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The Rabbit and Kangaroo Race
A rabbit and a kangaroo decide to have a race. Their course was 100 feet up and back (200 feet total). The rabbit only jumps in sets of three jumps of 2 feet each in the same time that the kangaroo only makes two jumps of a yard each. Who won the race?
Hint
It was NOT a tie.Answer
The rabbit won the race by four feet. Even though they were jumping in increments of six, the Kangaroo was mid jump on the 100 yard mark. In order for the Kangaroo to turn around he had to go past the halfway mark 2 feet and back 2 feet.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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Clever puzzle. You got me. And I thought I knew all about kangaroos too!
I disagree. You can use any number, but let's use 1 sec for the respective distances. Even though the kangaroo travels 204 feet he does it in 68 secs compared to 100 secs for the rabbit to go 200 ft.
Good one!
cbmorris: you are wrong, the rabbit and kangaroo are travelling at the same speed
I was mistaken. I misread. My apologies.
What a confuser!!! But I still liked it a lot!! Great Job!
Very nice teaser! Thanks for posting it and tricking so many of us, including myself.
Great teaser. I was all ready to send a 'you are wrong' comment after reading your hint ... until I checked the solution. Worthy of the 'favourite' bin.
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