A factory recycles cups for use in its canteen. Nine used cups are required to make each new cup. If there are 337 used cups, how many new cups can possibly be made? (I am bored and I have 100s of these on a little desk pad)
Great minds fella. Thats what I guessed. Its wrong like. I cant be arsed trying to find out how the correct answer was calculated.
How the **** is that logical. My calculater (and I assume Defoe in a Row) said 37! You are very close mate. I just dont know why.
It'll have something to do with the balance left over, as 337 isn't exactly divisible by 9. I'm not a maths gimp so I wouldn't even attempt to work out anything that's not a whole number Edit: Thought you were talking to me not DIAR
God, I used to be at school. I havnt got a clue anymore. Dreading the boys maths homework when he's a bit older.
It says you need 9 to make just one, you're left with 4.44 after dividing the first load, then you're left with roughly 4 at the end, meaning you have 8.44 thereabouts. I just don't have the mental arithmetic skills to figure out if the remaining part you need to make 9 is in there with the fractional numbers... if it's not 41 it's definitely 42.
337/9=37+4/9 *(1) using those 37 again -> 37/9=4+1/9 *(2) using those 4 again -> 4/9=4/9 *(3) *(1)+*(2)+*(3) 4/9+1/9+4/9=9/9 = 1 so 37+4+1=42 cups
337 / 9 = 37 new with 4 used left 37 / 9 = 4 new with now 5 used left 4 new are used to become 9 used left therefore 42 can be made
It's a fairly **** recycling plant if it needs 9 cups to make just 1 cup, I think the answer is 0 because no ****er would work there.
42 Has to be the answer as it's answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything!
