[Guest]

Three persons go to market to sell coconuts. One has ten coconuts and the second one has thirty coconut and the third one has fifty coconuts. Each sell all the coconuts in the same manner and at the same rate and get equal/same amount. How and at what rate they sell the coconuts.

Edited November 29, 2008 by kanth

[Guest]

Three persons go to market to sell coconuts. One has ten coconuts and the second one has thirty coconut and the third one has fifty coconuts. Each sell all the coconuts in the same manner and at the same rate and get equal/same amount. How and at what rate they sell the coconuts.

They gave them away for free

[Guest]

They gave them all away to charity

[andromeda]

This is what I'm thinking...

While the first person sells one coconut, the second one also sells one coconut and gives two more for free cause he has a lot of coconuts and he just want's to get rid of them, and the same thing works for person number three except when he sells one coconut he gives four more coconuts away for free... Hm... it doesn't make much sense... cause why would people buy one coconut and five coconuts for the same amount... So I figure that the guy with only 10 coconuts has the best spot on the market and the guy with 50 is on a more secluded spot which is why he had so many coconuts piled up in the first place!

[Guest]

This is what I'm thinking...

While the first person sells one coconut, the second one also sells one coconut and gives two more for free cause he has a lot of coconuts and he just want's to get rid of them, and the same thing works for person number three except when he sells one coconut he gives four more coconuts away for free... Hm... it doesn't make much sense... cause why would people buy one coconut and five coconuts for the same amount... So I figure that the guy with only 10 coconuts has the best spot on the market and the guy with 50 is on a more secluded spot which is why he had so many coconuts piled up in the first place!

Haha, brilliant. I submit to your answer!

[Guest]

Vender A (50 nuts) sells 22 to Vender B (30) who sells 22 to vender C (10) who sells 2 to Vender A (now all have 30) and then they all sell to others.

Edited November 30, 2008 by Ahab

[Guest]

perhaps,

they all work together and just had different loads upon heading to market. together they have ninety coconuts therefore they would all divide up the profits as each would likely sell thirty

[Guest]

i think they all sold the coconuts for different currencies.

[Guest]

it was a man, his wife, and his kid, the man carried 50, the wife carried 30, and the kid carried 10.

then they sold them together.

[Guest]

it was a man, his wife, and his kid, the man carried 50, the wife carried 30, and the kid carried 10.

then they sold them together.

I like your answer better.... lol

[HoustonHokie]

Vender A (50 nuts) sells 22 to Vender B (30) who sells 22 to vender C (10) who sells 2 to Vender A (now all have 30) and then they all sell to others.

I think it's more like this:

Vender A (50 nuts) sells 20 to Vender B (30) and 30 to Vender C (10). Vender B sells 10 to Vender C and the remainder to others. Vender C sells to others. They all sell 50 nuts. But I wonder can they buy and sell at the same time? Also, this doesn't leave them with the same profit (because B & C have to buy coconuts), which I think I understand is part of the OP (hard to tell exactly what "get equal/same amount" means - is that per coconut or at the end of the day?).

maybe parabola's original answer (free coconuts) is better!

Edited December 1, 2008 by HoustonHokie

[Guest]

They sell coconuts in sacks (same manner), and each sack = 1$ (same rate). Since each vendors sack contains different amount of coconuts (1-3-5), each gets 10$ at the end of the day (same amount). Although this will cover the riddle (same manner, same rate and same amount), I'm sure I didn't get it, as I never get these type of riddles.

In my country there are some people, called as "sacker" (they hold a sack). They wander in streets and cafes. You call him, give a definite amount of money, and pick some numbers from his sack. Just as bingo game, if you win he gives a packet of cigarettes.

If our coconut sellers uses this method, having different fortunes, each may sell all their coconuts and get same amount.