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8584330 Posted Jun 9, 2010
Because he'd still only be less than half-way from an edge of the woods.
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Geggs Posted Jun 9, 2010
It's only possible to travel half-way into a wood, as that would be the middle. Go any further and you are travelling out of the wood.
Geggs
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mikeyc0312 - Humans are mad. How else can you describe a creature that spends large amounts of time arguing with itself? Posted Jun 10, 2010
Correct
Your go
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Dene - specialist in red herrings Posted Jul 8, 2010
Where is geggs? Does he want to set another brainteaser?
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Geggs Posted Jul 8, 2010
Ah right, okay.
You have an empty bag with a 5 litre capacity. You also have a quantity of apples, each having a 600ml volume. How many apples can you put into the empty bag?
Geggs
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Dene - specialist in red herrings Posted Jul 9, 2010
I thought that it was not that easy.
You would have to allow for the spaces between the apples, but the question is, how can you calculate that.
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Geggs Posted Jul 9, 2010
Mwahahahaha! You have fallen for my cunning trap.
Read the question again.
it might come to you.
Geggs
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Dene - specialist in red herrings Posted Jul 9, 2010
If you put apples into the bag, it will no longer be an empty bag.
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Icy North Posted Jul 9, 2010
I think 0 is a better answer than 1. After all, you could add all 8 apples at once, couldn't you?
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8584330 Posted Jul 9, 2010
I like Icy North's answer though. It shows a certain efficiency in bagging groceries.
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Geggs Posted Jul 9, 2010
Well, 1 is the answer that usually given, so that's the answer I'm going with, 
Because, as you said, once 1 apple has been put in the bag is no longer empty.
Geggs
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Dene - specialist in red herrings Posted Jul 13, 2010
It seems that it is Happy Nerd's turn to set a brainteaser.
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8584330 Posted Jul 13, 2010
A philatelist arranges her stamps in the following ways:
a) piles of 2 stamps, with one left over
b) piles of 3 stamps, with one left over
c) piles of 5 stamps, with one left over
d) piles of 7 stamps, with one left over
e) piles of 11 stamps, with none left over.
What is the least number of stamps she has?
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