Brain teasers and challenges.

[ethybubs]

I am aware, you just sounded very preachy.

 

[Ohm]

lol, anyway that's gone. I'll say that was something riddles did to me.

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

A man is found dead in a phone booth in a pool of blood. The glass on either end of the phone booth is broken and the phone is hanging. Just outside of the phone booth is a bucket and a stick.

What happened?

 

[Ohm]

A man is found dead in a phone booth in a pool of blood. The glass on either end of the phone booth is broken and the phone is hanging. Just outside of the phone booth is a bucket and a stick.

What happened?

The man lost his life and the glass on either end is broken while other one is safe?

 

[ethybubs]

A man is found dead in a phone booth in a pool of blood. The glass on either end of the phone booth is broken and the phone is hanging. Just outside of the phone booth is a bucket and a stick.

What happened?

He was exaggerating the size of a fish he caught to a friend when he broke both the glass sides with his hands.

 

[Ohm]

A meeting of a society was held to decide whether the members should strike for reduced hours and larger donations. It was arranged that during the count those in favor of the motion should remain standing, and those who voted against sit down.
Chairman in the due course said, "I have the pleasure to announce that the motion is carried by a majority equal to exactly a quarter of the opposition."
"Excuse me, guv'nor," shouted a man at the back, "but some of us here couldn't sit down."
"Why not?"
"Cause there ain't enough chairs."
"Then perhaps those who wanted to sit down but couldn't will hold up their hands... I find there are a dozen of you, so the motion is lost by a majority of one."

How many members voted at that meeting?

Anybody? It's just a verbal math problem, an algebra thing again.

 

[Ohm]

A meeting of a society was held to decide whether the members should strike for reduced hours and larger donations. It was arranged that during the count those in favor of the motion should remain standing, and those who voted against sit down.
Chairman in the due course said, "I have the pleasure to announce that the motion is carried by a majority equal to exactly a quarter of the opposition."
"Excuse me, guv'nor," shouted a man at the back, "but some of us here couldn't sit down."
"Why not?"
"Cause there ain't enough chairs."
"Then perhaps those who wanted to sit down but couldn't will hold up their hands... I find there are a dozen of you, so the motion is lost by a majority of one."

How many members voted at that meeting?

207

Assume that votes in favor of motion be X and votes against be Y.

Chairman in the due course said, "I have the pleasure to announce that the motion is carried by a majority equal to exactly a quarter of the opposition."

Equation after the first result:
X-Y=Y/4
Hence, 4X-5Y=0 ....... (1st equation)

"Then perhaps those who wanted to sit down but couldn't will hold up their hands... I find there are a dozen of you, so the motion is lost by a majority of one."

Equation after the second result: A condition has added that X is reduced by 12 and Y increases by 12(votes were switched).
(Y+12)-(X-12)=1
Y+12-X+12=1
Y+23=X

Put the expressed value of X in 1st equation.
Hence, 4(Y+23)-5Y=0
4Y+92-5Y=0
92-Y=0
Y=92

The number of voters who voted against were 92 and in favor 115(Y+Y/4=X, Y/4=23 & 92+23=115) after the first time counting.
Total voters = 92+115=207

Also 12 added to Y and 12 substituted from X would make Y=104 & X=103 respectively, here the second condition(Y>X by 1) is proved.

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

He was exaggerating the size of a fish he caught to a friend when he broke both the glass sides with his hands.

Yep.