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The "I Love You" Tree
When Mike and Milly were first going out, they carved their initials inside a heart on a tree trunk 3 feet off the ground. Exactly one year later, they married. The tree had grown 8 inches over the last year. During the following years it doubled its growth rate annually. How high was the heart on their tenth anniversary?
Answer
3 feet. Trees grow from the top, not the base (trunk)!Hide Answer Show Answer
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good one very clever. ;)
easy but good
i got it, but maybe it belongs in trivia?
Aww, how sweet of him
good teaser
good one. I've seen Indian carvings from the 19th century on trees. fascinating that they stay so long at the same height!
put it in math
lol....yeah I got that one, but clever!
Nice & tricky. You have to know a little bit about trees to get this one. I liked it.
Even though I didn't know that fact about trees I still got it right! I remembered I was in the trick category! Good Teaser
i got it, easy..but funny
good teaser but pretty easy after u read it over a second time for me
TO EASY
encyclopedia brown...
Hahaha, I totally fell for that.
Yeah, this was the answer to an Encyclopedia Brown riddle...
Since it was in the trick section i guessed they cut it down to make a bench/headboard/something for thier home. good one though
Should be in Trivia or Situation
beyonce123, Trivia wouldn't be right because there's a trick in the teaser. If it were in Trivia, it would be too easy. Situation isn't right either because it doesn't have anything to do with that category.
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