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There were 3 men. One was on the east coast, one was on the west coast, and one was in Montana. The man in Montana called his 2 friends, but when they answered they both said that they were awakened by his call. The man in Montana said it was only 8pm but forgot about the time zones. The man on the west coast said it was 10pm. The man on the east coast said it was 10pm as well. How is this possible?
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They are in the US, and not on an island.Answer
The east coast and west coast were the coasts of Florida.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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I thought maybe just called his two friends on different days - it never said how close together his calls were Cute teaser - I thought of it as more of a "trick" than a "logic" one, though. And it's interesting to note that Florida has two time zones...
I thought that this was hard, because I was confused the entire time!
Florida DOES NOT have two time zones--read the teaser!
Easy for me, but fun, too...
Easy for me, but fun, too...
Thanks you guys
good 1!
Winner- my comment about the time zones had nothing to do with the answer. Western and Eastern Florida are one hour apart. Look it up
I did. What are you talking about???
Like the pan handle of florida is in a different time zone but that isnt the part i was talking about. sorry
Your answer is definitely correct. I was never disputing that. My comment was a side note to add. I was just trying to say good job on the puzzle - it made me think
lol its ok
I appreciate the tricky aspect of this teaser, but it isn't written very well. The sentence should read AWAKENED (they both said that they were awaken by his call) AND it should say the calls were made within minutes of each other or at nearly the same time. I assumed the calls were made at different times since there was no reference as to how far apart the calls were made.
clever teaser, but being an Aussie I'm not familiar with American geography so I had absolutely no idea what the answer was!
Fun. Anyone here ever work Wei-Hwa's puzzles (from Google)? I ask because he's got a fun state-based version of a Sudoku puzzle on there now.
Just as a side note, does anyone know of a state with more than two time zones in it?
Just as a side note, does anyone know of a state with more than two time zones in it?
This was a fun one! At first I thought it was at the east coast of Alaska and the west coast of Russia????
I mean the east coast of Russia and the west coast of Alaska I confusing once again
It mentioned it was in the US anyway...
Good one Bill.
Good one Bill.
i got it right away but it was still good
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