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| Tweet Topic Started: Feb 26 2007, 06:55:38 PM (315 Views) | |
ohippy
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Feb 26 2007, 06:55:38 PM Post #1 |
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Dad has set me this puzzle as a parting gift. If a car is travelling at a steady 60mph and a train is also travelling at a steady 60mph, both are the same distance away from a junction where the road crosses the track at a right angle. There are no under or over passes. How does the driver make it safely across ? Any ideas ? |
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| Anne | Feb 26 2007, 07:09:55 PM Post #2 |
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Wonderful Winsome Wench
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he left 10 minutes before the train |
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ohippy
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Feb 26 2007, 07:13:34 PM Post #3 |
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nope - they're both the exact same distance away from the junction |
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| Anne | Feb 26 2007, 07:14:34 PM Post #4 |
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it's a different junction |
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ohippy
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Feb 26 2007, 07:24:52 PM Post #5 |
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nope - same junction. It has to be something fundamental. eg he just came out with the one - if you had two coins which add up to 15pence and one is not a 10pence - what coins have you got ? a 10 and a 5, one coin might not be a 10 pence but the other one is |
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Anastasia Beaverhausen
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Feb 26 2007, 07:32:27 PM Post #6 |
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The driver stops to let the train through? |
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Anastasia Beaverhausen
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Feb 26 2007, 07:33:33 PM Post #7 |
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Or, they are both travelling away from the junction |
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| Bordy | Feb 26 2007, 07:33:37 PM Post #8 |
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He stops & lets the train through the junction first. |
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ohippy
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Feb 26 2007, 07:43:30 PM Post #9 |
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no - neither stops |
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ohippy
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Feb 26 2007, 07:47:33 PM Post #10 |
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no - both travelling towards the same junction |
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Anastasia Beaverhausen
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Feb 26 2007, 07:47:53 PM Post #11 |
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They are travelling in opposite directions. The car is on the train (channel tunnel train) :whistle: |
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ohippy
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Feb 26 2007, 07:53:47 PM Post #12 |
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no - both travelling directly towards the junction at right angles to each other This is really annoying now and it's all Soapys fault !! |
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Feb 26 2007, 07:59:41 PM Post #13 |
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Oh god, you're doing this here as well. Is there no escape :rolleyes: :lol: |
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ohippy
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Feb 26 2007, 08:01:33 PM Post #14 |
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It's a competition to see who can come up with the right answer first !! :lol: |
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Feb 26 2007, 08:05:04 PM Post #15 |
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How does the driver get across? He doesnt, theres a horrible mess, network rail blamed for a faulty level crossing, sued by the victims, goes out of business and the network finally gets run by someone with competence :dunno: |
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| lesleys | Feb 26 2007, 08:06:53 PM Post #16 |
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Do you mean the train driver or the car driver? |
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Soapy
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Feb 26 2007, 08:07:16 PM Post #17 |
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the car is on the train |
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Anastasia Beaverhausen
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Feb 26 2007, 08:08:40 PM Post #18 |
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Ooh ooh, the train is like the one on Back to the Future 3, it flys :thumbsup: :thumbsup: am I right, am I, am I, am I :thumbsup: |
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| marco121068 | Feb 26 2007, 08:09:15 PM Post #19 |
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I was about to say that. |
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ohippy
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Feb 26 2007, 08:09:46 PM Post #20 |
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:lol: |
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Soapy
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Feb 26 2007, 08:15:09 PM Post #21 |
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oops i should read the whole thread :blushing: |
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| Pommygirl | Feb 26 2007, 08:22:30 PM Post #22 |
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I'm with Soapy. |
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ohippy
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Feb 26 2007, 08:26:46 PM Post #23 |
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nope all wrong |
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Anastasia Beaverhausen
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Feb 26 2007, 08:27:56 PM Post #24 |
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Confiscate your Dads ticket, he's not going anywhere till we get the bleedin answer!!!!! |
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| Pommygirl | Feb 26 2007, 08:31:57 PM Post #25 |
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Across what? |
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ohippy
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Feb 26 2007, 08:32:52 PM Post #26 |
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he's promised me $50 if I get the answer before tomorrow ! |
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Feb 26 2007, 08:34:11 PM Post #27 |
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Its a model set, the driver is looking down on the scene controlling both car and train and remains unscathed. I give up :angry: :P |
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Feb 26 2007, 08:35:56 PM Post #28 |
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And I take it you will share the money with whomever guesses the answer? :rolleyes: |
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| Pommygirl | Feb 26 2007, 08:40:06 PM Post #29 |
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The junction is behind them, they have already passed it. Its where they set off! |
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Feb 26 2007, 08:40:49 PM Post #30 |
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goes without say ing - and this rate, whoever gets it right can have it all it's bugging me so much, stumping OH too which is quite funny to watch |
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