HardCandy Riddle
If 10 bags of jelly beans and 6 licorice sticks cost $1, and 10 licorice sticks and 6 jelly bean bags cost 92 cents. How much does one licorice stick cost?
Riddle
If 10 bags of jelly beans and 6 licorice sticks cost $1, and 10 licorice sticks and 6 jelly bean bags cost 92 cents. How much does one licorice stick cost?
Choose an answer
A.4 cents
B.6 cents
C.8 cents
D.5 cents while Jelly bean bags cost 7 cents.
Hint: It's a 7-word phrase with 32 letters, starting with "5".
Answer
5 cents while Jelly bean bags cost 7 cents.
Why this is the answer
Solving the two simultaneous equations for the price of jelly bean bags and licorice sticks gives licorice sticks at 5 cents each.
This riddle is filed under Dirty, Family Riddles and rated Hard.