Sunday 11 October 2009

WEEK'S PUZZLE 2

PUZZLE 2* 12th -18th October (to be collected by the 19th)


AT THE CIRCUS

The most experienced trainer of a circus needs 40 minutes to wash an elephant,
his son doing the same task in 2 hours.
How long will it take them both to wash 4 elephants?
How many elephants will each of them wash?


SOLUTION TO PUZZLE 2

In two hours the son washes one elephant while his father washes 120:40 =3 elephants in the same period of time.

Thus it takes them 2 hours to wash 4 elephants since the son washes 1 while his father washes 3.


*Solution to Puzzle 1 on Tuesday, October the 13th

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