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After 6 months they are even. After 12 months B is ahead. After 18 months A takes the lead and stays there.

HungLikeJesus · 12-18-2011, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum

I was thinking along those lines, but remember, B's increase is $25 per year, received every six months. So for the second half of the first year B gets an annual rate of 525, which when /2 is 262.50, not 275.

I thought about that, but it's not clear from the wording.

ZenGum · 12-18-2011, 07:38 PM

True, there is ambiguity, but I think this is the most natural interpretation. Your sums are consistent with the other interpretation.

Gravdigr · 12-19-2011, 03:35 AM

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot

...I have mosquitoes in my basement still but that doesn't make it summer.

Yeah. Dammit.

You can put a cat in the oven, but, that don't make it a biscuit.

I don't know what that means, I just wanted to toss out another clever phrase.

footfootfoot · 12-19-2011, 08:19 AM

OK, HLJ gets the various family member's ages right. The question of the two clerks has me a bit stumped and I have the answer from the book, but not the explanation.

The Answer is that "B receives $25 more per year than A"

I think part of the nut is remembering that you aren't paid before you work. And the other part is the somewhat sneaky wording "and B gets a $25 increase every six months" That doesn't mean that B is earning .5*500 for the first six months, then .5*525 for the next six months, while A earned 1*500 for 12 months.
It means that B gets 250 and then 275 as HLJ shows.

So I'm going to give him the points for this one.

The scores so far
Rhianne:1
HLJ: 2

Next nut coming up shortly.

infinite monkey · 12-19-2011, 08:55 AM

My answer is better.

Now I just have to fit it in the box.

footfootfoot · 12-19-2011, 09:09 AM

OK, try this one:

Spexxvet · 12-19-2011, 09:10 AM

$14.00

Bad $10 bill and a $4 pair of shoes

infinite monkey · 12-19-2011, 09:11 AM

20 bucks.

footfootfoot · 12-19-2011, 09:29 AM

Infi wins this one.

$4 shoes
$6 change
$10 make good on bad bill

$20.

classicman · 12-19-2011, 10:07 AM

Butt the shoes sold for $4.00. Surely they didn't actually cost him that much.
There would have been profit involved for the shoemaker.
Then again I guess we are talking opportunity cost ...

just bustin' on ya.

12-18-2011, 04:46 PM	#46
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12-18-2011, 05:53 PM	#49
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12-18-2011, 07:38 PM	#52
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12-19-2011, 08:19 AM	#54
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	OK, HLJ gets the various family member's ages right. The question of the two clerks has me a bit stumped and I have the answer from the book, but not the explanation. The Answer is that "B receives $25 more per year than A" I think part of the nut is remembering that you aren't paid before you work. And the other part is the somewhat sneaky wording "and B gets a $25 increase every six months" That doesn't mean that B is earning .5500 for the first six months, then .5525 for the next six months, while A earned 1*500 for 12 months. It means that B gets 250 and then 275 as HLJ shows. So I'm going to give him the points for this one. The scores so far Rhianne:1 HLJ: 2 Next nut coming up shortly. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

12-19-2011, 09:09 AM	#56
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	OK, try this one: Attached Images __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

12-18-2011, 04:48 PM	#47
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	It doesn't ask who gets more money. It just asks who receives the most. The most increases is B with two increases every year followed by A who only gets one increase per year.

12-18-2011, 05:24 PM	#48
Rhianne Nearly done. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Teetering on the edge. Posts: 1,134	Clerk B gets most money in the first year but after that Clerk A takes the lead. I think I must be missing some point.

12-19-2011, 08:55 AM	#55
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	My answer is better. Now I just have to fit it in the box.

12-19-2011, 09:10 AM	#57
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	$14.00 Bad $10 bill and a $4 pair of shoes __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

12-19-2011, 09:11 AM	#58
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	20 bucks.

12-19-2011, 09:29 AM	#59
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Infi wins this one. $4 shoes $6 change $10 make good on bad bill $20. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

12-19-2011, 10:07 AM	#60
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Butt the shoes sold for $4.00. Surely they didn't actually cost him that much. There would have been profit involved for the shoemaker. Then again I guess we are talking opportunity cost ... just bustin' on ya. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

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