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2. If someone finds an old coin bearing the date 47 BC and offers to sell it =o you for one dollar how much would you pay?p9G中国英语学习网
3. In the United States is it legal for a man to marry his widow's sister?p9G中国英语学习网
4. How much dirt is there in a hole that measures two feet by three feet by our feet?p9G中国英语学习网
5. How many months have 30 days in them?p9G中国英语学习网
6. A bottle and a cork together cost '1.05. The bottle costs '1.00 more than the cork. How much does each cost?p9G中国英语学习网
7. Which is correct - eight and eight IS fifteen or eight and eight ARE fifteen?p9G中国英语学习网
8. A 10 foot rope ladder hangs over the side of a boat with the bottom rung on the surface of the water. There is one foot between rungs and the tide goes  at the rate of 6 inches per hour. How long until three rungs are covered?p9G中国英语学习网
9. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have six daughters and each daughter has one brother. How =any people in the family?p9G中国英语学习网
10. Two fathers and two sons each shot a duck and none of them shot the same duck. Only three ducks were shot. Why?p9G中国英语学习网
11. We all know there are 12 one-cent stamps in a dozen, but how many two-cent stamps are there in a dozen?p9G中国英语学习网
12. Two planes leave Chicago and New York at the same time. Assume a 1000 mile distance. The east bound plane travels 240 miles per hour but due to headwinds the west bound plane can only make 80 miles per hour. When they meet, which is nearest to Chicago?

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1. incorrectlyp9G中国英语学习网
2. One dollarp9G中国英语学习网
3. No.  If he has a widow, then the man is dead and cannot legally marry anyone.  p9G中国英语学习网
4. There is no dirt in a hole.  p9G中国英语学习网
5. 11 months.  All the months except February have 30 days in them.  p9G中国英语学习网
6. The bottle costs '1.025 and the cork costs '0.025.  p9G中国英语学习网
7. Neither is correct.  Eight and eight equals SIXTEEN.  p9G中国英语学习网
8. The rungs will never be covered because the boat rises with the tide.  p9G中国英语学习网
9. 9 family members total.  6 daughters, 1 brother, Mr. Smith and Mrs. Smith.p9G中国英语学习网
10.  There is a Grandfather, Father and Son.  The Grandfather is father of the Father and the Father is the father of the son.  The father is the son of the Grandfather and the Son is the son of the other.  Thus, there are two fathers and sons, but only three people.p9G中国英语学习网
11. 12. p9G中国英语学习网
12. Neither will be nearer.  When they meet they will be at the same place.  p9G中国英语学习网