Brain Teasers
High Tide
Trick
Trick brain teasers appear difficult at first, but they have a trick that makes them really easy.Trick
A boat has a ladder hanging off the side that has six rungs. Each rung is one foot apart. The bottom rung is one foot from the water. The tide rises at 12 inches every 15 minutes. High tide peaks in one hour. When the tide is at its highest, how many rungs are under water?
Answer
None, the boat rises with the tide.Hide Answer Show Answer
What Next?
View a Similar Brain Teaser...
If you become a registered user you can vote on this brain teaser, keep track of which ones you have seen, and even make your own.
Solve a Puzzle
Comments
It's "its", not "it's"
I was gonna do that one!
classic one... but i guess a nice classic one
This is older than Noah's boat ride.
this teaser is played out!
actually it's "its." you don't say "when the tide is at it is highest," do you?
good teaser, although it is a little bit old. one of my friends told me it, so i knew the answer.
good teaser, although it is a little bit old. one of my friends told me it, so i knew the answer.
This was actually the first time I had heard it. Good teaser! I liked it!
nice!
I thought the ladder just floated on the top of the water.
To post a comment, please create an account and sign in.
Follow Braingle!