Puzzle 197
What word is the same backwards and upside down?
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Which letters look the same upside down and backwards?
Puzzle 198
I recently went to the shop and purchased 4 items.
Three of the items cost:
$1.50
$3.00
$4.00
There was quite a long queue, and as I was quite bored, I was playing with my pocket calculator while I waited.
Very curiously, the 4 prices added to the same number as I got when I multiplied the 4 prices together.
What was the price of the 4th item?
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What do the 3 numbers add to, and multiply to, so far?
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$0.50.
Reasoning
The three prices add to 1.50 + 3.00 + 4.00 = 8.50.
The three prices multiply to 1.50 x 3.00 x 4.00 = 18.00.
You might be able to see that adding another 0.50 will take the total to 9.00, and multiplying by another 0.50 will take the product to 9.00.
The answer can also be found using algebra. If we call the missing price P, we have:
1.50 + 3.00 + 4.00 + P = 1.50 x 3.00 x 4.00 x P
8.50 + P = 18.00 x P
8.50 = 18.00 x P – P
8.50 = 17.00 x P
8.50 ÷ 17.00 = P
P = 0.50.
Puzzle 199
How should this word be pronounced:
GHOTI
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Break the word down in this way: GH-O-TI.
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Fish!
Reasoning
The GH as in ENOUGH = F.
The O as in WOMEN = I.
The TI as in MOTION = SH.
Puzzle 200
This statement is false.
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This puzzle is a classic paradox. You can wrangle with the logic for hours and never reach an absolute conclusion.
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