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  • May 10, 2007, 01:32 PM
    ebaines
    Wine riddle
    OK, here's a fun little problem whose answer can be surprising -

    Suppose you have two glasses of different liquids with the same amount in both - say 6 ounces of red wine in one glass and 6 ounces of white wine in another. Now if you pour exactly one ounce of the red wine into the white and thoroughly mix it, and then pour one ounce of that mixture back into the glass of red wine and mix it, you will end up with two glasses each containing 6 ounces of "contaminated" wine. The question is: after all the mixing which glass has wine that is more contaminated: the one that was originally all red or the one that was originally all white?

    Post your answer, but please don't give a math proof for it - at least not yet - as that may spoil it for others...
  • May 10, 2007, 01:37 PM
    Curlyben
    Errrrrrm that's easy NEITHER.
    Well you weren't drinking it so it's all mine.
    *Evil Laugh*
  • May 10, 2007, 01:39 PM
    alkalineangel
    The white is more contaminated...
  • May 10, 2007, 01:52 PM
    J_9
    Here hand me both, I'll taste them and tell you which is contaminated

    BEN, GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY WINE!!
  • May 10, 2007, 01:59 PM
    alkalineangel
    Lol... I wish I could drink... what do they say? A glass a day?
  • May 10, 2007, 02:01 PM
    Capuchin
    Both are contaminated the same amount.
  • May 10, 2007, 02:19 PM
    Nosnosna
    Contaminated is contaminated in my book.

    They each have the same amount of the other wine in them, though.
  • May 10, 2007, 02:20 PM
    J_9
    A glass of red is good ALK!!

    Now, let me taste them and I'll tell you, I like contamination!! LOL

    Giggle giggle
  • May 10, 2007, 02:24 PM
    Curlyben
    Oh yeah there's a question here.
    Well other than me being most contaminated, I'd agree with Alk that the one that was all white is the most now.
    But then again I could be wrong so why not refill each and talk me through it again, S L O W L Y this time.
  • May 10, 2007, 02:31 PM
    J_9
    Refill glasses, heck let's just pass the bottles!!
  • May 10, 2007, 02:34 PM
    ebaines
    It's a good thing I didn't use scotch and bourbon in this question, or you would all be totally unintelligible by now!
  • May 10, 2007, 02:35 PM
    Curlyben
    Now you are really talking!!
    You'd better not be mixing them with anything but more of the same.
  • May 10, 2007, 02:57 PM
    J_9
    Scotch on the rocks?

    Dewars?
  • May 10, 2007, 02:59 PM
    Curlyben
    Close J, but I was thinking REAL whisky like an old Macallan, Springbank or Islay Malt.
    *Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm*
  • May 10, 2007, 03:04 PM
    J_9
    Good thing you weren't thinking good ole Tennessee sippin whiskey

    Ole Grandad
    Jack Daniels
    Wild Turkey

    Yuck!!
  • May 10, 2007, 03:07 PM
    Curlyben
    Well you could always pass the Makers Mark Gold Top.

    And now back to the question ;)
  • May 10, 2007, 03:09 PM
    J_9
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Curlyben
    Well you could always pass the Makers Mark Gold Top.

    Don't break the wax

    Anyway, I would have to agree that it is the white wine that is the most contaminated.
  • May 10, 2007, 10:32 PM
    Capuchin
    Eee! Disagreeing with the math heads was never the way to go J_9!

    Imagine the situation where you only have 1 ounce in each glass. Now how about 2 ounces in each glass?

    I hope you can see that both are contaminated equally.
  • May 11, 2007, 05:48 AM
    ebaines
    And the answer is:

    Both glasses have the same amount of contamination. So Cap and Nosnana win the prize, which means they have to buy the next round!

    Curly - you had it right but then for some reason changed your mind - what happened?
  • May 11, 2007, 06:25 AM
    colbtech
    Well a couple of questions first:
    Why would you do such a thing?
    Is it a nice red or is it some cheapo diesel that you're trying to impress friends with?

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