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1. There is a clothing store in Bartlesville. The owner has devised his own method of pricing items. A vest costs $20, socks cost $25, a tie costs $15 and a blouse costs $30. Using the method, how much would a pair of underwear cost? (3 pi)

2. In a pond there are some flowers with some bees hovering over the flowers. How many flowers and bees are there if both the following statements are true: 1. If each bee lands on a flower, one bee doesn't get a flower. 2. If two bees share each flower there is one flower left out. (3 pi)

3. Walking home one day, you take a short cut along the train tracks. The tracks cross a narrow bridge over a deep gorge. At the point you are 3/8 of the way across the bridge, you hear the train whistle somewhere behind you. You charge across the bridge, and jump off the track as the train is about to run you down. As it happens, if you had gone the other way, you would have reached safety just before being run over as well. If you can run ten miles per hour, how fast is the train moving? (5 pi)

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Another riddle not related to math:

There is a low railroad bridge in your town. One day you see a large truck stopped just before the underpass. When you ask what has happened, the driver tells you that his truck is one inch higher than the indicated height of the opening. This is the only road to his destination. What can he do to get through the underpass the easiest way? (3 pi)

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1. $45

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What is the pricing method?

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$5 for each letter.

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Correct.

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2.  There are three flowers, and four bees.

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#2) 4 bees and 3 flowers

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Another Riddle: let some air out of his tires.

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3) 40 mph

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eulers_knot wrote:

2.  There are three flowers, and four bees.

Correct.

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createsure wrote:

Another Riddle: let some air out of his tires.

Correct.

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createsure wrote:

3) 40 mph

Correct, the train is moving at 40 miles per hour. Imagine that a friend is walking with you. When the train whistle blows, you head away from the train, he heads toward it. When he reaches safety, you will be 6/8 (or 3/4)of the way across the bridge, and the train will have just reached the bridge. For the train to cross 4/4 of the bridge in the time you cross the remaining 1/4, the train must be moving four times your speed.

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@BlizzardLizzard 3 pi, @createsure 8 pi, @eulers_knot 3 pi.

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