Hen problem

[swidders]

It's an old one but:

if a hen and a half lay an egg and a half in a day and a half, how many eggs will 6 hens lay in 7 days?

 

[robertito]

28?

 

[swidders]

28?

correct

 

[sooey]

Wouldn't saying 'a hen and a half lay an egg and a half in a day and a half', be equivalent to saying '1 hen lays 1 egg in 1 day? In which case the answer would be 42.

 

[swidders]

Wouldn't saying 'a hen and a half lay an egg and a half in a day and a half', be equivalent to saying '1 hen lays 1 egg in 1 day? In which case the answer would be 42.

Nope - 1 hen lays 1 egg in 1.5 days.

 

[sooey]

Gotcha thanks.

 

[mattylad]

If thats the case then they wont last 7 days, by about the 5th they will be shipped off and in the weekends KFC!

 

[swidders]

If thats the case then they wont last 7 days, by about the 5th they will be shipped off and in the weekends KFC!

finger licking good

 

[tim west]

lay an egg and a half

Wouldn't that be a bit messy?