Puzzle 58
I recently gave a new watch to my friend for their birthday.
However, as usual with my presents, it was quite useless as it gains 6 minutes every hour.
I set it using my own accurate clock at midnight, and the watch now shows 8:26am.
I know that it stopped 30 minutes ago, so what is the correct time now?
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Hint
How many watch minutes pass in a real hour?
Answer
8:10am.
Reasoning
The watch now shows 8:26am, so we know that 8 x 60 + 26 = 506 watch minutes have passed.
Since the watch is gaining 6 minutes every hour, for every real hour that has passed, the watch will show 66 minutes.
So, 506 ÷ 66 ≈ 7.666 real hours have passed.
This equals 460 minutes, which is 7 hours and 40 minutes = 7:40am.
The watch stopped 30 minutes ago, therefore the time must now be 8:10am.
Puzzle 59
This statement is false.
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This puzzle is a classic paradox. You can wrangle with the logic for hours and never reach an absolute conclusion.
Puzzle 60
Below you will find 15 well-known seven-letter words, with only their endings remaining.
Can you find the words?
----nst
----nip
----fth
----rno
----dox
----sil
----nac
----iem
----arb
----ior
----bey
----van
----ipt
----dth
----nox
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The first letters of the words are: A, P, T, I, P, U, A, R, R, W, D, C, R, B, E.
Answers
----nst = against
----nip = parsnip
----fth = twelfth
----rno = inferno
----dox = paradox
----sil = utensil
----nac = almanac
----iem = requiem
----arb = rhubarb
----ior = warrior
----bey = disobey
----van = caravan
----ipt = receipt
----dth = breadth
----nox = equinox
