5 dogs can kill 5 rats in 5 minutes

[Misty P]

[squarebear]

"the riddles has an equation of 1 rat per1 dog per 1 minute or 5 rats per 5 dogs per 5 minutes. "

but it doesn't! That's what we are trying to say.

[RATTER15]

Jeesh!! Im glad I gave up ratting!!!! I never could count!!

[squarebear]

lol.

[RATTER15]

Ok, im going to stick my head in the oven!!!!

[Mick-Talbot]

Pmsl @ this thread

[LoftyLottie]

This is now going to bug me all day!!! I'll join you in the oven RATTER!!!

[RATTER15]

On my tombstone plainly laquered, epitaph

"just fooking knackered"

[kawakiri]

You need a dog like Billy, 100 rats in 5 and a half minutes. Media URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat-baiting
Description: Billy champion ratter

[squarebear]

ok let's sat for the sake of argument that Ratter is correct and it takes 1 dog, 1 minute to kill 1 rat.

How many rats will this dog kill in 5 minutes? Answer 5. Yes.
But the question said there were 5 dogs so between them they can kill 25 rats in 5 minutes not just 5 rats

It takes this team of dogs one minute to kill a rat, likewise it will take them 100 minutes to kill 100 rats. It doesnt matter if the "team" is 5 dogs, one man, three elephants or whatever.

[kawakiri]

Sorry didn't notice Jacko was quicker.

[RATTER15]

That's a good time, that was probably done in the old fashioned rat pits, thankfully we no longer have such things but killing rats in a rat pit used to be a popular pastime and much money was bet on theses terrific little dogs.

[jno]

... by people who were good at arithmetic, presumably

[tastymorsel]

Have hardly been able to read this thread for laughing.Still don't know the answer though !!!

[Angleflame]

Ratter 15, that's a funny JRT you have in your picture.

Unless you are a midget. lol.

[squarebear]

The answer is 5 dogs. Put anything else as your answer in the quiz and you will be wrong.

[ChuckFickens]

LOL, is this still going :)

[jno]

if you keep trying a new answer may be discovered, chuck

[RATTER15]

1 dog, mine! 100 rats in 5 minutes easy!!! :-)

[LeedsLad485]

Ratter....

I 100% get where you're coming from, but you're wrong. It is the whole point of the riddle to mislead but I don't think anyone has hit the nail on the head with the correct and clear explanation yet...

What you're assuming is that because it takes 5 dogs, 5 minutes that that equates to 1 minute PER DOG. When it doesn't. If you think about the logistics and imagine that there are 5 dogs and 5 rats locked in a room for 300 seconds., the way you're suggesting it would mean that a Dog A has between 0-60 seconds to kill a rat whilst Dogs B,C,D & E stand around and watch, then Dog B takes between 61-120 seconds to get his rat, and so on until the 300 seconds is up and they've taken a minute each to each kill one rat. (That's where you're 1 dog, 1 minute, 1 rat thing comes in!)

What the riddle actually suggests is that it takes ALL 5 DOGS (i.e. all actually running around ratting) the whole 300 seconds to kill all the rats. Which actually means Dog A is chasing Rat A for the whole 5 minutes, whilst at the same time Dog B is chasing Rat B for the whole 5 minutes etc etc. Meaning it actually takes 1 dog, 5 minutes to catch the rat.

Now imagine Dog A has killed Rat A in his 5 minute allocation, he'd then move on to Rat F (with Dog's B,C,D & E, busy taking care of Rat's B,C,D & E), then it would take all 5 of the Dogs, 100 minutes to get the 100 rats.

Hence the answer = 5.

[LeedsLad485]

Ratter....

I 100% get where you're coming from, but you're wrong. It is the whole point of the riddle to mislead but I don't think anyone has hit the nail on the head with the correct and clear explanation yet...

What you're assuming is that because it takes 5 dogs, 5 minutes that that equates to 1 minute PER DOG. When it doesn't. If you think about the logistics and imagine that there are 5 dogs and 5 rats locked in a room for 300 seconds., the way you're suggesting it would mean that a Dog A has between 0-60 seconds to kill a rat whilst Dogs B,C,D & E stand around and watch, then Dog B takes between 61-120 seconds to get his rat, and so on until the 300 seconds is up and they've taken a minute each to each kill one rat. (That's where you're 1 dog, 1 minute, 1 rat thing comes in!)

What the riddle actually suggests is that it takes ALL 5 DOGS (i.e. all actually running around ratting) the whole 300 seconds to kill all the rats. Which actually means Dog A is chasing Rat A for the whole 5 minutes, whilst at the same time Dog B is chasing Rat B for the whole 5 minutes etc etc. Meaning it actually takes 1 dog, 5 minutes to catch the rat.

Now imagine Dog A has killed Rat A in his 5 minute allocation, he'd then move on to Rat F (with Dog's B,C,D & E, busy taking care of Rat's B,C,D & E), then it would take all 5 of the Dogs, 100 minutes to get the 100 rats.

Hence the answer = 5.