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[wheelie182]

How do you make a total of 40 pence, using three coins,

but one cant be a 20 pence coin,

(only uk currency, 1p,2p,5p,10p,20p,50p etc.......you must have three coins!!!)

im not going to explain it any other way,

and if you do reply, you have to explain why you have come to that answer, there is a straightforward answer, but your only right, if you explain why you came to that answer,

[keps]

Call me Ms Thicko, but...

<stumped>

[AHolland]

I'm with him <above>.

[wheelie182]

i suppose i could tell you........

the answer is

one 20p and two 10 pences,

think about it.............three coins that have to add up to a total of 40 pence
but one cant be a 20 pence coin,

one isn't a twenty pence, ones a ten pence,

trick question !!

[carolline]

You,gave me a hard time!!!
You tell us nowwwwwwwwwwwwww

[carolline]

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!
Tricky!!!

[keps]

wheelie182, on Sep 19 2005, 09:52 PM, said:

i suppose i could tell you........

the answer is

one 20p and two 10 pences,

think about it.............three coins that have to add up to a total of 40 pence
but one cant be a 20 pence coin,

one isn't a twenty pence, ones a ten pence,

trick question !!

AAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

[keps]

AHolland, on Sep 19 2005, 09:47 PM, said:

I'm with him <above>.

HIM?????

I'm a WOMAN!! That's why I said "MS"!

[wheelie182]

i made the mistake of calling people the wrong gender, we should have pictures of our selfs, actually maybe not.... i wouldn't want to show my ugly mug,

[Joed]

LOL...believe it or not, I actually had come up with that same solution, but wasn't confident enough in my answer (being a non-uk'er) to post it.

But I did learn something about UK currency in the process.

[wheelie182]

alright heres another one, but this one is seriously old, you must of heard it?,

A man and his son are driving, when they are invloved in a serious accident where the car flips over and instantly kills the father, but the boy is still alive and is rushed to hospital with serious injurys,

........but the surgeon replys, i cannot treat him, hes my son,

the father died in the car crash, so how is this possible?

[carolline]

I want to try my guess.....Hope it is correct after I analyzed the story.
Man and his son they were involved in the accident.Man was not hurt only the son.
But the father on the other side,maybe from the other car was died in the car crash.The man cannot treat his son.....coz there's some reason in medical practice about treating the emmidiet family.

Am I wrong?????????????

[Joed]

I love this one because it really reveals our prejudice in our thinking. And I have to admit, I always have to stop and think it over each time.

So as not to spoil it for others, I've written the answer below...just highlight the area after the word "Spoiler", but only if you want to know the answer.

(Spoiler) The surgeon is the boy's mother (End Spoiler)

[wheelie182]

yep, if your still thinking, then your a sexist pig