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Question

A 10 foot rope ladder hangs over the side of a boat with the bottom rung on the surface of the water. The rungs are one foot apart, and the tide goes up at the rate of 6 inches per hour. How long will it be until three rungs are covered?

Answer 1

Never...the boat rises with the tide.

Be blessed :-)

Answer 2

6 hours

1 rung= 12 inches

6 inches= 1/2 a rung

ahh bump it I don't feel like explaining

Answer 3

eternity

Answer 4

6 hours, **** the next post is right

Answer 5

DOH!! never, the tide won't go up the side of the boat. the boat rides up on the tide.

Answer 6

Depends on how long you wait to drill a hole in the bottom of the boat.

Answer 7

The boat will float at the same level unless you load the boat. The ladder will never reach into the water.

Answer 8

Never, the boat and ladder rise together.  This was an old riddle when I was a kid forty years ago.