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How can you make the following equation true by drawing only one straight line: 5+5+5=550? Can you figure it out?
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DRAW A LINE ON THE FIRST PLUS SIGN THAT TURNS IT INTO A 4! THE EQUATION THEN BECOMES TRUE: 545+5=550. YOU COULD ALSO CHANGE THE EQUAL SYMBOL TO A CROSSED OUT EQUAL SYMBOL WHICH MEANS "NOT EQUAL TO"
CHANGE THE EQUATION TO "545+5=550" BY DRAWING A TILTED LINE ON THE 1ST PLUS (+) OPERATOR: + WILL BECOME 4
THE MESSENGER HAS TO HAVE TRAVELED 2 KM. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT SPEED THEY WALKED AT. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PUZZLE, THE LINE IS 1 KM LONG. THE GENERAL IS THEREFORE 1 KM AHEAD OF HIM. THE MESSENGER MUST THEREFORE TRAVEL MORE THAN 1 KM TO REACH THE GENERAL. SINCE THE LINE MOVES 1 KM FORWARD, THE END IS WHERE THE BEGINNING WAS. EVEN IF HE WALKED 1.5 KM TO THE GENERAL, HE ONLY HAS TO WALK 0.5 KM TO GET BACK TO THE END OF THE LINE. IT GOES FASTER GOING BACK, BECAUSE NOW THEY ARE COMING TOWARDS HIM, AND NOT GOING AWAY
TOM WINS AGAIN. IN THE FIRST RACE TOM RAN 100 METERS IN THE TIME IT TOOK HARRY TO RUN 95 METERS. SO IN THE SECOND RACE WHEN HARRY IS AT THE 95 METER MARK TOM WILL ALSO BE THERE (SINCE 100 - 5 = 95). SINCE TOM IS FASTER HE WILL PASS HARRY IN THE LAST 5 METERS OF THE RACE
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