Mid week brain teaser?

How many cubic feet of dirty is in a 6 foot wide by 6 foot deep by 6 foot across hole?

It wouldn't be a hole if there was dirt in it.

Should have titled that one mid weak brain teaser:Rofl

I looked at it the other way. If it's a hole, the answer would be zero.

Better, with non-trickster intent, would be to substitute was for is...You can't trick a trickster(eg- How far could a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood!:Rofl

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Very true

Three brothers stopped at a motel and got a room. The clerk said it was $30 for the night. They each reached into their pockets and gave the man a ten dollar bill. Later the manager stopped in and upon learning that the room was rented, told the staffer that the room only cost $25 this week, not the $30 that he had collected. So he handed him 5 one dollar bills and told him to give the men their money back. Well along the way he got to figuring, five one dollar bills and only three of them, so he put two of the bills in his own pocket and gave the brothers back each a dollar.

So the room originally cost $30, and each had paid $10, and gotten back one dollar. So each actually had paid only $9. There were three of them, so that is $27, plus the two dollars the clerk has in his pocket makes $29. What happened to the other dollar ?

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Originally Posted by Micanopy

Three brothers stopped at a motel and got a room. The clerk said it was $30 for the night. They each reached into their pockets and gave the man a ten dollar bill. Later the manager stopped in and upon learning that the room was rented, told the staffer that the room only cost $25 this week, not the $30 that he had collected. So he handed him 5 one dollar bills and told him to give the men their money back. Well along the way he got to figuring, five one dollar bills and only three of them, so he put two of the bills in his own pocket and gave the brothers back each a dollar.

So the room originally cost $30, and each had paid $10, and gotten back one dollar. So each actually had paid only $9. There were three of them, so that is $27, plus the two dollars the clerk has in his pocket makes $29. What happened to the other dollar ?

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That one is certainly an anomaly in the math system. I chased that answer for a long while and could never come up with an answer that suited me

With today's EXPLOSION of internet ordering(eg- Covid variable) the answer now is EASY-PEASY "burger/fries-cheesy"!!:highfive =Delivery charge!! Clerk $2(more labor-intense) Boss $1(a boss is only half as good as his employees!:biggrin Also, his outlay(less intense) NOW, that being said, had I been the Bossman = 10 rolls /pennies!!:Rofl Anything else ya need help with Micanopy?:twocents

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