#21 - Physics Riddle

Suppose that you are trapped on the surface of a frozen lake. The surface is so smooth and ideal that there is no friction at all. You cant make any grip on the ice and no wind is blowing to help you out. You have just a mobile phone with you which has got no reception disabling you to call for help.

How will you plan your escape before you freeze to death on the frozen lake?

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You have been told that the floor is ideally frictionless. Thus, all you need to do is throw your mobile phone in the opposite direction and the throw will propel you in the other direction. Since there is no friction, you will be able to glide smoothly to one side even with as little kick as this. This is same as firing a gun.

#22 - Logic IQ Statement Puzzle

Can you find any error in the following sentence?

A taxi was standing outside a fort at night. A man came out of the fort, opened the gate and hit the taxi driver killing him instantly. He took out all the money out of the meter and started running till he was caught by a local sheriff.

Logic IQ Statement Puzzle
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There is no money in the taxi meter. It just consist of a timer. The children from small towns might not be aware of the fact.

#23 - Interesting Math Question

Bobby and Wilbur decided to take their respective car out of the garage and race. None of them cheated and they both stood at the start time and decided to cover a distance in full throttle. The first to reach the mark was to be declared the winner.

Upon reaching the finishing mark, they found out that Bobby car is 1.2 times faster than Wilbur. Now, Wilbur had reached the mark about 1 minute and 30 seconds later than Bobby. Bobby car reached the mark at 60 MPH on average.

Can you calculate the distance between the starting mark and the final mark with the help of the given data?

Interesting Math Question
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7.5 Miles

(Speed of Bobby) = 60 MPH = 1.2 x (Speed of Wilbur) [MPH] = 1 M/ min

Thus (Speed of Wilbur) = 60/1.2 [MPH] = 50 [MPH] = 5/6 M/ min

(Time of Wilbur) = D [M] / (Speed of Wilbur) [M/min] = D/ (Speed of Wilbur) [min] = D/(5/6) min = 6D/5 min = 1.2 D min

(Time of Bobby) = D [M] / (Speed of Bobby) [M/min] = D/ (Speed of Bobby) [min] = D/(1) min = D min

Since (Time of Wilbur) - (Time of Bobby) = 1.5 min

Then (1.2 - 1) D min = 0.2D min = 1.5 min

Therefore D = 1.5/0.2 M = 1.5*5 = 7.5 Miles

#24 - Guess What It Says Rebus

Cam you guess what does below rebus says ?

Guess What It Says Rebus
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Fooling Around

#25 - Can You Solve This Math Problem

A rain drop fell from one leaf to another leaf and lost 1/4th of its volume. It then fell to another leaf and lost 1/5th of the volume. It again fell on another leaf and lost 1/5th of the volume.

This process kept repeating till it fell on the last leaf losing 1/75th of its volume.

Can you calculate the total percentage of loss from the initial volume when the drop has fallen to the last leaf accurate up to two decimal places?

Can You Solve This Math Problem
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4%

Let us assume that the initial volume of the water drop was k.

k - (1/4) k = (3/4) k

(3/4) k - (1/5) [(3/4) k] = (3/4) k * [1 - (1/5)] = (3/4) k * (4/5) = (3/5) k

(3/75) k = (1/25) k

1/25 = 4%

Thus, the answer is four percent.

#26 - Counting Triangles in a Figure

Can you count the number of triangles in the given picture?

Counting Triangles in a Figure
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There are 92 triangles in this picture.

#27 - Easy Number Sequence

Given that
(78)^9 = 6
And (69)^4 = 11

Can you find out (89)^2 = ?

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7 + 8 = 15 and 15 - 9 = 6
6 + 9 = 15 and 15 - 4 = 11

Thus, (89)^2:
8 + 9 = 17 and 17 - 2 = 15

#28 - Coin Probability Problem

Three fair coins are tossed in the air and they land with heads up. Can you calculate the chances that when they are tossed again, two coins will again land with heads up?

Coin Probability Problem
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50%

The vents in this case are independent. If you form the possible outcomes, they will be as follows
HHH
HTT
HHT
HTH
TTT
TTH
THT
THH

Now among these outcomes, four will give the required results. Thus the probability is 50%.

#29 - Math Algebra Problem

You are given with the following sum. Each of the letters can be decoded as a digit. If we tell you that D = 5, then can you solve it entirely?

DONALD
+GERALD
=ROBERT

Math Algebra Problem
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526485
+197485
=723970

#30 - Sports Logic Puzzle

A game is being played where eight players can last for seventy minutes. Six substitutes alternate with each player in this game. Thus, all players are on the pitch for the same amount of time including the substitutes.

For how long is each player on the pitch?

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40 minutes

Total players = 8 + 6 = 14
Now, the question has told us that only eight players are present on the field at one time.
70 * 8 = 560 min in total.
Now dividing that with 14, we can conclude that each player was there on the pitch for 40 minutes (560/14)