HardKitchen Riddle
If place 1 cake of soap on a pan of a scale and 3/4 cake of soap and a 3/4-pound weight on the other, the pans balance. How much does a cake of soap weigh?
Riddle
If place 1 cake of soap on a pan of a scale and 3/4 cake of soap and a 3/4-pound weight on the other, the pans balance. How much does a cake of soap weigh?
Choose an answer
A.1 pound
B.2 pounds
C.3/4 pound
D.Since 1/4 cake weighs 3/4 pound, and the entire cake weighs 3 pounds.
Hint: It's a 10-word phrase with 48 letters, starting with "S".
Answer
Since 1/4 cake weighs 3/4 pound, and the entire cake weighs 3 pounds.
Why this is the answer
The extra 1/4 cake on one side must equal the 3/4-pound weight, so 1/4 cake = 3/4 pound, making a full cake weigh 3 pounds.
This riddle is filed under Dirty, Family Riddles and rated Hard.