There's a ship moored up just of the quayside , on the side of the ship there is a ladder, each rung is spaced out at 1ft or 305mm, there are 14 rungs to the ladder ,the tide is rising at 2 inch per half an hour, it is already covering the 6th rung in 4 and a half hours , how many rungs on the ladder will the tide have covered?????
2007-01-08 05:42:52 · 55 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
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2007-01-08 05:50:08 · update #1
No women will get this question right because men keep lying about how big 6 inches is
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2007-01-08 05:44:56 · answer #1 · answered by xXx Orange Breezer xXx 5 · 8⤊ 0⤋
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2007-01-08 05:44:43 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are 9 half hours in 4.5 hours
9 x 2 (rate in inches of rising water) = 18 inches = 1.5 rungs
12 inches in a foot.
If we're already covering the 6th rung that means another 1.5 rungs, therefore seven and a half rungs will be covered in 4 and a half hours' time.
For those of you who are trying to tell me that a ship rises with the tide, this is incorrect - for stability, ships (not boats, ships) are moored to the harbour floor as well as the harbour wall and thus do not rise and fall with the tide.
2007-01-08 05:53:37 · answer #3 · answered by Diarmid 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-01-08 09:17:32 · answer #4 · answered by a Real Truthseeker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-01-08 08:10:39 · answer #5 · answered by Puddin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-01-08 07:19:36 · answer #6 · answered by Cassie T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-01-08 05:47:32 · answer #7 · answered by Treacle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-01-08 05:45:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-01-08 05:45:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-01-08 05:44:47 · answer #10 · answered by Sasha K 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It will be 7 or 8 depending on where the tide is exactly now. In 4.5 hours, tide will rise by 18 inches, which is 1.5 ft. So if it is at the 6th rung now, it will go up to the 7th rung and some more.
If it is midway between 6th and 7th, then it will go upto the 8th rung.
2007-01-08 05:47:34 · answer #11 · answered by Social Guy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋