Answer this quickly (and hopefully correctly)

[Gangster Octopus]

A hot dog and a soda cost $1.10. The hot dog is a dollar more than the soda, how much is the soda?

[Taomist]

A nickel.

Wait...what are the taxes?

[Sicks Ate]

.5

[olivesmarch4th]

Ten cents.

ETA: Math fail. I was never good at this stuff. 5 cents?

[TriPolar]

This must have been in the old days where a soda cost a nickel. But then the hot dog would only cost a nickel then too. Everything cost a nickel in the old days, it was the only unit of currency. So the question has no reality based answer, just a theoretical one.

[runner pat]

2 dollars. There's no way a nickel's worth of soda will be enough.

[Taomist]

Wait...is this in New York and the soda is over 16 oz? 'cause that's illegal territory, bud!

[Lancia]

All right, help me out here... how does 1.10 - 1.00 = .05? Is there some new rule of basic arithmetic that's been discovered since I was in gradeschool?

[Cat Whisperer]

The soda is five cents, the hot dog is 1.05 dollars - therefore, the hot dog is one dollar more than the soda if the soda is five cents.

Caveat: I"m no math genius. If I'm wrong, well, it won't be the first time.

[Leaffan]

Originally Posted by Lancia

All right, help me out here... how does 1.10 - 1.00 = .05? Is there some new rule of basic arithmetic that's been discovered since I was in gradeschool?

I must be dumb too, because I instantly said "ten cents."

[Lancia]

Originally Posted by Sicks Ate

.5

As in, 50 cents??

Man, you guys got me totally confused.

[tdn]

5 copper disks.

[Sicks Ate]

Originally Posted by Lancia

As in, 50 cents??

Man, you guys got me totally confused.

Uh....yeah typo, I was going for .05

[Leaffan]

nm

[Drunky Smurf]

.5 cents.

SPOILER:

[Gangster Octopus]

If it makes folks feel any better, half of students at Harvard, Princeton and MIT got this question wrong when asked. Whether you get it right or not is not really correlated with your intelligence.

[tdn]

Originally Posted by Lancia

All right, help me out here... how does 1.10 - 1.00 = .05? Is there some new rule of basic arithmetic that's been discovered since I was in gradeschool?

If the hot dog costs a dollar more than the soda, and if the soda is 5 cents, then

.05 + 1.00 = 1.05.

The cost of the soda and hot dog together:

.05 + 1.05 = 1.10.

[Sicks Ate]

Originally Posted by Gangster Octopus

If it makes folks feel any better, half of students at Harvard, Princeton and MIT got this question wrong when asked. Whether you get it right or not is not really correlated with your intelligence.

I knew MIT wasn't worth my time.

[tdn]

Originally Posted by Drunky Smurf

.5 cents.

A hapenny?

[Gagundathar]

It is all in the wording.
Obviously if you choose $1.00 for the hot dog and $0.10 for the drink, the difference is $0.90.
So, to fulfill the requirements of this little gem, you have to say $1.05 for the hot dog and $0.05 for the drink. That makes the difference equal to $1.00.

Shall I draw a diagram? ;-)

[Lancia]

Originally Posted by Cat Whisperer

The soda is five cents, the hot dog is 1.05 dollars - therefore, the hot dog is one dollar more than the soda if the soda is five cents.

Caveat: I"m no math genius. If I'm wrong, well, it won't be the first time.

Does not compute. If the soda is 5 cents (.05) and the hot dog costs one dollar more (one dollar being an even 1.00), then the total should be 1.05, right? 1.00 + .05 = 1.05.

[tdn]

Originally Posted by Lancia

Does not compute. If the soda is 5 cents (.05) and the hot dog costs one dollar more (one dollar being an even 1.00), then the total should be 1.05, right? 1.00 + .05 = 1.05.

No, the hot dog is a dollar more, making it 1.05. That's the hot dog alone. What's the hot dog PLUS the soda?

[Lancia]

Originally Posted by tdn

If the hot dog costs a dollar more than the soda, and if the soda is 5 cents, then

.05 + 1.00 = 1.05.

The cost of the soda and hot dog together:

.05 + 1.05 = 1.10.

Now I get it.

[tdn]

Originally Posted by Lancia

Now I get it.

Yeah, but where did the other 2 dollars go?

[Dallas Jones]

What if I ordered water with my hot dog and the water was free? But the cup was .05 and then I spilled the water on my girfriend and asked for another cup, which they gave to me free?

How much is this girl going to cost me, eventually?

[Shagnasty]

Originally Posted by Dallas Jones

What if I ordered water with my hot dog and the water was free? But the cup was .05 and then I spilled the water on my girfriend and asked for another cup, which they gave to me free?

How much is this girl going to cost me, eventually?

Everything you have and then some eventually.

[tdn]

Originally Posted by Dallas Jones

What if I ordered water with my hot dog and the water was free? But the cup was .05 and then I spilled the water on my girfriend and asked for another cup, which they gave to me free?

How much is this girl going to cost me, eventually?

Your soul.

[TriPolar]

Originally Posted by tdn

Yeah, but where did the other 2 dollars go?

The bellhop kept it.

[Taomist]

Originally Posted by tdn

yeah, but where did the other 2 dollars go?

i want my two dollars!!!

[Senegoid]

Originally Posted by Sicks Ate

.5

Verizon math!

[billfish678]

The funny thing about this question is this. You can easily jump to an answer that you think is correct. The important part is that you can then very easily CHECK what you think the answer is once you THINK you've got it. That a good fraction of smart people never bothered to do the second part doesn't surprise me in the least. Because they are so used to being right it often doesn't occur to them to consider they might not be.

[Autolycus]

Originally Posted by TriPolar

This must have been in the old days where a soda cost a nickel. But then the hot dog would only cost a nickel then too. Everything cost a nickel in the old days, it was the only unit of currency. So the question has no reality based answer, just a theoretical one.

Yeah, everything did cost a nickel back then. Even to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. Give me five bees for a quarter, you'd say.

[flatlined]

42

Because that is the answer to any math question. It gives me time to think about a better answer.

[Enkel]

Originally Posted by Gangster Octopus

A hot dog and a soda cost $1.10. The hot dog is a dollar more than the soda, how much is the soda?

I'm in the process of editing right now, so this is what my mind did:

A hot dog and a soda cost $1.10. The hot dog is a dollar, more than the soda. How much is the soda?

Answer: $0.10

[sandra_nz]

Originally Posted by Gangster Octopus

A hot dog and a soda cost $1.10. The hot dog is a dollar more than the soda, how much is the soda?

Posting before reading the thread. The soda is $0.05.

[Alka Seltzer]

I got it wrong as well. I take it you got it from here Gangster Octopus?

The conclusion of that article is a bit depressing. "People who were aware of their own biases were not better able to overcome them.”

[Musicat]

High school algebra. I'll take it slow for the math-impaired.

Let S represent the cost of a soda, and H, the cost of a hot dog.

The premise is

S + H = 1.10

and

H = S + 1.00

Substituting H in the first equation,

S + (S+1.00) = 1.10

Reduces to

S + S + 1.00 = 1.10

2S + 1.00 = 1.10

2S = 1.10 - 1.00

2S = .10

S = .10/2

S = .05, so a soda costs a nickel. For you Aussies, that's a 5-cent piece.^*

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^* I was in Sydney long ago, and the bank teller didn't understand me when I asked for nickels in change so I could make a phone call. Apparently "nickel" isn't globally universal for "5-cent piece," and it wasn't obvious to this Yank. Stupid foreigners.

[GuanoLad]

Originally Posted by Musicat

^* I was in Sydney long ago, and the bank teller didn't understand me when I asked for nickels in change so I could make a phone call. Apparently "nickel" isn't globally universal for "5-cent piece," and it wasn't obvious to this Yank. Stupid foreigners.

You would've been totally out of luck if you'd wanted it in quarters.

[DCnDC]

Originally Posted by Musicat

High school algebra. I'll take it slow for the math-impaired.

FYI: invoking high school algebra doesn't really help clear anything up for the math-impaired. In fact, it usually has the opposite effect.

[Musicat]

Originally Posted by DCnDC

FYI: invoking high school algebra doesn't really help clear anything up for the math-impaired. In fact, it usually has the opposite effect.

Math-"challenged"? Math-"What's math?"?

[Cat Whisperer]

Originally Posted by flatlined

42

Because that is the answer to any math question. It gives me time to think about a better answer.

Hey! You totally copied that off of my paper! (I gave that answer in the other math thread yesterday, which I am too lazy to look up.)

Actually, us copying off each other probably isn't the best idea for our math grades - how about we go to the cafeteria and eat french fries and gossip instead?

[The Great Sun Jester]

Math. Not even once.

[Cat Whisperer]

Originally Posted by Inigo Montoya

Math. Not even once.

You can join us in the cafeteria if you like (especially if you have some good gossip).

[Anaamika]

I hate you people. I'm going to the cafeteria.

[The Great Sun Jester]

nm

[Sir T-Cups]

Originally Posted by Anaamika

I hate you people. I'm going to the cafeteria.

Wait for me! I wanna come too, it's pizza day!

And I'm getting chocolate milk...I don't care what "society" says!

[tdn]

Originally Posted by Sir T-Cups

Wait for me! I wanna come too, it's pizza day!

It's not Sicilian pizza is it? If so, then pie are squared.

[TriPolar]

Originally Posted by tdn

It's not Sicilian pizza is it? If so, then pie are squared.

You can't sit with us.

[tdn]

Originally Posted by TriPolar

You can't sit with us.

Fine, more square root beer for me.

[The Great Sun Jester]

* sigh *

The clearest sine of a trainwreck thread is unbounded tangents.