Here is a puzzle-
A bookworm eats from the first page of an encyclopedia to the last page.The bookworm eats in a straight line.The encyclopedia consists of ten 1000 page volumes and is sitting on a bookshelf in the usual order Not counting covers,title pages etc how many pages does the bookworm eat through?
Dont say it is easy- it eats through 10000 pages.
It actually eats through 8000 pages.Remember when the encyclopedia is in the correct order on the shelf,the first volume is on the left.so the first page is not on the extreme left.So also the last page is not at the extreme right.Thus only the middle 8 volumes consisting of 8000 pages has been travelled through..
A bookworm eats from the first page of an encyclopedia to the last page.The bookworm eats in a straight line.The encyclopedia consists of ten 1000 page volumes and is sitting on a bookshelf in the usual order Not counting covers,title pages etc how many pages does the bookworm eat through?
Dont say it is easy- it eats through 10000 pages.
It actually eats through 8000 pages.Remember when the encyclopedia is in the correct order on the shelf,the first volume is on the left.so the first page is not on the extreme left.So also the last page is not at the extreme right.Thus only the middle 8 volumes consisting of 8000 pages has been travelled through..
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