If a boat has 7 rungs on its ladder and at low tide you can see all 7 rungs, each rung is 1 foot apart, the tide comes in at half a foot per hour, after 5 hours how many rungs on the boats ladder can you still see?
2006-09-22 02:45:21 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
all 7. the boat rises as the tide rises (sorry if i ruined it)
2006-09-22 02:47:47 · answer #1 · answered by mr. me 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
7 rungs ... as long as the boat is floating
but would the tide have turned by 5 hours
2006-09-22 02:52:35 · answer #2 · answered by upf_geelong 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yer the boat rises unless there are heavy weights attchhed in that case none cause then it would be underwater but if by some reason that the water rises and the boat stayes stil then the answer is 4 and ahalf rungs i think
get 1 thats challanging
2006-09-22 02:54:58 · answer #3 · answered by !!David!! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
4 rungs left over... assuming that it started at low tide
2006-09-22 04:02:58 · answer #4 · answered by CEDMommy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The question has been answered already.
The Boat rises as the Tide rises so all 7 rungs.
Toooiiiiinkkkkk!!!
2006-09-22 02:55:33 · answer #5 · answered by Warhorse X 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can see 4 rungs
2006-09-22 02:51:26 · answer #6 · answered by Christine H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WHEN D TIDE RISES THE RUNGS DOUBLES SO I GUESS 14
2006-09-22 02:50:57 · answer #7 · answered by Innocence 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boats Float. So counting top to bottom or bottom to top you would always see seven rungs.
2006-09-22 03:02:37 · answer #8 · answered by boter_99 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
none becus the boat sank
2006-09-22 03:03:19 · answer #9 · answered by f(*&k;'jk;hjk;u65rhj76!@ui 5 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2? I'm probably wrong though. I'm don't really get riddles.
2006-09-22 02:48:04 · answer #10 · answered by Tericka 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋