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Farmer came back from the market having sold all his turnips.
''How many did you sell ?'' asked his wife.
''Can't remember how many I took, but I do remember that in the first hour I sold 6/7 of the turnips + 1/7 of a turnip.''
''Must have been tricky cutting them up'' said his wife.
''No'' he replied,'' it was a whole number I sold, I never cut any''
''Then what ?'' she asked.
''I sold 6/7 of what was left, plus 1/7 of a turnip in the second hour. Then I sold 6/7 of what was left plus 1/7 of a turnip in the third hour. And finally I sold 6/7 of what was left, plus 1/7 of a turnip, in the fourth hour then I came home.''
''Why ?''
''Cos I'd sold the lot''
How many turnips did he take to the market ?
''How many did you sell ?'' asked his wife.
''Can't remember how many I took, but I do remember that in the first hour I sold 6/7 of the turnips + 1/7 of a turnip.''
''Must have been tricky cutting them up'' said his wife.
''No'' he replied,'' it was a whole number I sold, I never cut any''
''Then what ?'' she asked.
''I sold 6/7 of what was left, plus 1/7 of a turnip in the second hour. Then I sold 6/7 of what was left plus 1/7 of a turnip in the third hour. And finally I sold 6/7 of what was left, plus 1/7 of a turnip, in the fourth hour then I came home.''
''Why ?''
''Cos I'd sold the lot''
How many turnips did he take to the market ?
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7
easy. |
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Elenor of Aquitain.
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There were NO wives on my way to St Ives
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I made it 1,372... think i may have gone wrong somewhere...
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He cannot remember
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i suspect the farmer has been taking magic mushrooms
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puzzled
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It's 36
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Not 7, 36, or 1372.
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Answer is none....he was mistaken...they were parsnips.
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It's 36 deffo
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None
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It's 343.
Simples :D |
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As in most puzzles that highlight the excellence of turnip mitochondrial fractions, I suspect the answer is 1
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Not 36, not 343.
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2401
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Is it 4?
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Not 2401, not 4.
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1 ! sold up in an hour
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Ju Ju Man, Ju Ju Man
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400
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I think it is 57.
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no, sheriff has it right it is 400 - i forgot the 4th hour....
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start with T turnips
after 1st hour, have T/7 - 1/7 left after 2nd hour, have 1/7 (T/7 - 1/7) - 1/7 = T/49 - 1/49 - 1/7 = T/49 - 8/49 after 3rd hour, have 1/7 (T/49 - 8/49) - 1/7 = T/343 - 8/343 - 1/7 = T/343 - 57/343 after 4th hour, have 1/7 (T/343 - 57/343) - 1/7 = T/2401 - 57/2401 - 1/7 = T/2401 - 400/2401 and T/2401 - 400/2401 = 0 so T = 400 well done sheriff :) |
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Well done Sheriff, 400 is correct.
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how can you sell one seventh of a turnip without cutting it up
and why is this farmer coming up with riddles when his wife asks him questions. why didn't he just say 400. You wouldn't catch Don Bradman making up riddles. He'd come straight out and say what he meant. |
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the answer is 21
so easy and I didn't know this puzzle beforehand |
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no plus another 7
28 |
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unless his assistant cut the turnip
and then the answer would be 1 |
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well thats a turnip for the books
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