An egg salesman was asked how many eggs he had sold that day.
He replied, "My first customer said, 'I'll buy half your eggs and half an egg more'. My second and third customers said the same thing.
When I had filled all three orders, I sold out of eggs without having to break a single egg the whole day."
How many eggs were sold in all?
(In reply to
The yoke is on YOU! by Gamer)
I agree with Gamer. Also, some terribly easy riddles have been posted on Perplexus before.
As another flavor, you added info just because it wasnt sed it cant happen in the question. So... who's not to say that there were already broken eggs to be able to be sold? Who's not to say that someone wanted 0.0000000000000000000000001 of an egg + half of that? Just by assuming what's not sed in the question can lead to too many possibilities. So, instead of trying to find a terribly hard way, just find the easy way. The answer is clear- 7.
Edited on November 11, 2003, 7:27 pm
re: The yoke is on YOU!
