Here's a puzzle for everyone. If you figure it out, write back and carefully explain it to me. I got it at first, now it just doesn't make sense. It's from Marilyn vos Savant's article that appears every week in the Parade section of the Sunday paper. She is supposed to have the highest recorded IQ. Here goes...A beautiful box of candy costs $20. If the box itself is valued at $19 more than the candy inside, what is the candy worth?
Naturally, one would immediately think that the candy is worth $1.00. But that's wrong, according to Marilyn. She says that the candy is worth 50 cents, making the value of the box $19.50.
Now maybe I'm missing something really obvious. I probably am, but I still don't get it. If you can explain it, do so! Use the comments section.
1 comment:
If the candy was $1, the box would be $1+$19, or $20, making the total value $21. In algebraic terms, most people think of it as x+19x=20, when in reality, its x+(x+19)=20, or 2x+19=20, or 2x=1, or x=.5.
Oh, and Marilyn vos Savant is an arrogant douchebag.
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