Riddle Me This.... - Page 8

12dn94dst · #**106** 03-22-2007, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Drolefille

Assume that penguins live with a density of 1,000 penguins per square mile and can run at an average speed of 7 miles per hour on land and swim at 20 miles per hour. Also assume that a polar bear has a territory of 10 square miles, can run at 25 miles per hour and swim at 10 miles per hour, how many penguins will an average polar bear eat in any given month, remembering that a polar bear could, as a maximum, only eat one penguin per hour and 7% of the land is next to the sea.

i didn't think polar bears and penguins lived in the same place, except the zoo.

Drolefille · #**107** 03-22-2007, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by 12dn94dst

i didn't think polar bears and penguins lived in the same place, except the zoo.

For the win! Polar bears live in the Arctic, Penguins in the Anarctic.

They are definitely NOT vegetarians Alphafrog. In fact they're really the only bear that's completely carnivorous. Not a lot of vegetation up north. And they do swim, just not as well as penguins

That only leaves this one unanswered:
Why do Chinese men eat more rice than Japanese men?

AlphaFrog · #**108** 03-22-2007, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Drolefille

That only leaves this one unanswered:
Why do Chinese men eat more rice than Japanese men?

Rice doesn't grow in Japan?

Drolefille · #**109** 03-22-2007, 03:05 PM

Nope.

Hint: The question is not- "Why does a Chinese man eat more rice than a Japanese man"

12dn94dst · #**110** 03-22-2007, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Drolefille

Why do Chinese men eat more rice than Japanese men?

because there are more Chinese men than Japanese men?

AlphaFrog · #**111** 03-22-2007, 03:10 PM

Ohhhhh...

Because Chinese men don't eat Japanese men. At least I hope not.

Drolefille · #**112** 03-22-2007, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by 12dn94dst

because there are more Chinese men than Japanese men?

Yes

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Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

Ohhhhh...

Because Chinese men don't eat Japanese men. At least I hope not.

Extra credit

DSTKellie · #**113** 03-29-2007, 01:33 AM

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Originally Posted by KAPital PHINUst

For all you math majors and algebra buffs, I got a stumper of a riddle for you:

A mother is 21 years older than her son. In six years she will be 5 times older than her son.

Using x = age of the mother and y = age of the son:

WHERE IS THE FATHER?

This is mathematically incorrect. There is no possible way that in six years she be 5 times older than her son. Even if we count the nine months. The math is off in this equation. I saw the math work and it still is not proven once you solve for x.

DSTKellie · #**114** 03-29-2007, 01:35 AM

Is there a website where that came from??

DSTKellie · #**115** 03-29-2007, 02:10 AM

Ok what a minute I think I'm figuring it out

Is the mother 20.25 at conception (20 and 3 mos.)

In 9 mos she has the baby then she is 21

In six years she is 26.25 in time of conception

Then the boy is 5.25

Got it!! Ok it wasn't even about the riddle anymore for I was trying to figure out the math. LOL

Infamous12 · #**116** 03-29-2007, 10:00 AM

Have we found out where the father is in this riddle?? ^^ Probably locked up in some room trying to do a different sort of math... "He was delivered in April...we broke up last July...didn't get back together until........"

Drolefille · #**117** 03-29-2007, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Infamous12

Have we found out where the father is in this riddle?? ^^ Probably locked up in some room trying to do a different sort of math... "He was delivered in April...we broke up last July...didn't get back together until........"

Yeah someone answered it already. The father was *ahem* IN the mother as the child is currently -9months old.

Infamous12 · #**118** 03-29-2007, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Drolefille

Yeah someone answered it already. The father was *ahem* IN the mother as the child is currently -9months old.

Hilarious. Thanks.

12dn94dst · #**119** 03-29-2007, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by DSTKellie

Is there a website where that came from??

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Originally Posted by DSTKellie

This is mathematically incorrect. There is no possible way that in six years she be 5 times older than her son. Even if we count the nine months. The math is off in this equation. I saw the math work and it still is not proven once you solve for x.

you'll find it on several websites if you google the first line of the joke in quotes.

as far as the math, i think you're making the same mistake i did initially in that i wasn't adding six years to the son's age also. initially i was doing x+6=5y, which indicates that in six years the mother would be five times older than the son is right now. it should be x+6=5(y+6); when they both have aged six years, the mom will be five times older than the son.

regarding solving for x, x doesn't have to equal a integer. as long as x equals something other than an operation of itself, the equation is solved for x and that value can be plugged in elsewhere. x was solved with x=21+y (the mother is currently 21 years older than the son).

12dn94dst · #**120** 03-29-2007, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by 12dn94dst

Each sentence below contains a word that can be anagrammed to answer or describe the sentence.

Example: Craft that might tip in the ocean. Answer: Canoe (Anagram of ocean)

5. Having less reason for fears

no takers on this one? I'll give a hint: the word ends in "r"