Education & Reference - 18 October 2006

A Greengrocer has two baskets of lemons each containing 30 lemons that have remained near the end of the days trading. He was selling lemons from the 1st basket at 2 for a $1 and lemons from the 2nd basket at 3 for $1. This equates to $15 earned from the 1st and $10 from the 2nd basket...a total of $25 from both.
He then decides to merge the contents of the remaining two baskets into one and sell the remaining 60 lemons at 5 for $2. Even though he is still selling 5 for $2 (3 for $1 + 2 for $1 as previously sold), he will now only earn $24.
What happened to the other $1?

2006-10-18 19:22:46 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Trivia

Someone I know used a word (sincillious/cincillious/scincilious???) I didn't know, and I was too embarassed to admit it (stupid I know) She used it in the context of 'didactic' or 'preachy,' as in, 'don't lecture me.' (At least, that's what I think) I don't know the spelling, and I've looked everywhere for it, but I can't find it anywhere. Do you recognize it?

2006-10-18 19:21:40 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Words & Wordplay

2006-10-18 19:19:46 · 14 answers · asked by mik_vee24 1 in Trivia

exactly at sunrise one morning, a buddhist monk set out to climb a tall mountain. The narrow path was not more than a foot or two wide, and it wound around the mountain to a beautiful glittering temple at the mountain peak. the monk climbed the path at varying rates of speed. he stopped many times along the way to rest and to eat the fruit he carried with him. he reached the temple just before sunser. at the temple, he fasted and meditated for several days. the he began his journey back along the same path, startin at sunrise and walking, as before, at variable speeds with many stops along the way. however his average speed gaoin down the hill was greater than his average climbing speed. prove that there must be a spot along the path that the monk will pass on both trips at exactly the same time of day

2006-10-18 19:17:41 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Homework Help

2006-10-18 19:17:40 · 5 answers · asked by hollaback holly 2 in Special Education

i heard you can if you practice, but not completely, is it true?

2006-10-18 19:14:47 · 14 answers · asked by Jojomon 2 in Studying Abroad

For example, ive been studying and learning college level subjects, even from college text books, but by self teaching, and i do not want to go all the way through learning somthing again that i already know, is there a test or something i can take to prove my knowledge or something without taking the classes? any help is greatly appreciated ^-^
Thanks
Lillian

2006-10-18 19:12:42 · 6 answers · asked by Jill Telburn 1 in Higher Education (University +)

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2006-10-18 19:01:51 · 9 answers · asked by sexy_twin_taylor 1 in Home Schooling

Does anyone know where I can get a case study that I could apply optimization techniques to. It must be a continuous problem.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

2006-10-18 19:01:27 · 1 answers · asked by orion 3 in Higher Education (University +)

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2006-10-18 18:56:21 · 1 answers · asked by venus 1 in Higher Education (University +)

2006-10-18 18:44:28 · 4 answers · asked by venus 1 in Higher Education (University +)

How did we arrive at the dates 500BC or even 2000BC if there were no official callenders at the time?

2006-10-18 18:41:01 · 8 answers · asked by heytex1 1 in Trivia

Urgent!

2006-10-18 18:39:31 · 2 answers · asked by tdabaum 1 in Homework Help

2006-10-18 18:37:18 · 26 answers · asked by Champy R 1 in Words & Wordplay

2006-10-18 18:36:15 · 2 answers · asked by Viktor 3 in Special Education

Please EXPLAIN your answer!!!
Everyone has their own opinion...so please express yours THANK YOU.

2006-10-18 18:34:51 · 10 answers · asked by memyself,i 1 in Homework Help

2006-10-18 18:33:08 · 26 answers · asked by KatzPlace 6 in Words & Wordplay

A coin is tossed 6 times. Find the probability of getting exactly 3 heads

2006-10-18 18:31:14 · 2 answers · asked by congosammy 1 in Homework Help

2006-10-18 18:29:45 · 5 answers · asked by Rahul 1 in Other - Education

i need the specific one....

2006-10-18 18:29:18 · 6 answers · asked by iluvsummahtangerines... 1 in Trivia

2006-10-18 18:28:41 · 1 answers · asked by mloreniana 1 in Higher Education (University +)

you r visiting a strange country in which there are just two kinds of people - truthtellers and liars. Truthtellers always tell the truth and liars always lie. You hail the first two people you meet and say, "Are you truthtellers or liars?" The first person mumbles something you cant hear. The second says, "He says he is a truthteller. He is a truthteller and so am i." Can you trust the direction that these two may give you?

2006-10-18 18:28:18 · 5 answers · asked by Miss Question Mark 2 in Homework Help

If there is 500g of solute X in 1 liter of H2O what is the concentration by percent? (H20=1g/mL)

2006-10-18 18:27:02 · 3 answers · asked by MyStEriOuS 3 in Homework Help

I have a really low gpa unfortunately due to moving around, and some problems. However, I aim for high SAT scores, and I am very keen on sciences, espicially physics (probably my best). Very good with mathematics on a sidenote.

I know french fluently, russian and english natively, have lived in france and US mostly, and have travelled all over Europe. I have a vast experience with all kinds of people, having gone to international schools most my life.

I am currently a junior reading up Feynman's lectures, and trying to get ahead of the game, however my grades do not reflect that.
I am somewhat in a crisis right now, because I don't wish to linger behind and take an extra year of city college (due to my bad gpa), but I do wish to go a prestige Tech/Sciences university where my love of sciences would be satisfied. I have have several conflicts in the past couple of years, that have affected my grades.

Any suggestions on possibilities to improve my chances would be greatly appreciated.

2006-10-18 18:20:06 · 1 answers · asked by Vic 1 in Higher Education (University +)

im doing this project on the french revolution and am almost done but need help on a few things ...


1. How was the Guillotine and the Reign of Terro a step towards deocracy?
2. How was the rise of napoleon a step twords deomocracy?
3. Basic summary of napoleon
4. How to use the word teason in a sentence about the Reign of Terror?


ive been doing this project for days now and im just stuck at some parts , i need all the info you can get (ill award 10 points to whoever helps me the most and best)..... this project im working on needs to be done by 5am
and its currently 10:30pm





HELLLP
AND HURRY

2006-10-18 18:19:55 · 10 answers · asked by tripplethreat123 2 in Homework Help

2006-10-18 18:18:50 · 3 answers · asked by . 2 in Other - Education

I'm failing my latin class big time. So i really need to find a progam for my computer to help me in latin. What programs are there that can help me?

2006-10-18 18:17:54 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Education