what a headfuk...

This has been spinnin me out aaaaaaall day, and ive got to the point where i cant take it anymore, i read this brain teaser thing on the back of a matchbox and i cant work it out for the life of me, so here it is, post your answer, if you get one...... ...if not, post and tell me how much it irritates you lol....

bill and tom were eating their way through their christmas sweets, bill complained that tom had more than him, but bill replied, 'its all relative, if you gave me one sweet id have twice as many as you, but if i gave you one sweet, then we'd be equal.' HOW MANY SWEETS DID EACH HAVE???

:confused: :confused: :confused:

im so stoned i was messing up the sentences in my mind... you expect me to answer???? :D:D:D::D:D:D:D:D

Now how could you go and do a thing like that? I'm nicely high, just wanting to listen to music and read senseless threads on these forums, and you throw out a question like that!??

lol I tried figuring it out for a minute or so.. but I'll hurt my head if I try anymore :p

bill has 3 and tom has 2!!!! im pretty sure!

nevermind thats wrong

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Originally Posted by Samwhore

bill has 3 and tom has 2!!!! im pretty sure!

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But if Tom gave bill one of his, it would equal 4. And 4 isn't twice as much as 1 :confused:

bill is a selfish son of a bitch. I would club him in the head and eat all 5 sweets

damn this is confusing

W T F i seriously thought i had the answer like 10 different times

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Originally Posted by lagstronaut

W T F i seriously thought i had the answer like 10 different times

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yea me too

Bill=1, tom=2
If tom gives bill 1 sweet, bill has twice as many. If bill gives tom another sweet, then both would have 2. They never said that the sweets had to come from their respective stashes, just any sweet in general.

bill has 5 and tom has 7!!!!!!!!

No, because tom has more than bill.

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Originally Posted by Samwhore

tom has 5 and bill has 7!!!!!!!!

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oh shit you got it!


edit but yeah what fikus said you mixed up the names ahah :D

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Originally Posted by lagstronaut

oh shit you got it!


edit but yeah what fikus said you mixed up the names ahah :D

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OH YES!!! MY LIFE IS FULFILLED NOW!:dance: :dance: :dance: :dance:

it still wouldn't work if you switched the names. If tom has 7 and gives one to bill, bill will not have twice as many as tom

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Originally Posted by fikusroot

it still wouldn't work if you switched the names. If tom has 7 and gives one to bill, bill will not have twice as many as tom

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Tom has 7 and Bill has 5.

Tom gives 1 to Bill. They both now have 6 [EQUAL]

or

Bill gives 1 to Tom. Bill now has 4 while Tom has 8 [DOUBLE]


makes perfect sense to me

okay, listen bill has 5 tom has 7

if bill gives one to tom, then its

bill tom
4 8

if tom gives one to bill then its

bill tom
6 6

yes but bob is supposed to have twice the number of sweets. I think he just got the question mixed up because other than the way I described its mathmatically impossible.

i told you its annoying, ive been trying for yonks

thnx tho everyone i think that can count as an answer

abattoir are you sure bill is supposed to have double or is tom supposed to have double?

Eh, are you high or somethin? Lol I dont understand a word you said.

lol i thought they both had one but im wrong

hey it dont make a difference, u got it rite, but yes, i am sure

7 and 5?

WE GOT A WINNER!!:dance:

Have a good one!:thumbsup:

fikus got it, not sam. sorry but he's right, there is no set amount of sweets. its your choice whether to assign a given sweet to be from an outside origin or from one of the two sides.

its just basic mathematical concept, nothing hard at all. you have to realize that the person who wrote that on the matchbox probably had to much sweets and thusly came up with a partial problem with a few parameters left open and undefined.

the end. im right so give it up!

ooo weee
my head hurts
is the room spinning??

What a good thread.

Actually, I'm sorta surprised it got so far, haha. Then again, when I read the posts, they're either "that confuses me...and makes my head hurt" or "no, i'm right, you're wrong its ______"

can't we all just get along? lol