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A ladder hangs over the side of a ship anchored in a port. The bottom rung touches the water. The distance between rungs is 20 cm and the length of the ladder is 180 cm. The tide is rising at the rate of 15 cm each hour. When will the water reach the seventh rung from the top?
If the tide is raising water, then it is raising the ship on water, too. So water will reach still the first rung.

What is that which everybody has seen but will never see again?
Yesterday

Some months have 31 days, some have 30 days, how many months in the Gregorian calendar have 28?
All the 12 months!

What is half of 4 plus 4?
6. Explanation: Half of 4 is 2 and then plus 4 is 6.

I have one letter but my name is spelled with eight. What am I?
Envelope

I am a seven letter word. I am very heavy. Take away two letters from me and you will get 8. Take away one letter from me and you will get 80. Who am I?

I come form North, East, West and South. I give you lots of information either verbally or textually. Who am I?

Fill in the sequence: prl, my, jn, jly, gst ?
sptmbr Explanation:Name of the months after removing the vowels - APRIL, MAY, JUNE, JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER.

I'm sometimes white, But most often I'm black. I take you there, But never bring you back. What am I?
A hearse.

A slice of cake costs $3 if it is cut into two pieces. How much will it cost if it is cut into seven pieces?
$3. As the entire slice costs $3, it doesn't matter how many pieces it is cut into.

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