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1. Count every "F" in the following  text:
 HOW MANY  'F's are there?

FINISHED FILES ARE THE
RESULT  OF YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE  EXPERIENCE OF YEARS.....



  Count them  again!


2. Johnny’s mother had three children. The first child was named April. The second child was named May. What was the third child’s name?

3. If you were running a race and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?

4. Which is correct to say, “The yolk of the egg is white” or “The yolk of the egg are white?”

5. Three travelers register at a hotel and are told that their rooms will cost $10 each so they pay $30. Later the clerk realizes that he made a mistake and should have only charged them $25. He gives a bellboy $5 to return to them but the bellboy is dishonest and gives them each only $1, keeping $2 for himself. So the men actually spent $27 and the bellboy kept $2. What happened to the other dollar of the original $30?


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Answers:

1.  6
     The brain  cannot process "OF".

FINISHED FILES ARE THE
RESULT  OF YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE  EXPERIENCE OF YEARS.....  
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Incredible  or what?

2. Johnny
3. You would be in 2nd place. You passed the person in second place, not first.
4. Neither. Egg yolks are yellow.
5. There is no missing dollar from the original $30 because after getting $1 back, the three travelers  had paid a total of $27 for their room ($9 each), not $30. Out of that $27, the hotel has $25 and the clerk kept the remaining $2. If you still want to work from the original $30, the travelers have $3, the hotel has $25 and the bellboy has $2. The misleading part is adding the bellboy's $2 to the $27, when in fact it should be subtracted.

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THE  18TH CAMEL.....

There was a father who left 17 camels as an asset for his three sons.
When the father passed away, his sons opened up the Will.
The Will of the father stated that the eldest son should get 1/2 (half) of total camels while the middle son should be given 1/3rd (one-third) and the youngest son should be given 1/9th (one-ninth) of the total camels.

As it was not possible to divide 17 into half or 17 by 3 or 17 by 9, the three sons started to fight with each other. So, the three sons decided to go to a wise man.

The wise man read the Will patiently. The wise man, after giving due thought, brought one camel of his own and added the same to 17. That increased the total to 18 camels.

Now, he started reading the deceased father’s Will.

Half of 18 = 9. So he gave the eldest son 9 camels
1/3rd of 18 = 6. So he gave the middle son 6 camels
1/9th of 18 = 2. So he gave the youngest son 2 camels.
Now add this up: 9 plus 6 plus 2 is 17 and this leaves one camel, which the wise man took back!


Moral:  The attitude of negotiation and problem solving is to find the 18th camel i.e. the common ground. Once a person is able to find the 18th camel the issue is resolved. It is difficult at times. However, to reach a solution, the first step is to believe that there is a solution. If we think that there is no solution, we won’t be able to reach any!