MathRiddle #1188
A rope ladder hangs off the side of a boat with four rungs underwater. The tide rises two feet. How many rungs are underwater now?
Hint: What happens to the boat?
Answer
Still four
The boat floats, so it rises with the tide, and the ladder rises with it.
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