Boiling eggs

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If it takes 2 minutes to boil an egg, how many minutes does it take to boil 3 eggs??


The answer is 2.

Tasneem Khaled by Tasneem Khaled , 26, Bangladesh

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The hint here is they must be boiled together on a pot. If it takes 2 minutes to boil an egg, then it takes 2 minutes to boil 3 eggs, 4 eggs, 5 eggs, 20 eggs or until the pot is full of eggs.

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Hmm...did you take this picture just for this or was it taken another time or did somebody else take it?

I'm just wondering, you don't have to answer if you don't want to.

William Huang - 3 years, 10 months ago
Mohammad Khaza
Jul 17, 2017

i can boil 3 eggs at the same time on a pot.

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However, it never stated that you can boil them on a single pot. You could boil them separately. But then again, if he/she adds something like that into the question, it would ruin it...

William Huang - 3 years, 10 months ago
Jessica q Sun
Sep 1, 2017

Just put all three in the pot or get three tiny pots.

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Tasneem Khaled
Jul 17, 2017

The answer is 2 because you can boil the 3 eggs in one pot at the same time.

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Yes, I agree, you can.

William Huang - 3 years, 10 months ago
Tyle Stelzig
Aug 25, 2017

I got this problem 'right', but I don't think it's a good problem. It leaves a key assumption unstated, so it is up to the solver to guess the intended interpretation. So this seems like more of a 'joke' with a 'punchline' than a logic problem.

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I found this on one of the mensa puzzle cards.

Tasneem Khaled - 3 years, 9 months ago

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Thanks Tasneem. No personal hard feelings intended, just expressing my opinion about the problem. Perhaps as I learn more about this site I will get better at avoiding types of problem I don't like. :)

Tyle Stelzig - 3 years, 9 months ago

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