sauer:

If you have three apples and you took away two, how many will you have?

Natasha,,:

three

sauer:

wrong!  you[b] took away[/b] two, remember?

you were the one who took the two away remember so you still have them with you

Natasha,,:

you were the one who took the two away remember so you still have them with you

sauer:

hmmm. . . .you never sharp reach! Yes, you have them with you. But cos you are "away", you aren't close to the remaining one.
So, you have only two, not three!

you said ''you took them away'' now you said ''because you're away'' so did the apples go their own way?  you took them away, they went with you 

Natasha,,:

two

sauer:

damn! did you change that answer or is it my eyes? clever girl!

its your eyes
lemme try another one

Natasha,,:

its your eyes
lemme try another one

sauer:

You are on an island in the middle of a lake. The lake is in a remote part of the country and there has never been a bridge connecting the island to the mainland.

Every day a tractor and wagon gives hay rides around the island. Puzzled as to how the tractor had gotten onto the island, you ask around and find out that the tractor was not transported to the island by boat or by air. Nor was it built on the island.

Explain how the tractor got there?

Natasha,,:

the tractor was not on the island

sauer:

In how many ways can you spell NAIRA, if N has to start and A has to end all the time!?

sauer:

okay, if it's not on the island, it rides around in the water abi? mtschew, you berra pay attention!

Natasha,,:

lol lemme think

sauer:

Look at the picture and say the COLOR of the word, not the word itself.

Difficult, ehn?








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I did it, but hey it really got me at first  

sauer:

one? when you have NAIRA, NARIA, NRIAA, . . . . . .come on, use permutation!

Natasha,,:

Yes its just one, since you can't pronounce these words as Naira

sauer:

Can you make four (4) nines (9) equal 100??

how did I skip this?  
99 + 9/9 =100
9/9=1 so 99 +1 =100  

sauer:

If you have three apples and you took away two, how many will you have?

Natasha,,:

how did I skip this?  
99 + 9/9 =100
9/9=1 so 9 +1 =100  

eghost247:

you stil have all your apples Joor

sauer:

hmmm. . . .well, the aim is not to make them pronounceable, just to have them!

Brute force: NAIRA =NAIRA, NIRAA, NARIA, NRIAA, NIARA, NRAIA

using permutation: place N and A at beginning and end of word respectively. There are two A's. Since they are indistinguishable, it changes nothing. Assuming no repetition then, the letters in the middle (3 of them) can be arranged in 3 x 2 x 1 ways. So we have 6 ways!

If repetition were allowed, in which case the two A's are distinguishable (?), then just multiply answer by 2. So, we have 12 ways. Not a sane answer, though!  

eghost247:

you stil have all your apples joor

lol its like you haven't eaten apples for a long time