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Price tags · Puzzle #5 · Sunday, October 4

Price tags: the answers

Four questions, each with one true number. Here they are with their answers, how to reason each one out, and where the number comes from. Play today's Price tags.

  1. 1. The average wedding: What was the average cost of a US wedding in 2025, according to The Knot's Real Weddings Study?

    Photo: Konstantin Makovsky, Public domain
    Measured by
    The Knot Real Weddings Study
    Average guest count
    117
    Couples surveyed
    10,474

    The answer: about $34,000. Couples spent an average of $292 per guest, $8 more per guest than in 2024.

    Napkin math
    1. 120guests at the wedding
    2. ×$250a guest

    ≈$30k

    Source: The Knot Worldwide, The Knot Worldwide Unveils 2026 Real Weddings Study

  2. 2. Game day at Truist Park: How much did the Atlanta Braves take in per home game in 2025 from tickets, concessions, sponsors and suites?

    Photo: Thechased at English Wikipedia, CC BY 4.0
    Home games
    81 in the regular season
    Leaves out
    TV and radio money

    The answer: about $4.4 million. The Braves' event revenue rose $9.9 million in 2025 on season-ticket price increases and new premium seats, even as attendance dipped.

    Napkin math
    1. 35kfans a game
    2. ×$100each for tickets and food

    ≈$3.5M

    Source: Atlanta Braves Holdings (SEC Form 10-K), Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025

  3. 3. Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé: What did Mercedes-Benz sell one of its two 1955 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé prototypes for in an invitation-only auction in May 2022, in US dollars?

    Photo: Guywelch2000, CC BY 4.0
    What
    One of only two 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé prototypes, top speed 186 mph
    Sold
    Invitation-only auction at the Mercedes-Benz Museum, Stuttgart, with RM Sotheby's, 2022

    The answer: $142 million. It became the most expensive car known to have been sold, and the money went to set up a Mercedes-Benz scholarship fund.

    Napkin math: Top Ferrari 250 GTOs have sold for $50–70 million; the only one of two factory prototypes ever offered could plausibly double that.

    Source: CNN, Mercedes just sold the world’s most expensive car for $142 million

  4. 4. A burger for everyone: At the August 2026 average price of ground beef, what would it cost to make a quarter-pound burger patty for every American?

    Patty
    a quarter pound of 100% ground beef, before cooking

    The answer is hidden while this question is still in play: it comes round again within 14 days.

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