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A man goes upstairs to grab his time machine. He walks downstairs then goes back in time 200 years. Why did he go downstairs?
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THE THIRD. LIONS THAT HAVEN'T EATEN IN THREE YEARS ARE DEAD
THERE ARE 49 STEPS. HE CLIMBS HALFWAY, WHICH IS STEP 25. HE HEARS THE BIRD SINGING ON STEP 33. HE PICKS UP THE PEBBLE ON THE 21ST STEP AND TOSSES IT ON THE 22ND STEP. THE REMAINING 27 STEPS ARE TAKEN THREE AT A TIME WHICH IS 9 PACES (3 STEPS X 9 PACES = 27 STEPS)
LET: CAMPER 1 = C1 (1) CAMPER 2 = C2 (2) CAMPER 3 = C3 (5) CAMPER 4 = C4 (10) THIS IS HOW THEY CROSS THE BRIDGE: C1,C2 → (2) ← C2 (2) C3,C4 → (10) ← C1 (1) C1,C2 → (2) THE TIME IN BRACKETS () INDICATE THE TIME TAKEN TO CROSS THE BRIDGE. IF YOU SUM THEM UP, IT WILL ADD UP TO 17 MINUTES
BECAUSE IF HE WENT BACK IN TIME FROM UPSTAIRS, THAT WOULD BE A NASTY FALL BECAUSE THE HOUSE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THERE 200 YEARS AGO
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