RE: MD A new puzzle...

From: Erin Noonan (enoonan@kent.edu)
Date: Mon Jul 15 2002 - 02:23:58 BST


yes it did help, I see the light. You are taking some of that
milk that you put in back with you...gotcha

>Hi, Erin,
>
>Yes, here is a difference in the contents of the two teaspoonfuls. The first
>teaspoonful only has milk in it. The second teaspoon, from the coffee mug,
>is mostly coffee, and some milk.
>
>To the exact extent that some milk is being brought back to the milk mug, so
>less coffee is being brought to it. It is as if not quite a full peaspoon of
>milk was first put into the coffee mug (because some in the end is brought
>back), and not quite a full teaspoon of coffee is put into the milk mug,
>(because some of the volume of the teaspoon is taken up with the milf being
>returned). I hope this explanation helps.... I have seen people pull
>their hard out over this one. This MOQ group did better than any other!
>
>Regards,
>Lawry
>
>
>
>> >No I understand what you are saying but everytime I imagine it
>> >the teaspoon of milk + coffee mixture going to mug 2 seems like
>> it has to have
>> >less then the tsp of undiluted milk going to mug1.
>> >I just can't picture how everyone gets them to be even.
>> >So I was asking more with Glenn's adding 1 tsp of coffee with
>> >1 tsp of milk does that always equal 2 tsps liquid. Or does
>> >the process of "dissolving" affect overall volume.
>> >I just can't see how one tsp of undiluted milk put in mug 1 will become
>> >equal to the 1 tsp diluted coffee put in mug 2.
>> >That tsp of diluted coffee has to have some milk taking up the 1
>> tsp volume.
>> >uuuuuuuuuuuuggggggggggggggggggggg
>> >Serious block on this puzzle,
>> >
>> >erin
>>
>
>
>
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