Puzzle anyone?

[DARISC]

Begin with a 10 oz. jar of water and a 10 oz. jar of ink.
Dip out a small ammount, say 1 oz., of ink and pour it into the water.
Don’t stir the water/ink solution.
Or, stir the water/ink solution.
But don't cap and shake violently.
Or, if you do cap and shake violently,
wait for bubbles to disappear before doing the following:
Dip out 1 oz. of the water/ink solution.
Pour it into the ink.

Does the bottle of water contain more ink than the bottle of ink contains water?

[crustychief]

Is the ink water based?

[DARISC]

Originally Posted by crustychief

Is the ink water based?

Good question.

Imagine a pure liquid carbon ink.
Imagine the water is pure, hydrated H20 powder.
Or distilled water.

Edit: no "trick" question here, no word games, etc.

[Steve Carlton]

I'd say it's the same amount.

1 oz ink gets added to 10 oz water, so the water bottle is 10/11ths water. One oz of this is 0.909 water into the ink jar. The water bottle is 1/11 ink, so 10 ounces x 1/11 = 10/11 = 0.909 ink in the water jar.

[crustychief]

Just a WAG but the bottle of ink contains less water than the water contains ink.

[porsche4life]

So... How much ink are we to assume has bonded with the H2O? The bubbles would be evolving gases, AKA ink decomposing....

[DARISC]

Witholding acknowledgement of the above posts for the moment, I'll add that you have to prove your answer using two different color marbles.

[porsche4life]

You can't change the rules midgame! No fair!

[DARISC]

Originally Posted by porsche4life

So... How much ink are we to assume has bonded with the H2O? The bubbles would be evolving gases, AKA ink decomposing....

For this question, assume none of that applies.

[Steve Carlton]

Originally Posted by DARISC

Witholding acknowledgement of the above posts for the moment, I'll add that you have to prove your answer using two different color marbles.

Huh?

[DARISC]

Originally Posted by Steve Carlton

Huh?

Yep. I can prove the correct answer with marbles; only two (and a bunch of words).

But using 6 or 8, or a few more, is easier.

[porsche4life]

I can get the answer using two marbles..... Using my boot to kick you square in your two marbles until you spit out the answer....


Sorry, I'm in one of those moods.

[DARISC]

Originally Posted by Steve Carlton

I'd say it's the same amount.

1 oz ink gets added to 10 oz water, so the water bottle is 10/11ths water.

True.

One oz of this is 0.909 water into the ink jar.

But what if you didn't stir the water after putting in the ink? Then you don't know what you've dipped out, eh?

Given that, can you still say, with absolute certainty, that...


"The water bottle is 1/11 ink, so 10 ounces x 1/11 = 10/11 = 0.909 ink in the water jar." ?

..

[BK911]

The water is 90.909% water and 9.09% ink
The ink is 90.009% ink and 9.99% water

So the ink contains more water.

Edit: This is assuming a homogenious mixture. If not, no idea what you scoop out.

[cashflyer]

What is the specific gravity of the ink?

[MBAtarga]

Is there a cool collar around either of the jars?

[A930Rocket]

Is either one on a conveyor belt?

[GH85Carrera]

Are you talking about an ounce as mass or volume?

[Mo_Gearhead]

10 Black marbles @ 1 oz. ea. = Ink jar
10 White marbles @ 1 oz ea. = Water Jar

Remove one black marble from Ink Jar and add it to the Water Jar

Water Jar now has 11 marbles @ 10 to 1 ratio (white to black)

Reach in (blind) and remove one random marble (odds are 10 to 1 that it will be a white marble) and put that marble in the Ink Jar.

QUOTE: "Does the bottle of water contain more ink than the bottle of ink contains water"

The Vegas line says: Bet with Mr. Carlton - 9 white one black / 9 black one white ... but people do win the lottery occasionally ..so....)

[Z-man]

What this transfer of fluids done in the back of a Black Audi Wagon?

If so, then the answer is:
48 angry 911 owners.

-Z