SOLUTION: An island has no currency; it

instead has the following exchange rate: 50

bananas = 20 coconuts 30 coconuts = 12 fish
100 fish = 1 hammock How many bananas
equal 1 hammock?
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exchange rate: 50 bananas = 20 coconuts 30 coconuts = 12 fish 100 fish = 1 hammock How many bananas equal 1 hammock?
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Found 2 solutions by rapaljer, Earlsdon:

Answer by rapaljer(4286) (Show Source):

You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let's start with this:
1 hammock = 100 fish

Now remember that when you multiply 100 fish by 1, will stillhave 100 fish
or 1 hammock. Also, keep in mind that when you divide two quanties that are

equal to each other, you get 1. So, when you divide ,

, etc. you get 1. Right?

1 hammock = 100 fish * 1 * 1

1 hammock =

1 hammock = = 625 bananas!

That's a LOT of bananas!!

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Answer by Earlsdon(5349) (Show Source):

You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let's rewrite the equations: For brevity, b = bananas, c = coconuts, f = fish,
and h = hammock.
50b = 20c, so c = (50/20)b = (5/2)b

30c = 12f, so f = (30/12)c = (5/2)c

Now: h = 100f = 100(5/2)c = 100(5/2)(5/2)b = 100(25/4)b = (25)(25)b =
625b.
1 hammock costs 625 bananas.
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You are presented with two doors. Behind one waits a lovely
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right door, you get the lady with the gold. If you pick the wrong door, you get eaten.

There are signs on the doors, one of the signs is true and the other is false.
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IN THIS ROOM THERE IS A LADY AND IN THE OTHER ROOM THERE IS A
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Remember, one sign must be true and one false.
The sign on Room Two must be true, as it restates the puzzle facts.
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