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ebaines · May 10, 2007, 01:32 PM

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...

Curlyben · May 10, 2007, 01:37 PM

Errrrrrm that's easy NEITHER.
Well you weren't drinking it so it's all mine.
*Evil Laugh*

alkalineangel · May 10, 2007, 01:39 PM

The white is more contaminated...

J_9 · May 10, 2007, 01:52 PM

Here hand me both, I'll taste them and tell you which is contaminated

BEN, GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY WINE!!

alkalineangel · May 10, 2007, 01:59 PM

Lol... I wish I could drink... what do they say? A glass a day?

Capuchin · May 10, 2007, 02:01 PM

Both are contaminated the same amount.

Nosnosna · May 10, 2007, 02:19 PM

Contaminated is contaminated in my book.

They each have the same amount of the other wine in them, though.

J_9 · May 10, 2007, 02:20 PM

A glass of red is good ALK!!

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

Giggle giggle

Curlyben · May 10, 2007, 02:24 PM

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.

J_9 · May 10, 2007, 02:31 PM

Refill glasses, heck let's just pass the bottles!!

ebaines · May 10, 2007, 02:34 PM

It's a good thing I didn't use scotch and bourbon in this question, or you would all be totally unintelligible by now!

Curlyben · May 10, 2007, 02:35 PM

Now you are really talking!!
You'd better not be mixing them with anything but more of the same.

J_9 · May 10, 2007, 02:57 PM

Scotch on the rocks?

Dewars?

Curlyben · May 10, 2007, 02:59 PM

Close J, but I was thinking REAL whisky like an old Macallan, Springbank or Islay Malt.
*Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm*

J_9 · May 10, 2007, 03:04 PM

Good thing you weren't thinking good ole Tennessee sippin whiskey

Ole Grandad
Jack Daniels
Wild Turkey

Yuck!!

Curlyben · May 10, 2007, 03:07 PM

Well you could always pass the Makers Mark Gold Top.

And now back to the question ;)

J_9 · May 10, 2007, 03:09 PM

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.

Capuchin · May 10, 2007, 10:32 PM

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.

ebaines · May 11, 2007, 05:48 AM

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?

colbtech · May 11, 2007, 06:25 AM

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?