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INCREDIBLY SIMPLE BUT DECEPTIVE QUESTION THAT MOST PEOPLE GET WRONG

(1) A bat and a ball cost $1.10 in total. The bat costs $1.0...
exciting sticky theater candlestick maker
  07/25/17
Bat $1.05 Ball $.05 Duh
Misanthropic parlour useless brakes
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WRONG
Metal Blood Rage
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(3) In a lake, there is a patch of lily pads. Every day, the...
exciting sticky theater candlestick maker
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47
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47. Are these Facebook brain teasers for 100 iq proles or so...
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Though intuitive, this answer is wrong, as a bit of reflecti...
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wait that's what he had
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Jade field pisswyrm
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Cr Ball is X Bat is (X + 1.00) X + (X + 1.00) = 1.1...
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cr
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not if OP is flame
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Dead electric center
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these qs are literally s tolen directly from an identical th...
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If it takes five machines five minutes to make five widgets,...
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5 minutes
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5 minutes
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4. There are four cards on a table. Each has a letter on one...
exciting sticky theater candlestick maker
  07/25/17
card A , based on the rule exactly as phrased
Contagious awkward area
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A and 5 if you have to confirm the rule is true or false for...
Fuchsia cowardly messiness
  07/25/17
you don't need 5 because the rule doesn't say "an even ...
Contagious awkward area
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A plumber had a dispute with a homeowner about the amount ow...
exciting sticky theater candlestick maker
  07/25/17
I haven't thought about crim since bar exam too long ago, bu...
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D
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  07/25/17
isn't taking something an element of burglary? I don't remem...
Contagious awkward area
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A man sued a railroad for personal injuries suffered when hi...
exciting sticky theater candlestick maker
  07/25/17
Fuck. A.
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A woman borrowed $800,000 from a bank and gave the bank a no...
exciting sticky theater candlestick maker
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lol no idea but I guess D
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D
alcoholic indigo senate
  07/25/17
no idea what the law is, but would hope it's A
alcoholic indigo senate
  07/25/17
i thought it was just basically breaking and entering
alcoholic indigo senate
  07/25/17
I'm sure you're right I forget all this
Contagious awkward area
  07/25/17
I think it's B&E with intent to commit a felony
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  07/25/17
*flat circle
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ty
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i first saw these questions as part of rationality tests lik...
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  07/25/17
#5, wouldn't there be more information required? Isn't ther...
Massive office philosopher-king
  07/25/17
I would love to buy a baseball bat for $1.05. link?
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  07/25/17
(tony scaramucci)
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Save you 1 cent: http://www.ebay.com/itm/EASTON-POWER-BOL...
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Date: July 25th, 2017 11:49 AM
Author: exciting sticky theater candlestick maker

(1) A bat and a ball cost $1.10 in total. The bat costs $1.00 more than the

ball. How much does the ball cost?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3684406&forum_id=2#33850905)



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Date: July 25th, 2017 11:51 AM
Author: Misanthropic parlour useless brakes

Bat $1.05

Ball $.05

Duh

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3684406&forum_id=2#33850920)



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Date: July 25th, 2017 11:52 AM
Author: Metal Blood Rage

WRONG

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3684406&forum_id=2#33850928)



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Date: July 25th, 2017 11:52 AM
Author: exciting sticky theater candlestick maker

(3) In a lake, there is a patch of lily pads. Every day, the patch doubles in

size. If it takes 48 days for the patch to cover the entire lake, how long

would it take for the patch to cover half of the lake?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3684406&forum_id=2#33850931)



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Date: July 25th, 2017 11:53 AM
Author: Contagious awkward area

47

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3684406&forum_id=2#33850939)



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Date: July 25th, 2017 11:53 AM
Author: Pale multi-billionaire

47. Are these Facebook brain teasers for 100 iq proles or something?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3684406&forum_id=2#33850947)



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Date: July 25th, 2017 12:07 PM
Author: Contagious awkward area



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3684406&forum_id=2#33851062)



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Date: July 25th, 2017 11:52 AM
Author: exciting sticky theater candlestick maker

Though intuitive, this answer is wrong, as a bit of reflection

shows. If the ball costs ten cents and the bat costs one dollar more, the bat

must cost $1.10. Adding those two figures together, the total cost of the bat

and ball would be $1.20, not $1.10. Therefore, the correct answer is five

cents—the ball costs five cents, the bat costs $1.05, and together they cost

$1.10

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3684406&forum_id=2#33850930)



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Date: July 25th, 2017 11:54 AM
Author: Contagious awkward area

wait that's what he had

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3684406&forum_id=2#33850949)



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Date: July 25th, 2017 11:56 AM
Author: Jade field pisswyrm



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3684406&forum_id=2#33850963)



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Date: July 25th, 2017 11:59 AM
Author: Misanthropic parlour useless brakes

Cr

Ball is X

Bat is (X + 1.00)

X + (X + 1.00) = 1.10

2x + 1.00 = 1.10

2X =. 10

X =. 05



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3684406&forum_id=2#33850990)



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Date: July 25th, 2017 12:03 PM
Author: Contagious awkward area

cr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3684406&forum_id=2#33851007)



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Date: July 25th, 2017 12:08 PM
Author: startling old irish cottage

not if OP is flame

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3684406&forum_id=2#33851069)



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Date: July 25th, 2017 12:45 PM
Author: Dead electric center



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3684406&forum_id=2#33851385)



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Date: July 25th, 2017 11:55 AM
Author: flatulent passionate brethren cruise ship

these qs are literally s tolen directly from an identical thread i made years ago. xo is a circle

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3684406&forum_id=2#33850954)



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Date: July 25th, 2017 11:56 AM
Author: exciting sticky theater candlestick maker

If it takes five machines five minutes to make five widgets, how long does it take 100 machines to make 100 widgets?



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3684406&forum_id=2#33850964)



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Date: July 25th, 2017 12:03 PM
Author: Contagious awkward area

5 minutes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3684406&forum_id=2#33851015)



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Date: July 25th, 2017 12:03 PM
Author: Big step-uncle's house

5 minutes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3684406&forum_id=2#33851016)



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Date: July 25th, 2017 12:05 PM
Author: exciting sticky theater candlestick maker

4. There are four cards on a table. Each has a letter on one side and a number on the other. The cards look like this:

K A 8 5

Here is a rule: If a card has a vowel on its letter side, it has an even number on its number side. Which card(s) must be turned over to find out if the rule is true or false?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3684406&forum_id=2#33851041)



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Date: July 25th, 2017 12:07 PM
Author: Contagious awkward area

card A , based on the rule exactly as phrased

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3684406&forum_id=2#33851055)



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Date: July 25th, 2017 12:09 PM
Author: Fuchsia cowardly messiness

A and 5 if you have to confirm the rule is true or false for all instances

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3684406&forum_id=2#33851070)



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Date: July 25th, 2017 12:12 PM
Author: Contagious awkward area

you don't need 5 because the rule doesn't say "an even number has a vowel on the other side" - it isn't a symmetric rule

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3684406&forum_id=2#33851104)



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Date: July 25th, 2017 12:15 PM
Author: exciting sticky theater candlestick maker

A plumber had a dispute with a homeowner about the amount owed on a plumbing job. The homeowner paid what the plumber demanded, but the plumber believed that the homeowner stole his drill as a way to get back at him.

One night, the plumber entered the homeowner’s house without permission to retrieve his drill. The plumber found a drill, but quickly realized that it was not his. The plumber then left without taking anything, locking the door behind him.

Is the plumber guilty of burglary?

(A) No, because the plumber did not take anything.

(B) No, because the plumber made a reasonable mistake of fact.

(C) Yes, because larceny is a felony.

(D) Yes, because he entered the dwelling of another without permission.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3684406&forum_id=2#33851118)



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Date: July 25th, 2017 12:19 PM
Author: Contagious awkward area

I haven't thought about crim since bar exam too long ago, but I think you taking something is an element of burglary so A. And besides B through D are wrong for other reasons.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3684406&forum_id=2#33851156)



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Date: July 25th, 2017 12:19 PM
Author: alcoholic indigo senate

D

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3684406&forum_id=2#33851157)



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Date: July 25th, 2017 12:20 PM
Author: Contagious awkward area

isn't taking something an element of burglary? I don't remember ....

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3684406&forum_id=2#33851169)



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Date: July 25th, 2017 12:22 PM
Author: exciting sticky theater candlestick maker

A man sued a railroad for personal injuries suffered when his car was struck by a train at an unguarded crossing. A major issue is whether the train sounded its whistle before arriving at the crossing. The railroad has offered the testimony of a resident who has lived near the crossing for 15 years. Although she was not present on the occasion in question, she will testify that, whenever she is home, the train always sounds its whistle before arriving at the crossing. Is the resident’s testimony admissible?

(A) No, due to the resident’s lack of personal knowledge regarding the incident in question.

(B) No, because habit evidence is limited to the conduct of persons, not businesses.

(C) Yes, as evidence of a routine practice.

(D) Yes, as a summary of her present sense impressions

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3684406&forum_id=2#33851184)



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Date: July 25th, 2017 12:26 PM
Author: Contagious awkward area

Fuck. A.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3684406&forum_id=2#33851215)



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Date: July 25th, 2017 12:29 PM
Author: exciting sticky theater candlestick maker

A woman borrowed $800,000 from a bank and gave the bank a note for that amount secured by a mortgage on her farm. Several years later, at a time when the woman still owed the bank $750,000 on the mortgage loan, she sold the farm to a man for $900,000. The man paid the woman $150,000 in cash and specifically assumed the mortgage note. The bank received notice of this transaction and elected not to exer-cise the optional due-on-sale clause in the mortgage. Without informing the man, the bank later released the woman from any further personal liability on the note. After he had owned the farm for a number of years, the man defaulted on the loan. The bank properly accelerated the loan, and the farm was eventually sold at a foreclosure sale for $500,000. Because there was still $600,000 owing on the note, the bank sued the man for the $100,000 deficiency. Is the man liable to the bank for the deficiency?

(A) No, because the woman would have still been primarily liable for payment, but the bank had released her from personal liability.

(B) No, because the bank’s release of the woman from per-sonal liability also released the man.

(C) Yes, because the bank’s release of the woman consti-tuted a clogging of the equity of redemption.

(D) Yes, because the man’s personal liability on the note was not affected by the bank’s release of the woman.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3684406&forum_id=2#33851249)



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Date: July 25th, 2017 12:32 PM
Author: Contagious awkward area

lol no idea but I guess D

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3684406&forum_id=2#33851273)



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Date: July 25th, 2017 12:33 PM
Author: alcoholic indigo senate

D

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3684406&forum_id=2#33851285)



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Date: July 25th, 2017 12:26 PM
Author: alcoholic indigo senate

no idea what the law is, but would hope it's A

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3684406&forum_id=2#33851217)



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Date: July 25th, 2017 12:23 PM
Author: alcoholic indigo senate

i thought it was just basically breaking and entering

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3684406&forum_id=2#33851193)



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Date: July 25th, 2017 12:24 PM
Author: Contagious awkward area

I'm sure you're right I forget all this

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3684406&forum_id=2#33851205)



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Date: July 25th, 2017 6:02 PM
Author: Flushed Dashing Menage Becky

I think it's B&E with intent to commit a felony

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3684406&forum_id=2#33853778)



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Date: July 25th, 2017 10:10 PM
Author: exciting sticky theater candlestick maker



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Date: July 25th, 2017 12:14 PM
Author: cerebral flirting station background story

*flat circle

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3684406&forum_id=2#33851114)



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Date: July 25th, 2017 12:15 PM
Author: flatulent passionate brethren cruise ship

ty

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3684406&forum_id=2#33851117)



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Date: July 25th, 2017 12:03 PM
Author: Big step-uncle's house

i first saw these questions as part of rationality tests like this one:

http://magazine.utoronto.ca/summer-2009/rationality-quiz/



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3684406&forum_id=2#33851013)



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Date: July 25th, 2017 12:42 PM
Author: Massive office philosopher-king

#5, wouldn't there be more information required? Isn't there potential that it was less likely to be involved in an accident?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3684406&forum_id=2#33851355)



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Date: July 25th, 2017 12:09 PM
Author: Wine gaming laptop

I would love to buy a baseball bat for $1.05. link?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3684406&forum_id=2#33851072)



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Date: July 25th, 2017 12:20 PM
Author: alcoholic indigo senate



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Date: July 25th, 2017 12:23 PM
Author: Frum tank

(tony scaramucci)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3684406&forum_id=2#33851192)



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Date: July 25th, 2017 12:26 PM
Author: alcoholic indigo senate



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Date: July 25th, 2017 12:27 PM
Author: Contagious awkward area



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Date: July 25th, 2017 12:43 PM
Author: Massive office philosopher-king

Save you 1 cent:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/EASTON-POWER-BOLT-YOUTH-BASEBALL-BAT-30-IN-22-OZ-8-Mdl-LPB6/322602007164



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3684406&forum_id=2#33851367)