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Temperature
A child went to the doctor. The doctor took the child's temperature. On his note pad the doctor noted the temperature as 97.6. After the examination the doctor told the child that he was perfectly healthy. How can this be?
Hint
98.6 degrees Fahrenheit is the average body temperature.Answer
98.6 degrees Fahrenheit is only an average of people's body temperatures. Someone's true temperature may be either a little higher or a little lower.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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I liked this, but it was way too easy.
i thought it was boring and not challenging
Good one!Easy,but good for the begenners,like me
It's a good teaser, it's easy though.
That was good and easy. The other answer could be that the doctor wrote the auxilary (underarm) temperature, which is one degree lower.
My usual temp is 96.8. I have a slow metabolism, so it is normally low. If I have a temp of 98.6, I have a fever. lol
Why is this in the "trick" category?
that was easy for me, but that's probably because my temp. is always low
that was so easy but still a good teaser
that was so easy but still a good teaser
i liked it but it was too easy
That one was really boring
MY average temp is 96.8! go figure!
nice, but it was really easy... next time get a question that gets readers more involved or into it!
didnt really answer it coz i didnt see te hint button and we live in AUS and always us Celcius so yeah
I agree with WJSMama's answer & reasoning.
that was an okay teaser
i thought the doctor recorded the temperature of the room or something
i thought the doctor recorded the temperature of the room or something
For a minute I thought it said "the doctor told the child that HE was perfectly healthy", as in the doctor was healthy. But the kid was screwed
or he was just checkin the weather outside. it never said he was checkin the kids temp.
i think this should have gone in the science category.
SHould have been in the trivia category. Sorry, but this one was way too easy and common knowledge. Nice effort though.
That was it??
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