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Situation puzzles (sometimes called lateral thinking puzzles) are ones where you need to ask lots of yes or no questions to figure out what happened in the situation. These are good puzzles for groups where one person knows the puzzle and answers the questions.Situation
Susie and Mindy are both average, normal, 14 year old girls. They are in a track meet and first up they both run 100 meters. Susie's time is 17.0 seconds. Mindy's time is 13.9 seconds. They both win first place. There were no ties, and this is normal for any track meet. How did they both win if Mindy ran 3.1 seconds faster?
Answer
Mindy ran the 100 meter dash. Susie ran the 100 meter hurdles.Hide Answer Show Answer
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