Saturday, 16 October 2010

fruit

x=oranges
y=bananas

4x + 4y = 2500cfa
2x + 2y = 700cfa
4x + 2y = 1100cfa
2y = 300cfa
4x = 1000cfa

a prize for anyone who can work out the price of an orange or banana

4 comments:

  1. Originally, I calculated that one orange was 250 CFA, or 33p, and that one apple was 150 CFA, or 20p.

    But I am led to believe this is not strictly correct, and that some of the above transactions were part of African fruit deal bonanzas, as the pricing is not consistent.

    I am currently delirious from eating 140g of chocolate in a short space of time. A prize for anyone who can work out how many grams of chocolate will make me vomit.

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  2. I believe 2000g of chocolate will make you vomit. we will bring your prize back from our travels, it will be covered in sweat like everything else we own and me, right now, in this internet cafe that is also functioning as a sauna, I am delirious from dehydration.

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  3. I think maybe you were done. I love maths-based blogging. Can we have more of that please?

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  4. here, here! more brain teaser blogs please - I can't get enough.

    4 oranges and 2 bananas looks like an extremely good deal to me. But FOR THE LOVE OF GOD resist the temptation to buy two extra bananas!

    And where the hell did apples come into all of this!?

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