People almost always get this simple math problem wrong: Can you solve it?

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People almost always get this simple math problem wrong: Can you solve it?
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A bat and a ball cost $1.10 in total. The bat costs $1.00 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?

Is your knee-jerk response that the ball costs ten cents? That is a common answer, but also an incorrect one.

In a lake, there is a patch of lily pads. Every day, the patch doubles in size. If it takes 48 days for the patch to cover the entire lake, how long would it take for the patch to cover half of the lake?However, why so many people get it wrong is due to a For some people the intuitive answer is the ball costs 10 cents. In order to come to the correct answer you need to realize that system 1 didn't work, and assess the problem again.

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