Question of the Day #226 (23/03/10)

[Kazza]

A ship is docked in harbour. A rope ladder hangs over the side. The rungs are 1 foot apart.

The tide rises 9 inches per hour. At the end of 6 hours, how much rope ladder will remain, assuming 9 feet of ladder was above the water when the tide began to rise?




PM answers only please.

 

[chaskell27]

PM sent!!!!:thumbup:

 

[Adirondack Jack]

PM message placed in bottle and tossed overboard. Check beach!

 

[dean owens]

pm sent to ya

 

[Caligula]

PM'd earlier...

 

[GConn]

PM Sent !!

 

[Stevenator]

PM Sent via Pirate Parrot... u better have a cracker.

 

[Less]

PM sent in a bottle on the next tide.

 

[CHEMIKER]

Floated a PM to you

 

[discgolfdude]

pm'd the answer

 

[stink989]

PMed you an answer

 

[Motogiro]

PM message placed in bottle and tossed overboard. Check beach!

Hahahaha!:rof::rof::rof:

 

[x47b3207]

pm on the way.

 

[tymensen]

you've been pm'd

 

[craig007]

pm sent.......

 

[BusyWeb]

PM sent, with two answers???

 

[FrankieOC82]

PM sent!! hope i got it!!

 

[Kazza]

The answer is 9 ft!


Thanks for the great turnout. :cheer:

Rep & casino cash winners: Caligula; stink989; Iethius

Rep winners: chaskell27; Adirondack Jack; GConn; Less; Chemiker; x47b3207; FrankieOC82; tymensen; craig007

Sorry BusyWeb - you have to commit to one answer only

Chemiker - thanks so much for your in-depth answer - tides, salinity - you really thought about this one



Edit - Sorry Stevenator, you won yesterday. You are ineligible for this one.

 

[Iethius]

Thank you, good one.

 

[dean owens]

dang it! how do i leave an important detail like A SHIP out of the equation? i read dock and thought... oh this is just a simple math problem. :tard: