Description : Not far off shore a ship stands with a rope ladder hanging over her side. The rope has 10 rungs. The distance between each rung is 12 inches. The lowest rung touches the water. The ocean is calm. ... hour. How soon will the water cover the third rung from the top rung of the rope ladder? -Riddles
Last Answer : When a problem deals with a physical phenonmenon, the phenonmenon should be considered as well as the numbers given. As the water rises, so does the rope ladder. The water will never cover the rung.
Description : A boat has a ladder that has six rungs; each rung is one foot apart. The bottom rung is one foot from the water. The tide rises at 12 inches every 15 minutes. High tide peaks in one hour. When the tide is at its highest, how many rungs are under water?
Last Answer : None, the boat rises with the tide.
Description : From the following in which FMS layout workstations are arranged in a loop with rungs a.Ladder layout b.Open field layout c.Loop layout d.None of the above
Last Answer : a.Ladder layout
Description : What distance apart is best on crib rungs so the baby doesn't get their head or arm stuck?
Last Answer : The vertical bars or slats must be no further apart than two and three-eighth inches or 60 mm, to prevent infants from slipping through or becoming stuck between them.
Description : A boy fell off of a 100 foot ladder, but he did not get hurt. How is this possible? -Riddles
Last Answer : He was only on the first step.
Description : A small group of people are all standing around a two-foot tall, empty, wooden container. Two women approach the group carrying a silver container, which they place inside the wooden container. No ... circular motions. After this, the top of the silver container is removed, and an objec -Riddles
Last Answer : This group was making home made ice cream using an old fashioned hand-cranked ice cream freezer.
Description : Two cyclists began a training run, one starting from Moscow and the other starting from Simferopol.When the riders were 180 miles apart, a fly took an interest. Starting on one cyclists shoulder, the fly flew ... was 30 mph. Each cyclist speed was 15 mph.How many miles did the fly travel? -Riddles
Last Answer : The cyclists took 6 hours to meet. The fly traveled 6*30=180 miles.
Description : A nonstop train leaves Moscow for Leningrad at 60 mph. Another nonstop train leaves Leningrad for Moscow at 40 mph. How far apart are the trains 1 hour before they pass each other? -Riddles
Last Answer : 100 miles (60+40)
Description : Why does Long John Silver want to wait until the last minute to take over the ship?
Last Answer : What is the answer ?
Description : The angle of elevation of a ladder leaning against a wall is 60° and the foot of the ladder is 4.6 m away from the wall. The length of the ladder is: a) 2.3 m b) 4.6 m c) 7.8 m d) 9.2 m
Last Answer : d) 9.2 m
Description : A taxi driver make a trip from the plains to ooty which are 340km apart at an average speed of 60km/hr. In the return trip, he covers the speed distance at an average of 30 km/hr. the average speed of the taxi over the entire distance of 680 km is a) 30 b) 40 c) 50 d) 60
Last Answer : B Average speed =(2xy/( x+y)) km/hr Given x =60 km/hr y = 30km/hr Average speed = (2*60*30/ (60+30)) km/hr =(3600/ 90) =40 km/hr
Description : A ship sails out to a mark at the rate of 10 km per hour and sails back at th rate of 15 km per hour. What is its average rate of sailing? (a) 10 km. p.h. (b) 12 km. p.h. (c) 15 km. p.h. (d) 11 km. p.h.
Last Answer : 12 km. p.h.
Description : Write the ladder program for 24 hour clock.
Last Answer : Ladder Program for 24 hour clock:
Description : Is it true that the bottom rungs are removed in the work force?
Last Answer : Yes, it is very real & the person who jumps from the bottom to the 2nd rung is to be feared because he/she has ambition & probably wants your job!!!
Description : Why did the kid bring a ladder to school? -Riddles
Last Answer : Because he wants to go to High school
Description : you are stuck in a house you have four objects to use you have a wooden chair,a ladder a piano,and an axe. The axe is rubber What would you use to get out?? hint* you can't get out with breaking it and you can only pick one object. -Riddles
Last Answer : you use the piano KEYS!!!!!
Description : The frame consists of a steel beam welded rigidly to two vertical channels. An eccentric exciter weighing 250 N is attached to the beam, which weighs 10 KN and is used to excite the frame. The unbalance weight of ... ends, magnification factor at resonance is A. 307.5 B. 3.075 C. 30.75 D. 0.3075
Last Answer : C. 30.75
Description : I read a quote from Ambrose Bierce: "The covers of this book are too far apart" and want to know what book he was talking about.
Last Answer : One he didn’t like!!! ;-)
Description : Which of the men is so prudent and wise as to say who drives me on my path, when I rise up strong, at times severe, powerfully prominent, sometimes vengeful, I travel throughout the land, burn houses. ... soul, both in water. Say who covers me, or how I am called, that bears that burden. -Riddles
Last Answer : A land storm.
Description : A trolley wire weighs 1.2 kg per meter length. The ends of the wire are attached to two poles 20 meters apart. If the horizontal tension is 1500 kg find the dip in the middle of the span (A) 2.5 cm (B) 3.0 cm (C) 4.0 cm (D) 5.0 cm
Last Answer : (C) 4.0 cm
Description : A zinc plate is attached to the knob of a negatively charged electroscope. What will happen to the leaves of the electroscope when ultraviolet light is shown on the zinc plate. Will the leaves: w) collapse at once x) gradually come together y) gradually spread further apart z) remain unaffected
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- GRADUALLY COME TOGETHER
Description : A trolley wire weighs 1.2 kg per meter length. The ends of the wire are attached to two poles 20 meters apart. If the horizontal tension is 1500 kg find the dip in the middle of the span?
Last Answer : A trolley wire weighs 1.2 kg per meter length. The ends of the wire are attached to two poles 20 meters apart. If the horizontal tension is 1500 kg find the dip in the middle of the span 4.0 cm.
Description : A tree doubled in height each year until it reached its maximum height over the course of ten years. How many years did it take for the tree to reach half its maximum height? -Riddles
Last Answer : Nine Years.
Description : Why are zinc bars attached to the hulls of ship to prevent hull from rusting?
Last Answer : Need answer
Description : Two coal trains, one southbound, the other westbound, reach an over and under crossing at the same instant and each proceed at 40 kilometers per hour on their respective courses. Approximately how far apart are the lead cars two hours later, to the nearest kilometer? w) 80 x) 113 y) 136 z) 160
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- 113
Description : How many 1 foot by 1 foot bricks would it take to complete a building that's 20 feet long on all four sides and 20 feet high? -Riddles
Last Answer : Only one; the last brick you put in will complete it.
Description : A locomotive of weight 100 tonnes is attached to train of wagons weighing 1000 tonnes. The locomotive pulls the wagons with a constant velocity of 36 km/hour. When the coupling between the train and wagons breaks, the wagons roll on 95 m in ... would be a.0.36 m b.0.44 m c.0.77 m. d.0.5 m e.0.66 m
Last Answer : d. 0.5 m
Description : I have heard of a something-or-other, growing in its nook, swelling and rising, pushing up its covering. Upon that boneless thing a cocky-minded young woman took a grip with her hands; with her apron a lord’s daughter covered the tumescent thing. What is it? -Riddles
Last Answer : Dough turning into bread.
Description : A thousand colored folds stretch toward the sky, Atop a tender strand, Rising from the land, 'Til killed by maiden's hand, Perhaps a token of love, perhaps to say goodbye. What am I? -Riddles
Last Answer : A flower.
Description : A dog leash is attached to a dog and is 3.2 metres long. A bone is 7.8 metres away from the dog. How does the dog get the bone? -Riddles
Last Answer : It simply walks to the bone!
Description : 40000 litre of oil of density 0.9 g cc is pumped from an oil tanker ship into a storage tank at 10 m higher level than the ship in half an hour.
Last Answer : 40000 litre of oil of density 0.9 g cc is pumped from an oil tanker ship into a storage tank at 10 ... an hour. What should be the power of the pump?
Description : Do you use, wear, or drive something until it falls apart?
Last Answer : Yes. For example my last pair of shoes. I wore them until water leaked through the soles, and only then did I buy a new pair. I even walked around with wet feet for a few weeks, and it was winter, too.
Description : Tear my cover letter apart until its flawless. Go ahead. Be mean. ;)
Last Answer : Caught my first typo. **“a public relations internship” instead of “internships”
Description : Walking home one day, you take a short cut along the train tracks. The tracks cross a narrow bridge over a deep gorge. At the point you are 3/8 of the way across the bridge, you hear the train whistle ... run over as well. If you can run ten miles per hour, how fast is the train moving? -Riddles
Last Answer : The train is moving at 40 miles per hour. Imagine that a friend is walking with you. When the train whistle blows, you head away from the train, he heads toward it. When he reaches safety, you ... the bridge in the time you cross the remaining 1/4, the train must be moving four times your speed.
Description : There was a Japanese ship sailing towards the north. The captain was heading to his quarters to take a nap but, before he slep he placed his priced gold chain in the tale. When he woke up the ... that the captain immediately knew who was the thief. So the question is who is the thief? -Riddles
Last Answer : The sailing master it stated that they were sailing in a Japanese ship meaning the flag would look the same even if it was upside down.
Description : Where do you take a sick pirate ship? -Riddles
Last Answer : To the dock.
Description : Susy is traveling by ship from south of the equator to the north. She has a nice little cabin with a bathroom, but no window. Sally has no compass nor other instruments. Just the general luggage one ... with anyone, Susy will be able to tell when the ship has crossed the equator. How? -Riddles
Last Answer : Susy can fill the sink and watch it drain. When the water reverses direction when going down the drain, she will know they have crossed the equator.
Description : The title of the problem tells you how to approach these four questions.(A). A bus leaves Moscow for Tula at noon. An hour later a cyclist leaves Tula for mosco, moving slower than the bus. ... Now check the answers. Did you fall into any of the traps which lurk in these simple problems? -Riddles
Last Answer : (A). Neither (B). A pound of metal is always more than half a pound of the same metal. (C). Six strokes took 30 seconds, therefore 12 strokes will take 60 seconds. But when the clock struck ... , therefore 12 strokes will take 66 seconds. (D). There is always a plane that contains any 3 points
Description : You go to the doctor because you're ill and he prescribes you with 3 pills and tells you to take them every half hour.How long do the pills last you? -Riddles
Last Answer : An hour because the first pill doesn't take 30 min. to take.
Description : A dry land weeder covers an area (in hactare) per day (8 hour): A)0.1 b)0.2 C)0.3 c)0.4
Last Answer : b)0.2
Description : Geetha runs at a speed of 12 km per hour and she increases her speed in every hour by 1 km per hour. In how many hours will he covers 27.8km ? a) 1 1/4 hours b) 2 1/3 hours. c) 3 1/2 hours. d) 2 1/5 hours.
Last Answer : D Geetha starts with 12 kmph. Distance covered in first 1 hour = 12 km she increases her speed in every hour by 1 km. Speed in 2nd hour = 13 km/hr Distance covered in 2nd hour = 13 km Remaining distance = 27.8 ... total time = 1 + 1 + 1/5 hours = 2 1/5 hours. Hence the answer is 2 1/5 hours.
Description : A bike starts with a speed of 60 km/hr at 8a.m. Due to the problem in engine it reduces its speed as 20 km/hr for every 1 hour. After 9 am, the time taken to covers 15 km is: a) 13 minutes and 20 seconds b) 15 minutes and 09 seconds c) 18 minutes and 15 seconds d) 22 minutes and 30 seconds
Last Answer : 15 min
Description : A 2m long ladder of mass 10 kg is kept against a wall such that its base is 1.2 m away from the wall.
Last Answer : A 2m long ladder of mass 10 kg is kept against a wall such that its base is 1.2 m away ... ladder? How much is the horizontal reaction at the wall?
Description : A boy presses a side of a blue pencil to a side of a yellow pencil, holding both pencils vertically. One inch of the pressed side of the blue pencil, measuring from its lower end, is smeared ... in quantity. How many inches of each pencil will be sneared with paint after the tenth move? -Riddles
Last Answer : At the start, 1inch of the yellow pencil gets smeared with wet paint. As the blue pencil is moved downward, a second inch of the blue pencils smears a second inch of the yellow pencil. Each pair ... of moves will smear 5 inches. This together with the initial inch, makes 6 inches for each pencil.
Description : A ladder is inclined to a wall making an angle of 30° with it. A man is ascending the ladder at the rate of 3 m/sec. How fast is he approaching the wa
Last Answer : A ladder is inclined to a wall making an angle of 30° with it. A man is ascending the ladder at the ... 3 m/sec. How fast is he approaching the wall ?
Description : In a house, there lives a family of 4. There is a father, a mother, an older sister, and a younger sister. One day, the father catches a disease. A week later, Death comes to take the ... will live until this candle burns out.' And Death agrees. However, Death never returns. Why not? -Riddles
Last Answer : The younger sister blew out the candle, so it didn't technically burn out. Then she threw away the candle so the family wouldn't mistakenly light it.
Description : What six letter word when you take one letter away there is still a word, take another letter away and you still have a word and do that until you have one letter left? -Riddles
Last Answer : Estate. Estate, state, stat, sat, at, and a.
Description : What 8 letter word can have a letter taken away and it still makes a word. Take another letter away and it still makes a word. Keep on doing that until you have one letter left. What is the word? -Riddles
Last Answer : The word is starting! starting, staring, string, sting, sing, sin, in, I. Cool,huh?
Description : A rubber ball is tossed off the top of a 90 foot building. Every time it bounces, it goes back up half way. How many bounces will the ball take before it stops? -Riddles
Last Answer : The answer is infinite, in a gravity free world. But of course gravity will eventually stop it.
Description : Black I am and much admired, men seek me until they're tired. When they find me, they break my head, and take from me my resting bed. What am I? -Riddles
Last Answer : Coal