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A turtles' problem (Posted on 2007-05-17)

Three turtles are lined up in a row. The first turtle said, "I've got 2 turtles behind me and no turtles in front of me." The second turtle said: "I've got 1 turtle behind me and 1 turtle in front of me." but the last turtle surprised the other two and said, "I've got 2 turtles behind me and 2 turtles in front of me."

How is that possible?

Submitted by Assaf

Rating: 3.7500 (4 votes)

Solution: (Hide)

The last turtle had lied.

but Leming had another nice idea.

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Subject	Author	Date
re: Issue	Dej Mar	2007-11-18 19:21:50
An actual solution! (No tricks)	Axorion	2007-11-18 05:59:23
No Subject	Fionnghal	2007-10-20 18:17:59
Other possibilities	Penny	2007-05-23 17:36:19
some thoughts	K Sengupta	2007-05-22 05:48:16
clue	Assaf	2007-05-18 13:01:54
Issue	brianjn	2007-05-18 07:29:37
another try	Robby Goetschalckx	2007-05-18 05:31:31
re(2): solution	Robby Goetschalckx	2007-05-18 05:17:01
Blind	brianjn	2007-05-17 20:27:53
Road Sign	e.g.	2007-05-17 17:39:31
A solution involving only 3 turtles	Guest	2007-05-17 17:09:17
a solution	Daniel	2007-05-17 14:00:55
A hare racing problem	Leming	2007-05-17 13:06:49
re: solution	Charlie	2007-05-17 12:11:23
solution	Robby Goetschalckx	2007-05-17 10:26:14

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