Two boys, Tom and Harry, are running a 100 meter race. The first time they race Tom beats Harry by 5 meters. To make things fair, the next time they race Tom stands 5 meters behind the starting line.
Who wins the second race (assuming they run at the same speed as the first race)?
Riddle AnswerWhen Tom was 2 years old his sister was half his age. Now, Tom is 100 years old. Then how old is his sister?
Riddle AnswerWhen purchased together, a pair of binoculars and the case cost $100. If the binoculars cost $90 more than the case, how much does the case cost?
Riddle AnswerIn a cookie jar, there are ten butter cookies and ten chocolate-chip cookies. Tom sneaks over to the cookie jar in the middle of the night and tries to figure out:
A man lights two candles and begins a romantic candlelight dinner with his wife. The candles are of equal length, but one candle is thicker than the other.
The thick candle is designed to last for 6 hours while the thin candle is designed to last for 3 hours.
At the end of the dinner, the thick candle is twice as long as the thin candle. How long did the dinner last?
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