Thursday, July 9, 2009

shakunthala devi puzzles Glenn and Jason

Glenn and Jason each have a collection of cricket balls. Glenn said
that if Jason would give him 2 of his balls they would have an equal
number; but, if Glenn would give Jason 2 of his balls, Jason would have 2
times as many balls as Glenn. How many balls does Jason have? Ò 14
1. G+2=j-2
2. 2(G-2)=J+2.
solve these 2 to get

J=14

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