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Title: Bridge! [Solved]
Post by: rabbit on August 09, 2005, 05:40:17 AM
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?
Title: Re: Bridge! [Solved]
Post by: Sidoh on August 09, 2005, 03:26:56 PM
bump
Title: Re: Bridge! [Solved]
Post by: Newby on August 09, 2005, 03:29:37 PM
I'm guessing he burned gas and the truck lost 5 ounces of weight or more.
Title: Re: Bridge! [Solved]
Post by: wires on August 09, 2005, 04:31:13 PM
Half of the truck is already off the bridge?
Title: Re: Bridge! [Solved]
Post by: Sidoh on August 09, 2005, 04:32:46 PM
It's at halfway point. Unless the truck is two miles long, I don't think that's possible. :)
Title: Re: Bridge! [Solved]
Post by: Ergot on August 09, 2005, 04:35:34 PM
The truck was full of Mexicans. The bridge leads the INS office.

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Title: Re: Bridge! [Solved]
Post by: wires on August 09, 2005, 04:38:02 PM
Quote from: Sidoh on August 09, 2005, 04:32:46 PM
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.
Title: Re: Bridge! [Solved]
Post by: Sidoh on August 09, 2005, 04:39:41 PM
Quote from: Oh Gee WhyErz on August 09, 2005, 04:38:02 PM
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.
Title: Re: Bridge! [Solved]
Post by: iago on August 09, 2005, 05:10:31 PM
Quote from: Newby on August 09, 2005, 03:29:37 PM
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.