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| Posted by eahtriscuit | 06/27/02 |
| I don't get it. When you count up 18 rungs you get 18. Miscalculation! |
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| Posted by glennyboy02 | 06/28/02 |
| No 29 is the correct answer! The firefighter is standing on the middle rung. He goes up 6 rungs so he is now at M+6, he now goes down 10 rungs so he is now at M-4 he goes up 18 rungs so he is now at M+14=T. 14 rungs from the top, 14 rungs from the bottom and the middle rung. 14+14+1=29! |
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| Posted by peppermintwist | 07/01/02 |
| I thought middle meant somewhere in the middle, not the exact middle, so I got 24 |
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| Posted by NuttyPrince | 07/03/02 |
| i got 28 bcoz i forgot the last rung. Thats a well gud riddle! |
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| Posted by carolyn | 07/09/02 |
| i done it i one it 2 easy |
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| Posted by steph | 07/28/02 |
| I did it too! this is quite an achievement for me- i've never done a math teaser before!!! |
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| Posted by dsquared | 08/14/02 |
| Great teaser, simple concept with a twist... as mentioned in above comments - which I will not mention as I don't want to give the answer in my comment. |
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| Posted by xiaobaby | 08/29/03 |
| i got 28 too, forgot the middle one. all in all, this is not bad a teaser |
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| Posted by yishan_n_fione | 12/17/04 |
| well..i don't get...too hard
but a good quest |
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| Posted by MrIxolite | 12/17/04 |
| I mis added and came up with M12=T so my anser was 25 :oops: I was even like oh that is sooooo easy :oops: |
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| Posted by Chelsie | 12/17/04 |
| I concur tedjohnson!!
I mean what a BALANCING act... Surely inertia from the hose would have caused him to topple!!!!! :lol: |
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| Posted by Jonesy | 12/17/04 |
| Hey one extra rung isn't just a half a rung! Great job on the teaser, very clever! 8) |
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| Posted by Punk_Rocker | 12/17/04 |
| That was really good, but it was really easy...which is why i got it.... :-? but it was clever!! |
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| Posted by Araldite | 12/17/04 |
| A middle rung means there must be an odd number of rungs. I think it was a good teaser because that was the twist that makes it harder than it appears. :) |
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| Posted by dhang | 12/17/04 |
| i told you m not good in math but i enjoy it rerlly!!! keep up the good work :lol: :o |
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| Posted by mr_brainiac | 01/03/06 |
| interesting little no-brainer, easy-breezy - 29 it is. |
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| Posted by mmmcla01 | 06/25/06 |
| I agree with strangeman.......jonhoe: it wouldn't be half a rung, it is the middle rung......glennyboy explained it just fine in the answer.......did you even read it? :roll: :roll: |
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| Posted by teen_wiz | 07/02/07 |
| Normally I don't like math teasers, but this one's an exception. Cute, fun, and made me think... great job! :D |
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| Posted by oddrey | 08/21/07 |
| I got twenty eight. I could have gotten it right if I had thought more. that was a really well written and fun teaser. nice job! :D |
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| Posted by javaguru | 01/02/09 |
| Wow, a lot of comments for such a simple teaser. I thought it was so simple that I didn't even understand why it was a teaser, but I guess the "middle rung" thing tripped some people up. Obviously, if you HAVE a middle rung there are an odd number of rungs... 8) |
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| Posted by opqpop | 09/10/10 |
| This is the like the exact same problem as
http://www.braingle.com/brainteasers/
17721/monk-steps.html
and they are neither difficult nor interesting. |
