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Originally Posted by Lord Larehip
Problem 2: Two witches are mixing a brew in a cauldron when the recipe calls for exactly 4 pints of yak sweat. They have a bucketful of yak sweat but no 4-pint measure. They have a pitcher that holds exactly 5 pints and a pot that holds exactly 3.
How can they use these to measure out the required 4 pints?
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Fill the pitcher and pot halfway. 1.5 in the pot plus 2.5 in the pitcher equals 4 pints.
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Originally Posted by Lord Larehip
Problem 3: Millie and Geraldine are tending their flowers. One vase holds 5-petal primroses and 8-petal celandines. Millie counts all the petals and says, “Thirty-nine! Exactly my age!” Then she counts the flowers and says, “Exactly your age, Geraldine!”
How old is Geraldine?
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6 years old. 3 5 petal flowers is fifteen plus 3 8 petal flowers (24 petals) amounts to 39 so there are 6 flowers.
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