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#1 Re: Jai Ganesh's Puzzles » Oral puzzles » 2007-02-25 19:20:19

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ganesh wrote:

(29) A mule and a donkey were going to the market laden with wheat. The mule said, "if you give me one measure, Iwould be carrying twice as much as you, but if I give you one, we would be having equal measures." What were their burdens?

(30) Amanda has 12 pairs of white socks and ten pairs of red socks. She keeps them all in the same drawer. If she picks out three socks at random, what is the probability that she would get a matching pair?

(31) I drove the first 60 kilometers at 30 km/hour and the next 60 kilometers at 50 km/hour. What was my avergae speed for the trip?

(32) The sum of two numbers is ten. Their product is twenty. Can you find the sum of the reciprocals of the two numbers? Don't know the answer

(33) Which of the following is the greatest?
log(20+40), log20+log40, Log(60-30), log60 - log30

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