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The race (Posted on 2002-05-29)

You are in a straight 400 m race. You overtake the last person.

What position are you in now?

See The Solution Submitted by Half-Mad

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| Comment 15 of 26 |

If you overtake the last person (infering you are behind them) that means you were the last person and you cannot overtake yourself, but if you managed to do that you would still be in last place.

Posted by Jenny on 2003-09-05 10:30:58

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