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10 August 2007

a riddle

there's this old lady who loves to smoke, but she can't afford cigarettes. so she collects cigarette butts and makes cigarettes out of them. if she collects 7 cigarette butts, she can make 1 cigarette. so, if she collects 49 cigarette butts, how many cigarettes can she make?

(please give your answer and a reason why you think you've got the answer). cheers . . ..

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

She can make 7 cigarettes, because 49 cigarette butts divided by the 7 cigarette butts it takes to make 1 cigarette is 7. But for some reason I am guessing my answer will make a fool out of me... What's the catch?!

Mike

Anonymous said...

I just figured out the catch and my new answer is "I don't know"
Mike