Riddles!

[fieldfairy2]

I am sorry. I haven't posted. I have school and other things to do. No one is correct. The answer: The power went out in the hospital. WHich means the elevator stops. The oxygen machine the woman is on stops because it is run by electricty. (the hospital has a generator, i know, but it is a riddle.)

[imnotmikal]

We'll give Lancer_Man 24 hours to post a new riddle, or else someone else can post one.
The next person to post can post a new riddle, when the time comes.

[Lancer_Man]

There are two poles, 100 feet tall each.

A rope, 150 feet long, is stretced between them so it is raised 25 feet off the ground.

How close together are the poles?

[imnotmikal]

150 Feet...

[xmodscarbon's_lost]

175 feet.(add 150 + 25=175)

[firebird999]

that made no sense xcl...

there is not enough info, you don't say how high the rope is tied onto the poles.

[imnotmikal]

Exactly.
But he said stretched, which to mean means theres no slack.
So if the rope is 25 foot of the ground, its like that all the way across, so its 150 foot apart.

[firebird999]

hmmm, ok, i guess you're right, but it's a very poorly written question.

[Lancer_Man]

Originally Posted by firebird999

hmmm, ok, i guess you're right, but it's a very poorly written question.

Or, you are just too incompetent to figure it out without me spelling it out for you...



That help at all? And nobody is right yet.

And, remember, the rope is 150 feet long and attached to the top of both poles.

[imnotmikal]

This isnt a riddle, its a math problem...
It's either impossible:


or 106 feet:

[Lancer_Man]

Too hard, I guess.. Answer needed? Or anybody else gonna give it a shot?

No, Knvictd!

[meme405]

Let d = distance between the poles
assume the rope form a triangle between the poles
It dips down 75 ft in the middle
so half of the rope (75ft) hangs down 75 ft

I get stuck here...There was another problem like this floating around...

You switched the numbers making the question impossible...

[Lancer_Man]

Sooooooo close, Meme....

You are on the right track!

Answer in 10 min.

[meme405]

75 feet apart...

[Lancer_Man]

No...



It's so simple! Don't try to make it too hard.

Someone else go...

[Acura]

ok i'll go i guess

here it is:
What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?

[DrIfToRDIe]

A nose?

[Acura]

nope

HINT TOMMORROW!!, GOOD NIGHT

[Most_Wanted]

A river?

[imnotmikal]

Yes, the answer is a river.
but Acura, it's not your turn.
It's still Mancer_Man's since no one got it right.