Mondays puzzle

[Pondlife]

I think I've got it now.

Deano, Mickey and Spazzy Steve all agree to chip in a grand to buy a bag of coke that one of Deano's mates says is coming in from Rotterdam, hidden in a load of bathroom fittings.

Deano robs a Post office on pensions day, Mickey sells his old mum's ford fiesta and Spazzy Steve claims housing benefit for a bogus Romanian family.

When they get down the docks to make the buy, they all get pinched by the rozzers.

They each get 9 years for the deal but Deano gets an extra two cos of his previous.

Question: Who really has the coke and how long is it before Mickey is doing Deano's missus?

[Zippy]

ok, here is another one.

no scouser jokes, or youse are barred.

let x = .9999 recurring

therefore 10x = 9.9999 recurring

subtract x from each side
9x = 9.9999(recurring) -x

therefore, as x = .9999(recurring)
9x = 9

divide both sides by 9
x = 1


so. is x = to .9999(recurring) or is x = 1

or drumroll..... is .9999(recurring) = 1

Now you're just being bad at sums. Did Ken Dodd do your tax return? :

[Bunk]

I think I've got it now.

Deano, Mickey and Spazzy Steve all agree to chip in a grand to buy a bag of coke that one of Deano's mates says is coming in from Rotterdam, hidden in a load of bathroom fittings.

Deano robs a Post office on pensions day, Mickey sells his old mum's ford fiesta and Spazzy Steve claims housing benefit for a bogus Romanian family.

When they get down the docks to make the buy, they all get pinched by the rozzers.

They each get 9 years for the deal but Deano gets an extra two cos of his previous.

Question: Who really has the coke and how long is it before Mickey is doing Deano's missus?

That lot reminds me of one of my favourite lines from Trainspotting:

Two kilos, what's that, about 10 years?

Mikey Forrester, Russian sailors? What the f*** are you boys on?

[NickFitz]

or drumroll..... is .9999(recurring) = 1

.9999… is indeed equal to 1.

[pjclarke]

Three friends go to a restaurant, they have a tenner each.

One of them takes the thirty pounds to the till and finds the bill is £25

he puts 2 quid on the table as a tip, and gives himself and the others a pound

so they each paid 9 quid = £27. plus a 2 pound tip = £29


where did the other pound go ?

Nice one, but based on a false premise. We naturally think that money to the restaurant must equal money in = £30, but it doesn't follow. Once they've got their £1 back the amount 'in the system' is £27.

At the start the customers have £30, restaurant nothing - balance.
After payment, restaurant has £25, customer A has £5 - balance.
He pays the tip and distributes £1 each to mates.
Customers have £3 total, tip jar has £2, restaurant has £25 - balance.

Each customer has paid £9 net, - in the proportion 2/27 to the tip jar, 25/27 to the restaurant - £27 total plus £3 to take home. Balance, no missing quid.

Another equivalent way of thinking of it would be if the customers all contributed £9 in pound coins - £25 goes to the restaurant £2 remainder to the tip jar, same transaction, no missing £1.

[BrilloPad]

Nice one, but based on a false premise. We naturally think that money to the restaurant must equal money in = £30, but it doesn't follow. Once they've got their £1 back the amount 'in the system' is £27.

At the start the customers have £30, restaurant nothing - balance.
After payment, restaurant has £25, customer A has £5 - balance.
He pays the tip and distributes £1 each to mates.
Customers have £3 total, tip jar has £2, restaurant has £25 - balance.

Each customer has paid £9 net, - in the proportion 2/27 to the tip jar, 25/27 to the restaurant - £27 total plus £3 to take home. Balance, no missing quid.

Another equivalent way of thinking of it would be if the customers all contributed £9 in pound coins - £25 goes to the restaurant £2 remainder to the tip jar, same transaction, no missing £1.

Thats very good. You really should try your hand at one of the AGW threads - I think you would be good at it.