Got two riddles. I don't know the answers. Help!!!
Your watch is broken. Every time the second hand passes the "4" it jumps back 12 seconds. If the time now reads midnight, how many hours will pass before it next reads midday?
A man sets out to travel from one town to another. On the first day he covers one half of his total distance On the second day he covers 1/3 of his distance. On the third day he covers one third of the remaining distance and on the fourth day he covers one half of the remaining distance, He now has 37 miles left to reach the second town. What is the distance he's traveled so far?
2007-01-17 11:56:53 · 7 answers · asked by Caleb40305 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
The first question is easy, The clock doesn't say midday!
2007-01-17 12:12:53 · answer #1 · answered by ES-335 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So, on the first day, he travels 50% of total, the next day, 33.3333% of the total, for a total of 83.33333% covered. On the 3rd day, he travels a % of the remaining distance, 33.333333% of (1-.833333333), or 5.55555% of the total distance. On the next day, he travels 50% of the remainder, .50x(1-.8333333-.055555555), which, again, is 5.5555555% of the total. So, he has traveled 94.444444% of the total. So, to solve, just divide 37, the remaining distance, by .055555555, to get the total distance of 666 miles. The total distance will be 666-37, or 629 miles.
2007-01-17 12:09:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
a million. A pink house is made from pink bricks. A yellow house is made from yellow bricks. A blue house is made from blue bricks. what's a greenhouse created from? answer: glass 2. How far can a canines run right into a wooded area? answer: halfway 3. in case you purely have one tournament and you entered a room and located an oil burner a kerosene lamp and a wood burning range which one might you easy first? answer: the tournament wish those help!
2016-12-12 13:58:55 · answer #3 · answered by chaplean 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't be bothered thinking about these since its too late and almost bed time. I would like to point out these aren't riddles. Just maths questions.
2007-01-17 12:15:38 · answer #4 · answered by Fitz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
12 hours
37 miles
2007-01-17 13:35:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its either 12 hours or since it skips back 12 sec once it passes the four then it will never get passed four becouse it always goes back
2007-01-17 12:25:32 · answer #6 · answered by triplesixdj 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
for the first one it will never say mid day, as the hand will never get past the 4
2007-01-17 12:45:05 · answer #7 · answered by i must be bored, im on Y answers 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋