Arguing with my husband

[spirits]

We are on a wonderful holiday in our Banff timeshare. Not doing too much of anything except close reading of the local paper. Close reading is when there is nothing to do so you read articles you would normally pass over. And I read something that really made me think. And argue with my husband. Now, this is the best kind of argument...the kind where I am right and he is wrong (;. Too be fair to him...I was wrong too...but figured out why I was wrong and admitted it. He was arguing for 10 minutes until he finally believed the correct answer (; So....Tuggers......how would you do?

A bat costs $1 more than a ball and together they cost $1.10. What does the ball cost? Apparently only 20% get this question correct. Scroll down for a clue...





The ball did NOT cost 10 cents.

 

[VacationForever]

Ball costs 5 cents.

 

[DeniseM]

I don't do math unless I have to, but for $1.10 - I will take 2 dozen bats and balls.

 

[spirits]

Yes, the ball costs 5 cents....good for you VacationForever (;

 

[spirits]

http://www.pressreader.com/canada/edmonton-journal/20161230/281852938237395

Here is the original article....interesting read about fake news

 

[isisdave]

x + (x + 1.00) = 1.10

 

[Elan]

That's 7th grade math (I have a 7th grader). I'd really like to think most everyone could solve for the answer in less than 30 seconds.....

 

[VacationForever]

That's 7th grade math (I have a 7th grader). I'd really like to think most everyone could solve for the answer in less than 30 seconds.....

True for people are strong with arithmetic, spatial relation and stuff like that. I would even put this down to Grade 3 Math where I was from because we had to solve problems like that at Grade 3. I usually get numbers faster than most people I worked with or know. But I cannot draw a thing. Not everyone is "good" with Math.

 

[Patri]

That's 7th grade math (I have a 7th grader). I'd really like to think most everyone could solve for the answer in less than 30 seconds.....

I did, maybe 15 or less, without reading the clue! Thank goodness I am smarter that a 7th, 5th, or 3rd grader (or at least equal). I see how people jump to the wrong answer, though.

 

[dioxide45]

I don't get it . I take it that 'reading between the lines' one is to come to the conclusion that there are really two balls and a bat???

On the topic of fake news, DW was talking to her mother over Facebook. Her mother told her that my wife's father said that Gilligan from Gilligan's Island died today. Not sure where he got that from, but someone must have re-posted something to Facebook. John Denver died back in 2005!

 

[DeniseM]

I'm guessing you mean BOB Denver, and not JOHN Denver, the singer.

 

[dioxide45]

I'm guessing you mean BOB Denver, and not JOHN Denver, the singer.

Great catch! It didn't take long. I did say "John" on purpose.

 

[silentg]

They both died years ago....RIP

 

[bizaro86]

@dioxide45 Nope, one ball and one bat. One item is $1.05, the other is $0.05. If you add the two together you get $1.10, and the difference between the two is $1.00.

 

[Karen G]

Never mind! I finally figured it out!

 

[dioxide45]

@dioxide45 Nope, one ball and one bat. One item is $1.05, the other is $0.05. If you add the two together you get $1.10, and the difference between the two is $1.00.

Thanks. Now it makes sense. If the bat cost $1 and the ball was $0.10, then the difference would be $0.90 not $1. I was one of the 80%

 

[Htoo0]

This was one of my fathers favorites. If a ball and a bat cost a dollar and a dime and the bat is a dollar more than the ball, how much did the ball cost? Most people blurt out ten cents almost immediately.