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72 BUSES. LET'S SAY BEFORE EXPANSION, THE GARAGE CAN HANDLE X NUMBER OF BUSES. BY INCREASING THE GARAGE SPACE TO 40%, THEY WILL HAVE ROOM FOR THE 12 BUSES AFTER EXPANSION PLUS ANOTHER 12 IN THE FUTURE. SO, WE CAN COME WITH THE EQUATION: 1.4X = X + 12 + 12 SOLVING FOR X WILL GIVE 60. BY ADDING THE 12 BUSES THAT WERE STORED OUTSIDE, WE CAN GET A TOTAL OF 72 BUSES. THE GARAGE WILL HAVE ROOM FOR ANOTHER 12 BUSES FILL THE 5 OZ. AND 11 OZ. CONTAINERS FROM THE 24 OZ. CONTAINER. THIS LEAVES 8 OZ. IN THE 24 OZ. BOTTLE. NEXT EMPTY THE 11 OZ. BOTTLE BY POURING THE CONTENTS INTO THE 13 OZ. BOTTLE. FILL THE 13 OZ. BOTTLE FROM THE 5 OZ. CONTAINER (WITH 2 OZ.) AND PUT THE REMAINING 3 OZ. IN THE 11 OZ. BOTTLE. THIS LEAVES THE 5 OZ. CONTAINER EMPTY. NOW POUR 5 OZ. FROM THE 13 OZ. BOTTLE INTO THE 5 OZ. BOTTLE LEAVING 8 OZ. IN THE 13 OZ. BOTTLE. FINALLY POUR THE 5 OZ. BOTTLE CONTENTS INTO THE 11 OZ. BOTTLE GIVING 8 OZ. IN THIS CONTAINER THE SON HAD SHOWED HIS FATHER A MATCH. WHENEVER HE LIT THE MATCH, IT FILLED THE ENTIRE ROOM WITH LIGHT, YET IT WAS STILL SMALL ENOUGH TO FIT INTO HIS POCKET (A). NEITHER (B). A POUND OF METAL IS ALWAYS MORE THAN HALF A POUND OF THE SAME METAL. (C). SIX STROKES TOOK 30 SECONDS, THEREFORE 12 STROKES WILL TAKE 60 SECONDS. BUT WHEN THE CLOCK STRUCK SIX, THERE WERE ONLY 5 INTERVALS BETWEEN STROKES, AND EACH INTERVAL WAS 30/5=6 SECONDS. BETWEEN THE FIRST AND TWELFTH STROKES THERE WILL BE 11 INTERVALS OF 6 SECONDS EACH, THEREFORE 12 STROKES WILL TAKE 66 SECONDS. (D). THERE IS ALWAYS A PLANE THAT CONTAINS ANY 3 POINTS