Three professors were discussing over how long they have been teaching. Andrew and Beyonce have been teaching for a total of thirty six years. Curt and Beyonce have been teaching for a total of twenty two years. Curt and Andrew have been teaching for a total of twenty eight years.
Can you find out how long have each of them been teaching?
Riddle AnswerJohn was asked how old he is. He said, “In 2 years I will be twice as old as I was 5 years ago.”
How old is John?
Riddle AnswerMr. Jones has two children. The older child is a girl. What is the probability that both children are girls?
Riddle AnswerA rich merchant had collected many gold coins. He did not want anybody to know about them. One day, his wife asked, “How many gold coins do we have?”
After pausing a moment, he replied, “Well! If I divide the coins into two unequal numbers, then 32 times the difference between the two numbers equals the difference between the squares of the two numbers.”
The wife looked puzzled. Can you help the merchant’s wife by finding out how many gold coins they have?
Riddle AnswerA medieval king needed to work out how he could recruit fighting men for the battle ahead. However, there were so many distractions around the castle, his thinking became confused. So in order to change his daze into knights, he asked for a secluded walk to be made so he could ponder in peace.
The head gardener was given the job of planting lines of high bushes. First, he planted a line running 100 paces east. Then from the end of that line he planted a line 100 paces north, then 100 west, 98 south, 98 east, 96 north, 96 west, and so on. This made a square spiral path 2 paces wide.
If the king intended to walk down the middle of the path, how long was the path?
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