Riddles
Go to...
Index
Translations
Pronunciation
Images
Computers
Geography
Languages
0 / 60 seg.
You begin reading a book that is three hundred pages long. If you read half of the remaining book each day, how long would it take you to finish it?
Y
_
_
W
_
_
L
D
N
_
V
_
R
F
_
N
_
S
H
_
T
-
T
H
_
R
_
W
_
_
L
D
_
L
W
_
Y
S
B
_
S
_
M
_
T
H
_
N
G
L
_
F
T
T
_
R
_
_
D
_
F
Y
_
_
_
N
L
Y
R
_
_
D
H
_
L
F
_
F
W
H
_
T
_
S
L
_
F
T
_
_
C
H
D
_
Y
Clue
IT WOULD TAKE 47 DAYS TO COVER HALF OF THE LAKE, AS THEY DOUBLE IN SIZE EVERY DAY
WHEN THE PROFESSOR CONFIRMED JOHNNY'S ANONYMITY (THE PROFESSOR DIDN'T KNOW WHO HE WAS), JOHNNY QUICKLY SLIPPED HIS EXAM PAPER INTO THE PILE OF EXAMS AND RAN OFF, SO THE PROFESSOR WOULDN'T KNOW WHICH EXAM PAPER DESERVED AN F. CONGRATULATIONS ON STICKING THROUGH THE WHOLE RIDDLE
THE BOOK COSTS $2. LET THE COST BE X. WE KNOW THAT: X = 1 + X/2 SOLVING FOR X WILL GIVE 2
YOU WOULD NEVER FINISH IT - THERE WOULD ALWAYS BE SOMETHING LEFT TO READ IF YOU ONLY READ HALF OF WHAT IS LEFT EACH DAY
Text
Audio
Text & audio
Free text
Multiple option
Previous question
Start
Next question
Please enable JavaScript to continue using this application.