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A ladder hangs over the side of a ship anchored in a port. The bottom rung touches the water. The distance between rungs is 20 cm and the length of the ladder is 180 cm. The tide is rising at the rate of 15 cm each hour. When will the water reach the seventh rung from the top?

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If the tide is raising water, then it is raising the ship on water, too. So water will reach still the first rung.
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Fill in the blank: If Tom's father is Tony then Tony is the ________ of Tom's father.

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Name
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Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?

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Neither, they both weigh one pound.
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The diameter of a hole is 4ft 5in. How much dirt does it contain?

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A hole has no dirt in it. It contains only air.
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I look like a pearl. Clouds are my grandparents. I am very delicate. I die as soon as anybody touches me. Who am I?

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Dew
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I run around a house but I don't move. Who am I?

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Fence
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What is the closest relationship my son can have has with my brother's niece's father's brother's mother?

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She can be my son's grandmother.
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Which creature walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?

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Man. He crawls on all fours as a baby, then walks on two feet as an adult, and then walks with a cane as an old man.
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Some months have 31 days, some have 30 days, how many months in the Gregorian calendar have 28?

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All the 12 months!
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Who makes it, has no need of it. Who buys it, has no use for it. Who uses it can neither see nor feel it. What is it?

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A coffin.
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