Lost Brick: How Many Remain on the Plane?

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An airplane was carrying 80 bricks. One fell off from the plane. How many bricks will be there in the plane?
 
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Kholdstare said:
An airplane was carrying 80 bricks. One fell off from the plane. How many bricks will be there in the plane?

Apparently the bricks were ON the plane, not IN the plane, so zero.
 
"from the plane" could mean "from inside the plane" too, no?
 
PhizKid said:
"from the plane" could mean "from inside the plane" too, no?

The word "off" preceded "from the plane", so I would say no.

And considering the wording, I think the question is impossible to answer.

The plane was carrying 80 bricks. How many are inside and how many are on top? No way to know. There could have been 79 inside and 1 on top, or 78 inside and 2 on top, etc.
 
Incorrect. The answer is 79.

How would you put an elephant inside a refrigerator in three steps?
 
Wrong. 1) Open fridge door 2) put elephant inside 3) close fridge door

Next Question. How would you put a deer inside the fridge in four steps?
 
Wrong Again. 1) open fridge door 2) take out the elephant 3) put the deer inside and 4) close fridge door

The king of jungle invited all animals to a feast. Who could not come?
 
Hmmm...

Why was the human crossing the river?
 
micromass said:
Because a human is an animal and he had to attend the Lion King's party?

Nopes. To take the deer out of the fridge.
 
micromass said:
Why would he want to take the deer out of the fridge?

To cook the deer in Lion King's feast.
 
The answer to your next question is: The deer could not have his house, because the human to build it had died out of falling brick.
 
micromass said:
But why did the deer want to build a house?

The same reason, the deer ordered 80 bricks for.
 
I have zero understanding of what just happened, but I don't mind.