Tricky question

[NinjaMaster]

From another forum.

You have a 125ml glass of white wine and a 125ml glass of red wine.

You then take 5ml of the white wine and add to the red. Mix.

Then take 5ml of the mix from the "red" wine and add back to the white.

Which glass is the most contaminated?

NOTE : This is appartently from a maths test paper of this year!

[Beth]

The red. :ugeek:

[Michelle]

I'd of thought the white wine would be more contaminated, because when you add the white to the red, the white is immediately diluted therefore becoming almost untraceable. So then when you add the red back to the white only a tiny percentage of that would be white wine, therefore making the 5ml of red wine stronger. :ugeek: thus contaminating the white wine more :ugeek: (I had brain food for breakfast this morning :lol: )

Ninjamaster we hope you are in fact going to reveal the answer!!

[Beth]

I'd of thought the white wine would be more contaminated, because when you add the white to the red, the white is immediately diluted therefore becoming almost untraceable. So then when you add the red back to the white only a tiny percentage of that would be white wine, therefore making the 5ml of red wine stronger. :ugeek: thus contaminating the white wine more :ugeek: (I had brain food for breakfast this morning :lol: )

Ninjamaster we hope you are in fact going to reveal the answer!!


Bugger. That's what i meant, i worked it out and everything, then typed the wrong thing. :oops:

I'm blaming hormones. :oops: :lol:

[Michelle]

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[NinjaMaster]

Ninjamaster we hope you are in fact going to reveal the answer!!

See I thought the red initially. but then I sat down and tried to work out the maths behind it with percentages and stuff and got well confused.

I'm going to try again.

:)

[NinjaMaster]

OK. I have the answer.

You take 5 ml from the white and add to the red. Thus giving you 130ml total in the red.

96.1538% is red and 3.8462% is white.

You take 5ml of the mix out leaving 125ml of mix.

96.1538% of 125ml mix is 120.1923ml red
3.8462% of 125ml mix is 4.8077ml white.

the 5ml of mix is made up of
96.1538% of 5ml is 4.8077ml red
3.8462% of 5ml is 0.1923 white.


Therefore glass one has 120.1923ml white and 4.8077ml red.

They are both the fecking same.

[Beth]

OK. I have the answer.

You take 5 ml from the white and add to the red. Thus giving you 130ml total in the red.

96.1538% is red and 3.8462% is white.

You take 5ml of the mix out leaving 125ml of mix.

96.1538% of 125ml mix is 120.1923ml red
3.8462% of 125ml mix is 4.8077ml white.

the 5ml of mix is made up of
96.1538% of 5ml is 4.8077ml red
3.8462% of 5ml is 0.1923 white.


Therefore glass one has 120.1923ml white and 4.8077ml red.

They are both the fecking same.

Ehh? :shock: Did anyone else understand that? :D

[Michelle]

Oh erm..........that makes perfect sense now! :roll:

[lyn]

:lol: :lol: :lol:

[Angela]

Just pour it all into one glass and drink the lot in one go ... problem solved no more questions :D