Mathematical Puzzle - 1

Is it 16 and 66.

Grandson age is 16
grand father age is 66.

Wow.Good Sajeetharan.You cracked it.

Grandson was born in 1916. In the year 1932 his age is 16 which is nothing but the last two digits of his birth year.

Grandfather was born in 1866 and he was 66 years old in the year 1932 which is the last two digits of his birth year.

Well --- Thats wonderful Meean.... Hey why not you post another puzzle here.... This puzzle has been cracked... :) :) :)

really good Sajeetharan... :)

Next Puzzle please Meean... :laugh: :laugh:

Hmmm....Before getting a chance Sajeetharan cracked the nut of the puzzle.

Peter picked one pepper more than Paul. Pat picked one pepper more than Pam. Peter and Paul picked 10 more peppers than Pat and Pam. Peter, Paul, Pat and Pam picked 60 peppers. How many peppers did Peter pick?

Meean.... We are waiting for the next puzzle... :P :P :) :) :)

Sajeetharan has took my work and put the new puzzle.So let's crack that.

I cracked this puzzle.The no of peppers peter had is 18. :) Here is the calculation for that. Let the no of peppers Peter,Paul,Pat,Pam be x,y,z and a.According to the description the equations are given below.

x = y + 1
z = a + 1
x + y = 10 + z + a
x + y + z + a = 60

On solving this equations the answers obtained are
x(Peter) = 18, y(Paul) = 17, z(Pat) = 13, a(Pam) = 12

18 pepper picked by peter.35 pepper picked by peter and paul. 25 pepper picked by pat and Pam.That 17 pepper picked by paul.

Mean you got it right...You are proving that you are an engineer.
Post the next one!

Oh! Haven't see the post puzzle from Sajeethran.. :blink:

Well done Meean... :) :)

The famous profit and loss puzzle!you are a jewelry shop owner.

one day a customer comes in to buy a $70 ring. He only has a voucher worth $100. you do not have any cash around, so you go next door to the pastry shop and ask the owner to change the $100 voucher for cash. the pastry shop owner gives you the cash.

you go back to your shop and give the customer $30 in change along with the ring.

10 minutes later, the pastry shop owner comes in angry and tells you that the voucher is fake, and that he wants his $100 back. you apologize and give him the $100.

question: What is your total loss? (the ring indeed is $70)

Hmm ... This is a great loss...

The loss is the ring ($70), $30 given to pastry shop owner and $30 given as change to the customer.

Total of $170... :)

You mean total of $200 loss? Not exactly deepti. Wrong answer..try again.

Ooo yeah --- I have edited my previous post... It is $170 loss... :) :)

Still wrong answer,

Your calculations are right. But read the statements and give the answer. Hope you get right this time B) B)

100$ is correct
It is actually one of those simple-but-confusing puzzles. 200 might seem like the obvious answer, but 100 is the actual one.

How would you explain this Sajeetharan.. :)

The amount loss is $100 and the ring $70.. :)

Explanation:

Incomes from Pastry shop -- $ 100
Outflows-- cost of ring given -- $ 70
refunded to customer -- $ 30
returned to pastry shopowner -- $ 100
Total outflows--$ 200

So Net loss: $100

Where is the ring?????? :dry:

If you do business this way, you will definitely close the shop one day!!!! :blink: :dry: