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Kitty
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Rope Ladder
« on: Apr 25th, 2003, 9:49am » |
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Another stupid one:
There is a boat in a harbour and it has a rope-ladder hanging from it into the sea. Three step of the ladder are in the water and between each step there is a gap of 20 cm. The tide goes up 40 cm.
How many steps are now under the water?
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mistysakura
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Re: Rope Ladder
« Reply #1 on: Apr 25th, 2003, 6:00pm » |
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Oh no! The boat's sinking! Aaaahhhh! 
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« Reply #2 on: Apr 25th, 2003, 8:35pm » |
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Just the ones that are wet! 
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We shall not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started
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Re: Rope Ladder
« Reply #3 on: Apr 26th, 2003, 4:01am » |
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on Apr 25th, 2003, 6:00pm, mistysakura wrote:| Oh no! The boat's sinking! Aaaahhhh! |
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HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
Well done otter.
I told you it was stupid but some people fall into the trap.
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