Bat and Ball Problem/ Excercise for Losing Weight/Human History in 1000 pages. Dear all, The Bat and Ball Problem is a classic riddle that challenges your ability to think carefully and not jump to quick conclusions. Here's the problem: You have a bat and a ball. Together, they cost $1.10. The bat costs $1.00 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost? Photo by Jessica Hearn on Unsplash Now, the mistake many people make is to quickly assume that the ball costs $0.10. However, that would make the bat cost $1.10, not $1.00 more than the ball. To solve the problem correctly, you need to do a little math. Let's call the cost of the ball 'x' dollars. Since the bat costs $1.00 more than the ball, its cost would be 'x + $1.00'. Now, if we add the cost of the ball and the bat together, it should equal $1.10. So we can write the equation: x + (x + $1.00) = $1.10 Now, we can simplify this equation: 2x + $1.00 = $1.10 Subtract $1.00 from both sides: 2x = $0.10 Divide both sides by 2: x = $0.05 So, the correct answer is that the ball costs $0.05. The bat, being $1.00 more expensive, would then cost $1.05. The Bat and Ball Problem teaches us the importance of careful reasoning and not jumping to conclusions based on initial assumptions. **One Video I Enjoyed** This time something entertaining. Alena Pahrabniak Alena Pahrabniak on Instagram: "Old is gold 🎶 ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ . . . ⠀ #sketch #sketchbook #sketching #drawingprocess #paintingprocess #drawingvideo #artwork #artoftheday #frogsofinstagram #drawthisinyourstyle" May 18, 2023 **Two Tweets I Enjoyed and Liked** Some random thoughts worth to look for. https://twitter.com/editingemily/status/1666834553544261632 12 Simple Excercise to Lose Weight. https://twitter.com/AndreasPetker/status/1664950403245432833 **Three New Websites I Enjoyed and Liked** Calculator with a twist - https://numbr.dev/ Trolly problem that's really absurd. https://trolleyproblem.io/ https://neal.fun/absurd-trolley-problems/ Only burps. https://justburps.com/ **Three Quotes and Phrases I Liked** "Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats." "Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are."--Marilyn Monroe. "There is no higher praise than being called a fraud. When you're accused of faking your results, that means you're so good your haters can't imagine replicating your outcomes without 'pure dumb luck.' " **Two Write Ups I Enjoyed and Liked** Generate a super fun and interesting report of things that happened since you were born. Click here The Ultimate List of Book Genres: 35 Popular Genres, Explained. Click here **One Photo I Enjoyed and Liked** If Human History Was a 1000 Page Book Wait But Why Wait But Why on Instagram: "Pretty crazy that until 150 years ago people lived in a permanent power outage. The power being on is entirely a page 1,000 phenomenon. Along with cars, trains, planes, phones, radio, vaccines, antibiotics, hot showers, indoor plumbing, fossil fuels, modern liberal democracies, and basically everything else." June 16, 2023 Thanks Xoxo