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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.

Which room has no doors or windows?
A Mushroom

Place a word with 4 letters in between the two words so that it can be used as a prefix and suffix to make two new words. SPOILS_______ION

What belongs to you but others use it more than you do?
Your Name

A girl who was just learning to drive went down a one-way street in the wrong direction, but didn't break the law. How come?
She was walking.

What invention lets you look right through a wall?
A window

I am white in color. You can't see me in water. I am appreciated if only added in the right measure. Who am I?

Complete the sequence: 4, 7, 15, 29, 59, 117 ?
235 Explanation: 4+3=7 7+4x2=15 15+7x2=29 29+15x2=59 59+29x2=117 117+59x2=235

Which word in the dictionary is spelled incorrectly?
Incorrectly.

I don't have eyes, but once I did see. Once I had thoughts, but now I'm white and empty.

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