Find the Cost

Baseball bat and ball cost $100. If the bat cost $99 more than the ball, what is the cost of each?




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This is a famous paradox which has caused a great deal of argument and disbelief from many who cannot accept the correct answer. Four balls are placed in a hat. One is white, one is blue and the other two are red. The bag is shaken and someone draws two balls from the hat. He looks at the two balls and announces that at least one of them is red. What are the chances that the other ball he has drawn out is also red?

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Two friends were betting. One said to the other, "The coin will be flipped twenty times and each time the coin lands on the head, I will give you $2 and each time it lands on the tale, you will give me $3." After flipping the coin twenty times not a single penny was exchanged among them.

How many times did the coin land on heads?

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What number when divided in half becomes zero?

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A man looks at a painting in a museum and says, “Brothers and sisters I have none, but that man’s father is my father’s son.” Who is in the painting?

Asked by Neha on 12 Mar 2025

There are two candles. Both will only burn exactly for an hour. How will you use these two candles to measure forty-five minutes?

Asked by Neha on 07 May 2024

Our product and our sum always give the same answer. Who are we?

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A man who was outside in the rain without an umbrella or hat didn’t get a single hair on his head wet. Why?

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Find the next number in the sequence

5 12 24 36 ?

Asked by Neha on 08 Jul 2023

A landlord calls both of his sons and tells them that their horses will now decide who will transfer the inheritance. He tells them to race along the land till the end and the one whose horse will be slower will win and be the heir to all the property.

Both of them keep wandering for days but to no result. Then they ask a wise man regarding it. The man advises them on the matter after which they jump on the horses and race as fast as they can till the end. Why did they do it?

What did the wise man say?

Asked by Neha on 05 Nov 2025


Next Number in the Series,

5, 16, 49, 104, ?

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