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denis
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15 passengers got on an empty bus at the terminal in Newark, NJ for a fun night at the casinos of Atlantic City, NJ. Along the route the bus has stops where it may pick up on drop off passengers and where passengers may pick up a quick refreshment. At the first stop, 10 passengers left the bus but only of these 5 people got back on, the others being too inebriated as to remember when to get back to the bus. No other passengers embarked on the bus at this or other stops along the route since departure from Newark, NJ.
But when the bus arrived in Atlantic City, 15 passengers got off the bus.
What happened?
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Re: Casino Bus
« Reply #1 on: Feb 3rd, 2007, 11:51am » |
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This is confusing...
Were 5 babies born then? 
Mabye there was a cloning machine on the bus 
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Re: Casino Bus
« Reply #2 on: Feb 3rd, 2007, 11:54am » |
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No...
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Re: Casino Bus
« Reply #3 on: Feb 3rd, 2007, 3:34pm » |
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20 passangers got on at Newark. Just becouse it says 15 got on doesn't mean there weren't more.
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Re: Casino Bus
« Reply #4 on: Feb 3rd, 2007, 3:57pm » |
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Nope... the bus left Newark with 15 passengers.
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Re: Casino Bus
« Reply #5 on: Feb 3rd, 2007, 4:09pm » |
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Well, those were the only answers that I could come up with so since it is a "what happened" riddle I will ask some questions.
1. Just before the bus stoped for the first stop were there still only 15 passangers?
2. Does the location mater?
3. Did 5 people use some other way of getting into the bus when it was moving? (such as jumping in through the window)
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Re: Casino Bus
« Reply #6 on: Feb 3rd, 2007, 4:15pm » |
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Did anyone get on at places other than the stops?
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Re: Casino Bus
« Reply #7 on: Feb 3rd, 2007, 4:16pm » |
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1. Yes
2. Yes
3. No
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Re: Casino Bus
« Reply #8 on: Feb 3rd, 2007, 4:18pm » |
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on Feb 3rd, 2007, 4:15pm, Icarus wrote:| Did anyone get on at places other than the stops? |
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Re: Casino Bus
« Reply #9 on: Feb 3rd, 2007, 7:16pm » |
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If the location does play a role in the answer, than what about the time?
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Re: Casino Bus
« Reply #10 on: Feb 3rd, 2007, 7:23pm » |
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on Feb 3rd, 2007, 7:16pm, Padfoot wrote:| If the location does play a role in the answer, than what about the time? |
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Re: Casino Bus
« Reply #11 on: Feb 3rd, 2007, 7:39pm » |
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10 more people got off before the destination, so by the time the bus got to the destination, 15 people had gotten off.
[e]That's not right though, it would be too easy. I'm sure that's not what you meant. You meant that 15 passengers got off at the destination, right?[/e]
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Re: Casino Bus
« Reply #12 on: Feb 3rd, 2007, 7:42pm » |
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Considering where this is taking place, they probably found five dead bodies on the bus.
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Re: Casino Bus
« Reply #13 on: Feb 3rd, 2007, 8:03pm » |
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on Feb 3rd, 2007, 7:39pm, Locke64 wrote:| You meant that 15 passengers got off at the destination, right?[/e] |
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on Feb 3rd, 2007, 7:42pm, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot wrote:| Considering where this is taking place, they probably found five dead bodies on the bus. |
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nope... 15 live people got on at Newark. 15 live people walked off at destination at Atlantic City. None were carried on or off the bus.
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Re: Casino Bus
« Reply #14 on: Feb 3rd, 2007, 8:28pm » |
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A landing party from the Starship Enterprise beamed aboard the bus...
Or better, five space aliens got on somewhere (not people) and turned into people between the first stop and final destination!
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Re: Casino Bus
« Reply #15 on: Feb 3rd, 2007, 8:32pm » |
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on Feb 3rd, 2007, 8:28pm, raven wrote:A landing party from the Starship Enterprise beamed aboard the bus...
Or better, five space aliens got on somewhere (not people) and turned into people between the first stop and final destination!
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LOL.... That would explain things except for the fact that the intended answer does not involve aliens, time machines or teletransportation....
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Re: Casino Bus
« Reply #16 on: Feb 4th, 2007, 12:57am » |
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I guess those five who forgot to get back to the bus at the first stop took a cab, rushed after the bus and got back on it at the next stop.
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Re: Casino Bus
« Reply #17 on: Feb 4th, 2007, 7:21am » |
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on Feb 3rd, 2007, 11:18am, denis wrote:| No other passengers embarked on the bus at this or other stops along the route since departure from Newark, NJ. |
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Re: Casino Bus
« Reply #18 on: Feb 4th, 2007, 9:47am » |
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No"OTHER" passengers. It does not say that these passengers did not get back on the bus later.
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Re: Casino Bus
« Reply #19 on: Feb 4th, 2007, 10:04am » |
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on Feb 4th, 2007, 9:47am, jollytall wrote:| No"OTHER" passengers. It does not say that these passengers did not get back on the bus later. |
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Interesting answer, I would be tempted to award it an alternate if it wern't for the fact that 25 people could get off the bus at Altlantic City without changing other parameters. The riddle would still be consistent.
In this riddle no passengers, original ones or otherwise got on, or back on the bus after the first stop since its departure from Newark.
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Re: Casino Bus
« Reply #20 on: Feb 4th, 2007, 11:40am » |
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Perhaps more than 15 people got on the bus at Newark, but you only bothered to mention the 15?
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Re: Casino Bus
« Reply #21 on: Feb 4th, 2007, 11:51am » |
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on Feb 3rd, 2007, 3:34pm, Padfoot wrote:| 20 passangers got on at Newark. Just becouse it says 15 got on doesn't mean there weren't more. |
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Is this what your talking about?
I think denis said that the bus left Newark with 15 passangers though.
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Re: Casino Bus
« Reply #22 on: Feb 4th, 2007, 12:12pm » |
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on Feb 4th, 2007, 11:40am, Icarus wrote:| Perhaps more than 15 people got on the bus at Newark, but you only bothered to mention the 15? |
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No...Only 15 got on at Newark. No more. The bus left Newark with 15 on board and arrived at the first stop with 15 on board.
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Re: Casino Bus
« Reply #23 on: Feb 4th, 2007, 12:57pm » |
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To summarize:
(1) The bus leaves Newark with exactly 15 passengers.
(2) No one gets off or gets on anywhere before arriving in Atlantic City, except at the first stop.
(3) At the first stop, exactly 10 people get off, and exactly 5 get on.
(4) No one was born on the bus or by other means somehow spontaneously came into being on the bus.
(5) When it arrives at Atlantic City, 15 passengers get off the bus.
Did anyone get on the bus at Atlantic City, then get back off? (Even if so, I wouldn't call them "passengers".)
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A Biologist, Physicist, and Mathematician were following the bus in their own car, and observed all the goings-on. Upon seeing the 15 passengers get off, the Biologist exclaimed "they procreated!" "No", the Physicist replied, "it must be a measurement error." The mathematician responded "you know, if 5 more people will get on the bus, it will be empty."
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Re: Casino Bus
« Reply #24 on: Feb 4th, 2007, 1:27pm » |
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on Feb 4th, 2007, 12:57pm, Icarus wrote:To summarize:
Did anyone get on the bus at Atlantic City, then get back off? (Even if so, I wouldn't call them "passengers".)
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