Thursday, July 9, 2009

shakunthala devi puzzles Monkeys and bananas:

Monkeys and bananas:
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Suppose 8 monkeys take 8 minutes to eat 8 bananas.
(a) How many minutes would it take 3 monkeys to eat 3 bananas?
Sol:each mky takes 8 min to eat a banana
(b) How many monkeys would it take to eat 48 bananas in 48 minutes

ans:8m=48 m=6

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