Bridge! [Solved]

[rabbit]

A bridge, 2 miles long, is rated for 12,000 lbs. Even one ounce more will cause it to collapse. A truck weighing precisely 12,000 lbs begins to cross. At the halfway point, a sparrow weighing 5 ounces lands on the truck. The bridge does not collapse. Why?

[Sidoh]

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[Newby]

I'm guessing he burned gas and the truck lost 5 ounces of weight or more.

[wires]

Half of the truck is already off the bridge?

[Sidoh]

It's at halfway point. Unless the truck is two miles long, I don't think that's possible.

[Ergot]

The truck was full of Mexicans. The bridge leads the INS office.

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[wires]

It's at halfway point. Unless the truck is two miles long, I don't think that's possible.

So!  It never said how long the truck was.

[Sidoh]

So!  It never said how long the truck was.

It'd be a pretty bizarre truck if it was 2 miles long and only weighed 12,000 pounds.

[iago]

I'm guessing he burned gas and the truck lost 5 ounces of weight or more.

That's the right answer, I've seen that one before.