They can't be all three equal to one another. I'd say the coat costs as much as pants plus vest.

Jesus Christ, you people.

C=P+V
P= .5* (C+V)
V= 1/6 (C+P)

:(

that's what I said.

Oh...you said PEOPLE.

He means me.

I'm being intentionally obtuse. :p:

No need, glatt. There is plenty of obtuse around here. The place is lousy with obtuse. ;)

should have read:

C=P+V
P= .5* (C+V)
V= 1/6 (C+P) + 1.25

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Right V,
Right Glatt,
Right Infi

#42 Weights = 1/2, 1+1/2, 4+1/2, 13+1/2

Score, please.

I just realized, the key is that you can put a weight on the opposite side of the scale. So if I want to weigh out one pound of green beans, I put the 1-1/2 on one side, the 1/2 on the other side, and add green beans until it balances. Very clever.

I was wondering if I had to specify a balance scale as opposed to a spring scale.

Very Clever...

Notice that if you changed it to whole numbers (1 to 40 pounds) the weights would be 1, 3, 9, 27 (3^0, 3^1, etc.)

I was thinking about this last night while I was sleeping.

What does the following cyclic pattern of numbers represent?

0
1
3
2
6
7
5
4
0

Starting with the top number, it's how many steps forward I take, followed by how many backward, how many forward again, backward...etc and so on.

So you always end up back where you started!