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Barrel (Posted on 2003-01-12)

Tim and Adam made a bet.Tim bet Adam that he could put something into his barrel to make it lighter. They first weighed the barrel. Then Adam left the room while Tim pondered a solution.One hour later, Adam returned, and they weighed the barrel once again. The barrel was indeed lighter. What did Tim put in the barrel?

Submitted by Jennifer

Rating: 2.5000 (18 votes)

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A hole.

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Subject	Author	Date
Beterring the question	Danish Ahmed Khan	2012-10-28 03:38:23
solution	Katwoman	2007-07-16 16:06:40
answer	K Sengupta	2007-04-12 11:52:59
easy	Jak Dakars	2005-08-23 23:44:33
an alternative	gracie	2004-12-31 05:19:00
um...	Linda	2004-12-16 19:28:44
guess...	allison	2004-07-17 18:24:44
he put...	Billy Bob	2004-04-03 12:06:08
I swear	Shanna	2004-03-23 20:39:57
another old one	Brian	2004-01-05 22:50:06
another old one	Brian	2004-01-05 22:48:03
another old one	Brian	2004-01-05 22:47:40
re: Alternative solution	Captain Paradox	2004-01-04 20:56:08
please ignore	FatBoy	2003-10-03 08:45:37
Easy	Lewis	2003-05-27 22:46:41
My Original Helium Solution	Berry	2003-05-10 06:02:03
pretty standard problem...	The Mighty Puck	2003-04-08 20:21:36
re(2): think think ??????	fwaff	2003-02-13 22:13:50
re: think think ??????	levik	2003-02-13 07:14:36
re: think think ??????	fwaff	2003-02-12 21:26:55
think think ??????	Ravi Raja	2003-02-12 21:20:11
Alternative solution	fwaff	2003-01-21 02:29:15
Answer	ya	2003-01-13 16:45:35
Answer	Hershel	2003-01-13 15:51:34
answer	Jerome	2003-01-12 20:44:27
Barrel	Ravi Raja	2003-01-12 05:59:21
I'm new	tom	2003-01-12 04:33:56

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