"Mys Terry" wrote in message
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On Wed, 08 Feb 2006 10:53:18 -0500, katy
wrote:

just in case any of you had any doubts, the answer is 198.
The
rest, just like Mys Terry is obfuscation: smoke and mirrors.

Bzzzzt! Wrong. The correct answer is 250.

There should have been 250 evening gowns. Half were coats which
means
there were 125 coats, or 50%. Twenty percent were children's
sizes,
which means 50, but of those, 24 were both coats and for
children.
Therefore you must subtract the 24 from the total obtained, as
these
are overlapping categories. You therefore have 50 percent, plus
20
percent, plus 99 - 24 = 100 percent.

So now you are a proven liar as well as a proven idiot, because
you
kept insisting you knew the answer, when in fact you did not.

Care to try another?


Been reading 'Boys Life' again?

SBV