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How Much Will it Cost?
Situation
Situation puzzles (sometimes called lateral thinking puzzles) are ones where you need to ask lots of yes or no questions to figure out what happened in the situation. These are good puzzles for groups where one person knows the puzzle and answers the questions.Situation
Sissy is dying to see the new Henry Porter movie that is coming to her town in two months. As she always seems to be short of cash, she decides to check out the cost of pre-ordering her ticket. She hops onto the Internet and finds that it costs 24 Wwops (the national currency) per ticket. She devises a plan...
Her parents give her 5 Wwops every two weeks, and she spends 2 of those on her school lunches every week. She also gets 10 Wwops every week from her job at the movie theater. Her grandmother slips her a crisp 5 Wwop bill every Friday. She spends these earnings on a CD every month.
Given this information, how long will it take Sissy to earn enough money to buy her ticket to the movie?
Her parents give her 5 Wwops every two weeks, and she spends 2 of those on her school lunches every week. She also gets 10 Wwops every week from her job at the movie theater. Her grandmother slips her a crisp 5 Wwop bill every Friday. She spends these earnings on a CD every month.
Given this information, how long will it take Sissy to earn enough money to buy her ticket to the movie?
Answer
She doesn't need to spend any time saving money. While she was on the theater website looking up prices, she saw a notice for the employees. It said that all employees of the theater get free tickets to claim anytime up to a week before the movie opens. She was overjoyed and ran off to claim her tickets.Hide Answer Show Answer
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