Try this riddle for 10 points?!
Question: Try this riddle for 10 points!?
When John was six years old he hammered a nail into his favorite tree to mark his height!. Ten years later at age sixteen, John returned to see how much higher the nail was!. If the tree grew by five centimeters each year, how much higher would the nail be!?
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Answers:
The nail would be at the same height since trees grow at their tops!.
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tricky, the nail would stay, but the bark around the nail would tear, leaving a gap at nail point, scarring the tree!.
although this is other stuff, here is an idea
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although this is other stuff, here is an idea
http://images!.google!.com!.au/imgres!?imgur!.!.!.
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John would not be able to see the nail!. The tree would have grown around it!. The tree grows taller but it also grows outward too!. Hince the rings on a tree trunk when cut!. That is what determines the age!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Only the top of the tree would grow, so the nail would not move!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
50 centimeters duh!!Www@Enter-QA@Com
50 centimeters more!?!.!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
50 centimeters!!!?!?!?Www@Enter-QA@Com
50 centimeters!?!?Www@Enter-QA@Com
50 centimeter higher!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
It would be at the same height it was ten years prior!. Trees grow from the top, not the bottom!. Www@Enter-QA@Com
50 centimeters!?Www@Enter-QA@Com
It would be in the same place, the tree would grow from the top!.
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Nice Riddle! Very Creative!. :)Www@Enter-QA@Com
it would be 50 centimeters higherWww@Enter-QA@Com
The nail would be at the same height since trees grow at their tops!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
It would be 50 centimeters higher!.Or about 22 inches!.so almost 2 feet!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
5 inchesWww@Enter-QA@Com
That's not a riddle!.It's a math question!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
you wouldn't be able to see the nail!. Since Trees keep adding bark year after yearWww@Enter-QA@Com
50 centimeters!. This isn't a riddle!. It's one of your home work questions!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
500cmWww@Enter-QA@Com
Thannks for the 2 points!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
It would be the same height!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
it would be 50 centitmeters tallerWww@Enter-QA@Com
What the!.!.!. he nailed the tree!? such pervert!Www@Enter-QA@Com
10 cm
but the boy would have grown too so its a really sily place to measure ur selfWww@Enter-QA@Com
but the boy would have grown too so its a really sily place to measure ur selfWww@Enter-QA@Com
the nail would not be higherWww@Enter-QA@Com
Wait, it would be the same!.
'cos he doesn't go back to nail it again!
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'cos he doesn't go back to nail it again!
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not higher at allWww@Enter-QA@Com
why don't you simply ask John himself!?!?! ;-pWww@Enter-QA@Com
it would still be in the same place as beforeWww@Enter-QA@Com