A witch owns a field containing many gold mines. She hires one man at a time to mine this gold for her. She promises 10% of what a man mines in a day, and he gives her the rest. Because she is blind, she has three magic bags who can talk. They report how much gold they held each day, and this is how she finds out if men are cheating her. Upon getting the job, each man agrees that if he isn't honest, then he will be turned into stone. So around the witch's mines, many statues lay!
Now comes a honest man named Garry. He accepts the job gladly. The witch, who didn't trust him said, "If I wrongly accuse you of cheating me, then I'll be turned into stone."
That night, Garry, having honestly done his first day's job, overheard the bags talking to the witch. He then formulated a plan...
The next night, he submitted his gold, and kept 1.6 pounds of gold.
Later, the witch talked with her bags. The first bag said it held 16 pounds that day. The second one said it held 5 pounds. The third one said it held 2 pounds. Beaming, the witch confronted Garry. "You scoundrel, you think you could fool me. Now you shall turn into stone!" the witch cried. One second later, the witch was hard as a rock, and very grey-looking. How did Garry brilliantly deceive the witch?
2007-02-08 14:24:32 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
Garry put 2 lbs. in bag #1. 3 lbs. were put in bag #2. 11 lbs. were put into bag #3. He then put bag #2 into bag #3, and bag #1 into bag #2. The bags only felt the weight of the gold above it. Thus they inadvertently gave the message that 23 lbs. were taken. Clever, eh?
2007-02-08 14:39:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
he only filled the first bag thus getting the 10% of 16. when she would turn to stone he would get the rest of the gold .
2007-02-08 14:43:57 · answer #2 · answered by tsd574 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because he kept the 10% (1.6 lbs.) of gold that he was promised from the bag that held 16 lbs.
2007-02-08 14:35:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmmmn. This one's tough...................okay- The man took less than 10% of the gold! 10% of 26 is 2.6 The man took 1.6
2007-02-08 14:34:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Garry knew that the witch was on crack.
2007-02-08 15:45:56 · answer #5 · answered by Tiful K. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
puzzling, maybe it was only one bag that he mined.( email all the answers)
2007-02-08 14:34:52 · answer #6 · answered by bassooncrazy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't know, email me with the answer! ^_^
2007-02-08 14:30:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋