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In article <381e23a7.117252346@news.mindspring.com>,
  mcondor@mindspring.com (Mark Condor) wrote:
> Bill Rubin <billrubin@prodigy.net> wrote:
>
> >Now, I am thoroughly confused. Is there some Canadian law which
requires
> >that a non-trivial math problem must be solved in order to win a
contest
> >prize?
>
> You are 100% correct in deducing this. The law calls the question
> a "skill" question, and thus you won/got the discount due to your
> "skill" and not some lottery type thing. We vacation regularly
> in Canada, and tend to be easily amused by such things. The
> only thing surprising to me is that this math question was the
> hardest one I have seen! (Most only require 2 digits)
>
There's a web page devoted to crank calls, and one of them featured a
guy calling people and claiming to be with Sweepstakes Canada, and all
they have to do to win the grand prize was answer the Skill-Testing
Question.  Of course, the question was something ridiculous like "Which
Came First, the Chicken or the Egg?" or "How Many Marbles Do I Have in
my Hand?"  It's funny when the man on the other line replies, "I have
no way of knowing.. that's NOT a skill-testing question!

>>12x10+243-15 = _______

I'm going to assume this a trick question involving "hidden"
parentheses.  Looking at the problem the way it is written above, the
answer appears to be "348", though I get the feeling the stores wants
participants to assume 12x10 and 243-15 are surrounded by parentheses,
thus revealing a completely different answer.  At least they didn't ask
what time the eastbound train from California will meet the westbound
train from New York in Kansas City if the first train travels 60
miles/hour and the second train travels 70 miles/hour and both depart
at 10am EST.  Now, that's a brainteaser to get your head spinning!

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Patrick Lonergan
Ener/Tech Marketing
www.redivoltmfg.com


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