Endy0816 432 Posted December 31, 2018 Five children are racing 10 kilometers. Four boys Jim, Nick, Dan, Bill and a girl Susan. Dan wins after running 3 kilometers. Bill and Jim run 6 kilometers and tie for third. Which boys run 10 kilometers? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Raider5678 51 Posted December 31, 2018 6 minutes ago, Endy0816 said: Dan wins after running 3 kilometers. Wouldn't he be the loser if he only ran 3 kilometers? 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Endy0816 432 Posted December 31, 2018 30 minutes ago, Raider5678 said: Wouldn't he be the loser if he only ran 3 kilometers? No he definitely won. At least 4 of them ran very very fast. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Raider5678 51 Posted December 31, 2018 1 hour ago, Endy0816 said: No he definitely won. At least 4 of them ran very very fast. So for a 10 kilometer race, Dan ran 3 kilometers, stopped, and won? 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MigL 1179 Posted December 31, 2018 I don't understand either. Have you left something out ? 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Itoero 48 Posted December 31, 2018 2 hours ago, Endy0816 said: Five children are racing 10 kilometers. Four boys Jim, Nick, Dan, Bill and a girl Susan. Dan wins after running 3 kilometers. Bill and Jim run 6 kilometers and tie for third. Which boys run 10 kilometers? Spoiler Nick 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MigL 1179 Posted December 31, 2018 That seems to follow. But still doesn't explain how you win by running 3km of a 10km race. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Endy0816 432 Posted January 1, 2019 Everything is there. They all run the full course and nobody stops before reaching the finish line. 3 hours ago, Itoero said: Reveal hidden contents Nick Partially correct. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Itoero 48 Posted January 1, 2019 Spoiler Dan and Nick Dan won after 3km but he did not stop running. Bill and Jim did stop after 6 km. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MigL 1179 Posted January 1, 2019 Just semantics, but... You can't win a 10km race after running 3km. Although you can be leading. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Itoero 48 Posted January 1, 2019 24 minutes ago, MigL said: Just semantics, but... You can't win a 10km race after running 3km. Although you can be leading. True but we imo don't know who won the 10 km. We know that Dan won after running 3 km. We don't know what he exactly won. Maybe Dan won a sprint at 3km. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Raider5678 51 Posted January 2, 2019 15 hours ago, Itoero said: Maybe Dan won a sprint at 3km Dan won the 10 kilometer race by winning a 3 kilometer sprint? Doesn't follow. I think he left something out. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ghideon 306 Posted January 2, 2019 (edited) Spoiler The five children "raced", not necessarily running? Dan wins after running during 3 of the 10 kilometers; he could walk faster than the others could run so he walked the remaining 7 km. Bill and Jim run 6 kilometers and tie for third, they decided to walk the rest without competing, they were already far ahead of the last competitor but had no hope of reaching 2nd or 1st place. Which boys run 10 kilometers? Only one boy left: Nick. He could run all the way but had to take lots of breaks. Or run all 10 km without pause but at a too slow pace. I cant figure out if Nick or Susan was second. Edited January 2, 2019 by Ghideon Clarified a sentence 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Itoero 48 Posted January 2, 2019 52 minutes ago, Raider5678 said: Dan won the 10 kilometer race by winning a 3 kilometer sprint? Doesn't follow. I think he left something out. "Dan wins after running 3 kilometers" That doesn't mean Dan won the 10 km. In the Tour de France for example you can often win points/time by reaching certain goals in between start and finish as first....that doesn't mean you reached the finish as first. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Raider5678 51 Posted January 8, 2019 On 12/31/2018 at 10:32 PM, Endy0816 said: Everything is there. They all run the full course and nobody stops before reaching the finish line. What is the answer? 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
md65536 340 Posted January 9, 2019 Based on the clues, they all did (except the original doesn't say Nick finished). You've never heard of the Millennium Falcon? It's the ship that made the Kessel run in less than twelve parsecs! 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MigL 1179 Posted January 9, 2019 Don't want to spoil your humorous quote from long ago, in a galaxy far, far away... But a "parsec' is a measure of distance, not time. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
John Cuthber 3711 Posted January 9, 2019 On 12/31/2018 at 9:02 PM, Endy0816 said: Dan wins after running 3 kilometers. 1 minute ago, MigL said: Don't want to spoil your humorous quote from long ago, in a galaxy far, far away... But a "parsec' is a measure of distance, not time. So is a kilometre, and I think that may have been the point. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Raider5678 51 Posted January 10, 2019 2 hours ago, MigL said: But a "parsec' is a measure of distance, not time. Heard an interesting theory once(not specifically in line with what the creator said) that mentions it's possible that it really meant that they'd found a much shorter path through the Kessel. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MigL 1179 Posted January 10, 2019 Nice of you to drop in again to check up on us, md65536. Welcome back. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
