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When John was six years old he hammered a nail into his favorite tree to mark his height. Ten years later at age sixteen, John returned to see how much higher the nail was. If the tree grew by five centimeters each year, how much higher would the nail be?

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  1. 50 centimeter higher.


  2. 50 centimeters. This isn't a riddle. It's one of your home work questions.

  3. you wouldn't be able to see the nail. Since Trees keep adding bark year after year

  4. the nail would not be higher

  5. Nice Riddle! Very Creative. :)

  6. It would be 50 centimeters higher.Or about 22 inches.so almost 2 feet.

  7. 50 centimeters duh!!

  8. John would not be able to see the nail.  The tree would have grown around it.  The tree grows taller but it also grows outward too.  Hince the rings on a tree trunk when cut.  That is what determines the age.

  9. tricky, the nail would stay, but the bark around the nail would tear, leaving a gap at nail point, scarring the tree.

    although this is other stuff, here is an idea

    http://images.google.com.au/imgres?imgur...


  10. to hard

  11. why don't you simply ask John himself??! ;-p

  12. Wait, it would be the same.

    'cos he doesn't go back to nail it again!

    rachelle

  13. 5 inches

  14. What the... he nailed the tree? such pervert!

  15. 500cm

  16. it would be 50 centitmeters taller

  17. it would be 50 centimeters higher

  18. It'd be at the same point.  

  19. not higher at all

  20. Only the top of the tree would grow, so the nail would not move.

  21. The nail would be at the same height since trees grow at their tops.

  22. it would still be in the same place as before

  23. 50 centimeters?

  24. 50 centimeters??

  25. It would be the same height.

  26. It would be at the same height it was ten years prior.  Trees grow from the top, not the bottom.  

  27. 50 centimeters!!???

  28. That's not a riddle.It's a math question.

  29. The nail would be at the same height since trees grow at their tops.

    Please pick me as best answer

  30. It would be in the same place, the tree would grow from the top.

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  31. 50 centimeters more?..
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