A nickel.

 

A nickle must be correct - my wife agrees with that answer. Her logic makes sense but it still doesn't seem right - where's my beer - oh wait, I can't drink. ccasion5:

 

It's got to be 5 cents. That way, at $1.05, the bat is $1 more than the ball. (is a nickel 5 cents?)

 

It's got to be 5 cents. That way, at $1.05, the bat is $1 more than the ball. (is a nickel 5 cents?)

I agree . It's rather like the sales gimmicks. Say something cost 100, and is reduced in the sales by 50% and then further reduced by 10%, you would think you are getting 60% discount. But you are not; it's 55%

 

here in the u.s.a. - a nickel is a 5 cent coin.

 

I'm not sure what he is wating for. I PM-ed him with a nickle about 10 minutes after he posted it last night.

 

Real simple just do a search. "A baseball bat and baseball cost $1.10"

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index ... 702AAkO3w4

Why is five cents called a nickel?
Prior to introduction of the nickel, five-cent pieces were very small silver coins called half dimes. Due to shortages of silver during and after the American Civil War, an alternative metal was needed for five-cent coinage, and the copper–nickel alloy still in use today was selected.

I think that is more interesting than the problem. :lol:

 

Sounds like fuzzy math to me. :lol:

 

Yeah pretty cheap balls too, only a nickel.

 

A baseball bat and baseball cost $1.10
The bat costs $1 more than the ball.
How much did the ball cost?

PM me with your answer and I will post the first correct answer.

OK. I get it now. Tricky and took me a moment to think about it.

 

Sports kit is pretty cheap in the States methinks.

 

For those interested, here is the algebra.

x+x+1=1.1
combining;
2x+1=1.1
subtract 1 from both sides;
2x=.1
divide both sides by 2;
x=.05

 

Yeah, simple substitution equation. Algebra 101.

 

Sounds like fuzzy math to me.

It would have been fuzzy math if instead of baseball, it were tennis.
:lol:

 

I'm not sure what he is wating for. I PM-ed him with a nickle about 10 minutes after he posted it last night.

Sorry :blackeye:

I got very busy.

According to the time stamps, Buffalo won.
He is also the only one who followed the rules. :roll:

The vast majority of Ivy League College students answered 10 cents, (a dime).

Good math skills to all who got it correct. :thumbup:
Thank your math teacher.