Brain Teaser

[red750]

What has all the letters of the alphabet, but not in the right order?

 

 

 

 

 

[Jerry_Atrick]

Oen fo my lonegr psots

Edited January 7, 2024 by Jerry_Atrick

[pmccarthy]

My keyboard

[spacesailor]

Scrabble 

spacesailor

[red750]

Keyboard was the correct answer.

[red750]

Which would you prefer, $1,000,000 now, or 1 cent doubled each day for 30 days?

[nomadpete]

I'll take the square law, thanks.

[onetrack]

I want the million bucks - right NOW! I might not be alive in 30 days! - and I'm sure I could spend a million buck in 30 days!

I got my material rewards desire from Calvin (he of the Calvin and Hobbes comic strip fame). 

[Jerry_Atrick]

One cent doubled each day is 2 cents/day... I'll take the million

[red750]

[nomadpete]

3 hours ago, Jerry_Atrick said:

One cent doubled each day is 2 cents/day... I'll take the million

I'll have the Grammar Police onto you, lad!

[red750]

4 hours ago, Jerry_Atrick said:

One cent doubled each day is 2 cents/day... I'll take the million

And this from an IT man??

[nomadpete]

17 minutes ago, red750 said:

And this from an IT man??

Well judging by this, he's probably not an accountant

[spacesailor]

One cent a day is four cents in three days ,

And $10. After eleven days .

$ 10.24 from above .

Thanks red750

spacesailor

 

Edited January 8, 2024 by spacesailor
A little more !

[red750]

1 minute ago, spacesailor said:

And $10. After eleven days .

And $5,368,709.12 after 30 days. Look at the spreadsheet above.

[Jerry_Atrick]

9 hours ago, red750 said:

And this from an IT man??

A cent each day is just that.. a cent each day. Then double it.. is 2 cents each day.. if you said starting with a cent and double each day's cumulative value, I would take that.. of course

 

 

 

 

 

  

[spacesailor]

I read. " one cent ' doubled ' each day for 30 days " .

1, 2, 4, 8 , 16 ,32 ,64 ,128 ,256 , ect.

The dollar at eight days .

Is there anything noticeable in those numbers .

spacesailor

 

 

[nomadpete]

2 hours ago, spacesailor said:

I read. " one cent ' doubled ' each day for 30 days " .

1, 2, 4, 8 , 16 ,32 ,64 ,128 ,256 , ect.

The dollar at eight days .

Is there anything noticeable in those numbers .

spacesailor

 

 

That's it Spacey.

Keep going and it matches the spreadsheet, which ends up at 5 million smackaroos by the end of 30 days.

[spacesailor]

But !.

If your house or business is going bust

or 

' the Tax man is knocking on your door ' 

That tax man will NOT wait 30 days .

SO

Grab the loot & RUN .

spacesailor

[red750]

The tax man won't know about it till you do your return, by which time you'll be in Mexico with your five million.

[spacesailor]

We lost two great businesses here . 

Toongabbie Spares ,

And a boating shop . Because their ' debtors wouldn't/ couldn't pay before that " tax date. " and the tax man wouldn't give them ' one ' week " they came and " padlocked " the doors .

Taking all stock & chattels. 

( Bias boating north Parramatta.)

spacesailor

[Marty_d]

I'll take the million up front, because they don't make one cent pieces any more.  And I couldn't fit $5m worth of them in the house.

[facthunter]

Filthy Lucre has many scents.   Nev

[red750]

Are these squares moving?

 

[nomadpete]

Let me think....

 

Tis a two dimensional static image.

 

And that's what it looks like to me.

 

What was the question, again?