A Simple Logic Puzzle Fooled 50% of Harvard Students?

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Put your thinking cap on—reportedly, more than 50% of Harvard students got an incorrect answer to the following logic problem. Can you solve the baseball bat and ball brain teaser? Together, a baseball bat and baseball cost a total of $1.10. The baseball bat costs exactly one dollar more than the baseball. How much does the baseball cost on its own? (Hint: The answer is not ten cents.) Watch the video below to get the correct answer.