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#1 2008-07-30 07:43:23

ZHero
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Interesting Puzzle..

This one's an interesting puzzle and DOES NOT involve any MECHANICS!! Please don't forget to hide ur answers..

There's a Bridge 2.4 km long with a load handling capacity of exactly 1 tonne and is bound to collapse if load increases by even a single gram than a tonne!!
A bus, loaded fully with passengers, of weight exactly a tonne is crossing over the bridge. At exactly 3/4th of the length of the bridge a Crow comes (out of the Blue) and sits on top of the Bus!
But to everyone's surprise, the Bridge doesn't collapse and the bus crosses it safely!!
Why??

Its no PJ!


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#2 2008-07-30 10:24:18

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Re: Interesting Puzzle..

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#3 2008-07-30 11:29:39

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#4 2008-07-30 12:07:23

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Re: Interesting Puzzle..

The way the question is set up is rather artificial.  Don't get me wrong, I understand it needs to be, but I'm not certain if this is too involved to be the answer that ZHero was looking for.


"In the real world, this would be a problem.  But in mathematics, we can just define a place where this problem doesn't exist.  So we'll go ahead and do that now..."

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#5 2008-07-30 16:47:48

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JaneFairfax wrote:

I told you that its NO PJ!
But your answer was really funny! Ha Ha Ha lol


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#6 2008-07-30 16:52:37

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To Ricky: As i've said earlier, this question does not involve any knowledge of Mechanics!!

I bet that when i'll tell you the answer, you'll all be like "O  F, that was easy!" smile


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#7 2008-07-31 02:24:18

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What do you mean it's "no PJ"?


Wrap it in bacon

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#8 2008-07-31 02:51:08

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No pyjamas. tongue

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#9 2008-07-31 03:10:50

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JaneFairfax wrote:

No pyjamas. tongue

Ha Ha lol


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#10 2008-07-31 03:13:42

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TheDude wrote:

What do you mean it's "no PJ"?

A PJ is a 'Poor Joke'!
Don't go on the name; they're really Funny sometimes!

This however is a LOGICAL Puzzle...


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#11 2008-07-31 03:32:40

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I'll guess


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#12 2008-07-31 03:33:41

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Ricky's is the answer I would have gone for. It's purely qualitative, so I wouldn't say it counts as involving mechanics. Probably wrong guess:


Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.

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#13 2008-07-31 05:14:53

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infinitebrain wrote:

I'll guess

TRAIN???
dunno:
Did I mention TRAIN?


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#14 2008-07-31 05:18:37

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mathsyperson wrote:

Ricky's is the answer I would have gone for. It's purely qualitative, so I wouldn't say it counts as involving mechanics. Probably wrong guess:

That's being too HYPOTHETICAL mathsy!!


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#15 2008-07-31 05:22:57

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#16 2008-07-31 05:41:03

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ohhh of course I see now what you mean't sorry about the train I got the type of automobile wrong smile


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#17 2008-07-31 07:35:58

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Re: Interesting Puzzle..

My idea was...

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#18 2008-07-31 07:47:32

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Kurre wrote:

My idea was...

How so ever less may the bird weigh, the overall weight would still be greater than a tonne!!


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#19 2008-08-02 11:50:52

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deus ex machina

Since no specific fuel was alluded to in the initial question, the correct assumption is that the train is electrical in nature and thus has no expendables aboard.

JaneFairfax actually had the most logical answer -- ALL trains carry champion swimmers!

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#20 2008-08-02 20:12:25

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integer wrote:

deus ex machina

Since no specific fuel was alluded to in the initial question, the correct assumption is that the train is electrical in nature and thus has no expendables aboard.

JaneFairfax actually had the most logical answer -- ALL trains carry champion swimmers!

There's no TRAIN in the question!?swear
Its a BUS! And i've never seen an ELECTRICAL BUS


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#21 2008-08-02 22:49:03

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