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A doctor gives you 5 pills and instructs you to take each at intervals of half an hour. How long will the pills last?
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NO, IT DOES NOT COLLAPSE. BECAUSE IT HAS DRIVEN A HALF MILE - YOU WOULD SUBTRACT THE GAS USED FROM THE TOTAL WEIGHT OF THE TRUCK
IT WILL NEVER COVER THE LADDER BECAUSE AS THE WATER RISES, SO WILL THE FLOATING SHIP
60 MINUTES. MANY OF YOU PROBABLY THINK THAT THEY SHOULD MULTIPLY 3 PILLS BY 30 MINUTES TO GIVE 90 MINUTES. BUT THINK OF HOW YOU TAKE THE PILLS. YOU TAKE THE FIRST PILL, AND IN A HALF-HOUR YOU TAKE THE SECOND PILL, AND THEN IN THE NEXT HALF-HOUR YOU TAKE THE THIRD PILL. SO THE NUMBER OF MINUTES THAT PASS FROM THE FIRST TO THE THIRD PILL IS 60 MINUTES
THE PILLS WILL LAST FOR 2 HOURS. IF YOU TAKE THE FIRST PILL AT 10:00AM, THEN YOU WILL TAKE THE 5TH PILL AT 12 NOON (10, 10:30, 11, 11:30, 12)
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