Over 50% of Harvard, Princeton and MIT Students Get This Simple Logic Question Wrong

Let’s play a little game. Let’s see if you can outsmart some of the students at the country’s most prestigious institutions. Read the following question and see if you can get the correct answer:

A bat and ball cost $1.10.

The bat costs one dollar more than the ball.

How much does the ball cost?

Miami Marlins’ Henderson Alvarez celebrates after striking out Detroit Tigers’ Matt Tuiasosopo for the last out of the ninth inning of an interleague baseball game on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2013, in Miami. Alvarez got a no-hitter as the Marlins won 1-0. Credit: AP

Got it? 10 cents, right? Wrong. The correct answer is actually five cents.

“Huh?” you may be wondering. Here’s the explanation from Behavioral economist Daniel Kahneman and the book, “Thinking, Fast And Slow“:

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