Bill rode his bicycle 300 miles. Three tires were used equally in accumulating this distance. How many miles of wear did each tire sustain?
2006-08-22 05:19:53 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
200 miles. For every mile traveled, each of the two tires sustained one mile of usage. Therefore, in a total of 300 miles traveled, there would be a total of 600 miles of wear. And 600 divided by three is 200.
2006-08-22 05:31:53 · answer #1 · answered by BookLovr5 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
He has to use 2 at a time so each tire would be sed for a total of 200 miles.
He rode 100 miles and changed one tire.
He then rode another 100 miles and replaced th one that had now gone 200 miles with the one he took off after the fist 100 miles. He now has 2 tires that each have only been 100 miles on his bike. He then goes the remaining 100 miles so they all have 200 miles on them
2006-08-22 05:28:33 · answer #2 · answered by nooodle_ninja 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
As they were used equally, would it not mean each tire sustained 100 miles of wear? 300 miles / 3 tires = 100 miles/ 1 tire.
2006-08-22 05:27:31 · answer #3 · answered by ildjb@sbcglobal.net 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
100 miles
2006-08-22 05:28:42 · answer #4 · answered by mikemaster 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
R.E. Taylor cheated & got the answer from a website:
http://www.humorshack.com/archive/riddles/27s.shtml
2006-08-22 05:33:53 · answer #5 · answered by Em 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋