Yesterday’s Problem:

A man ordered dinner at an expensive restaurant. When the meal was brought to him, he looked at it, wrote the above note for the waiter and left the restaurant. The waiter took the note to the cashier who understood its meaning and place it in the cash register. Can you figure out the meaning of the note?

Here is what the man wrote on the note he gave to the waiter:

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Answer:

The note meant:

“I ought to owe nothing for I ate nothing.”

Today’s Problem:

The will of an eccentric man stipulated that his two heirs were to stage a horse race and the owner of the losing horse would receive the entire inheritance. At the appointed hour, the race took place, but both heirs kept their horses from crossing the finish line. To break the stalemate, the executor of the will thought up a slight change to the race.

Following the executor’s idea, the two heirs raced again, and the one who finished first won the inheritance.

How could that be the case if everyone stayed true to the letter of the will?