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How can you drop an egg exactly 30 feet above a concrete floor without breaking the egg?
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You can drop the egg 30 feet above the floor, but only let it fall 1 foot before catching it again.Hide Answer Show Answer
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Well, actually the way it's worded, you don't even have to catch it. It says, "How can you drop....without breaking it?" It would never be the DROP of the egg that breaks the egg, but rather the impact of the egg when it strikes something.
I was thinking dropping it from 60 feet so after 30 feet it's still in the air!
There could be a couple mroe solutions, too. It could be hard-boiled. Or you could have it some sort of cusioned container.
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"above a concrete floor without BREAKING IT?" Heh, I thought it was the fact that dropping an egg on a concrete floor will not harm it, the egg will break and the concrete floor will be fine.. ie. the "IT" in the teaser is referring to the concrete, not the egg.
I think you can put it in a special parachute. But thats crazy!
Yes, there are many different possible answers for this teaser. But your answer works just fine for it. Good job!
You could drop an already broken egg.
It's pretty hard to break concrete with eggs
I don't get it
someone drops it 30ft from the ground and someone else catches it 29ft from the ground
Or drop it onto a pillow, or other cushioning object on the fourth floor of a building, it's still 30 (or more) feet above concrete. This kind of riddle stinks...
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