March 2, 2011

A boy at the Carnival


A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to
the boy, "If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper
then you have to give me $50, but if I cannot, I will pay you $50."

The boy looked around and saw no scale so he agrees, thinking no
matter what the carny writes he'll just say he weighs more or less.
In the end the boy ended up paying the man $50.

How did the man win the bet?

16 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 2, 2011 at 3:04 PM

    there is no such thing as weight it is a phenomenom created by gravity

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  2. João MarquesMarch 2, 2011 at 4:09 PM

    He wrote 'your exact weight'

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  3. AnonymousMarch 2, 2011 at 4:21 PM

    the man wrote 0
    then the boy said no
    the man asks then what is your exact weight?
    the boy replies with his exact weight
    the man then writes *his exact weight*.00000000

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  4. AnonymousMarch 2, 2011 at 5:40 PM

    your exact weight

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  5. Secret SquïrrelMarch 3, 2011 at 11:38 AM

    "your exact weight" (or "your exact weight on this piece of paper" which he could write on a table or the boy's face) is prob the correct answer.

    However the Q is technically misleading.
    "If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper
    then ..."
    should properly be written as:
    "If I write 'your exact weight' on this piece of paper
    then ..."
    but then that would give the answer away.

    Also, they could be in a weightless environment (outer space, salty water, etc) so the man could correctly answer "Zero".

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  6. Danny FosterMarch 24, 2011 at 1:51 AM

    My thoughts exactly, Secret Squirrel. The question should have been written as you indicated.

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  7. AnonymousMarch 24, 2011 at 9:53 AM

    The carny didn't win the bet? He only had a hundred dollar bill on him?

    ......or what everyone wrote above, heh.

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  8. AnonymousMay 9, 2011 at 3:13 AM

    The boy owed the man $100 in the first place ;)

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  9. SpottyMoJuly 2, 2011 at 6:01 PM

    He wrote 'Your exact weight' on the paper ,haha.

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  10. AnonymousJuly 12, 2011 at 1:21 AM

    he just estimated by looking at the kid and wrote all the numbers within a wide range of his estimate

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  11. AnonymousJuly 27, 2011 at 9:10 PM

    Silly boy. Why would you still pay him $50 if he wrote "your exact weight".

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  12. komenyAugust 19, 2011 at 8:57 PM

    He wrote a number to the paper, and said 'this is your exact weight'.
    Boy: 'No.'
    Man: 'Prove it!'
    Boy: 'I have no scale!'
    Man: 'No problem, I have one. You can get it for $100!'

    The boy paid him the $50.

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  13. AnonymousSeptember 8, 2011 at 9:35 PM

    He probably got the boy to write it down on a piece of paper first.

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  14. AnonymousSeptember 16, 2011 at 12:10 AM

    Ha ha ha

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  15. RanaabSeptember 16, 2011 at 12:19 AM

    It is only am

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