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Quball15 | 09:35 Fri 12th Jan 2007 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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A deep sea fishing boat is lying in the harbour. Over its side hangs a rope ladder, with its end just touching the water. Rungs on the ladder are one foot apart. The tide rises at the rate of eight inches an hour. At the end of six hours, how many rungs will be covered?
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None. The boat is floating and will rise with the tide!
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