A little bird was flying in the air. It met and asked the leader of 1st flock of birds, "Can you tell me how many of you here?" I dunno said the leader." Then came another flock of birds, and the little bird asked the same question. The leader of the 2nd flock replied, "We're half of the first group, but If you join us all of us will be 100. So how many was the first group?"
2007-03-19 14:39:43 · 19 answers · asked by krusselle 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
66 in the first flock
+ 33 in the second
+ 1 = 100
2007-03-19 14:42:50 · answer #1 · answered by hot.turkey 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Let N = the number of birds in first group.
N/2 is the number of birds in second group
N+N/2 = 100 for the total. Now take away the asking bird and that is 99
Solving 3N/2 = 99 so multiply both sides by 2
You will get 3N=198 so divide both sides by 3
Now you get N=198/3 which gets you 66 birds in group 1
2007-03-19 22:45:03 · answer #2 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There were 66 in the first flock. 33 is half of 66, so 33 was the second, and 66+33+1 is 100!
Yaay!
2007-03-19 21:53:11 · answer #3 · answered by Ian P 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
66 in the first group
33 in the second
plus 1 equal a total of 100
2007-03-27 09:57:38 · answer #4 · answered by brian_d_long2006 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Come on you have to do better than that .... the answer is 66 in the first and 33 in the second plus the outsider is 1 which gives you 100. Don't waste my time geez...
2007-03-27 09:53:56 · answer #5 · answered by ozy184 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
66
2007-03-19 21:43:17 · answer #6 · answered by gregs111 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
66 were in the first group and 33 in the second adding him makes 100.
2007-03-19 21:46:51 · answer #7 · answered by bvis_theman 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
198
2007-03-24 21:36:00 · answer #8 · answered by millyxxkayy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
66 birds were there in the first group
2007-03-27 10:07:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
198 birds
2007-03-27 20:12:48 · answer #10 · answered by kaitlyn w 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋