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Subject: A simple problem

I am Brosidon, King of the Brocean

Walter, a young Sangheili, is 4 feet tall. He obtains a nail, and hammers it into a tree at exactly his height. 2 years later, he returns to the tree, having grown 8 inches. During this time, the tree has grown 12 inches. How much taller will the nail be than Walter?

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  • 01.07.2013 12:12 PM PDT

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Won't the nail be the same height?

  • 01.07.2013 12:13 PM PDT

4 inches?

  • 01.07.2013 12:13 PM PDT

4 inches.

12-8=4

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  • 01.07.2013 12:14 PM PDT
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How old are you?

  • 01.07.2013 12:14 PM PDT


Posted by: RC5908
4 inches?

  • 01.07.2013 12:14 PM PDT

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Posted by: A goon
How old are you?

Eleventy-Six.

  • 01.07.2013 12:15 PM PDT

Per Audacia Ad Astra

The tree didn't grow at all, it was chopped down due to deforestation.

  • 01.07.2013 12:15 PM PDT

I am Brosidon, King of the Brocean

It's not four inches.

  • 01.07.2013 12:16 PM PDT

Im going to say 4 in?

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  • 01.07.2013 12:16 PM PDT

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He is 8 inches taller than the nail.

  • 01.07.2013 12:16 PM PDT

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  • 01.07.2013 12:16 PM PDT
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The nail will be four inches above his head in the tree, but nails don't grow, so the nail itself will still be far shorter than he is.

  • 01.07.2013 12:16 PM PDT

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Posted by: destroys u
He is 8 inches taller than the nail.

DING DING DING

  • 01.07.2013 12:17 PM PDT


Posted by: ihazurkidney

Posted by: destroys u
He is 8 inches taller than the nail.

DING DING DING


Damn! Ninja'd! Bonus points for explanation?

Trees dont grow from the bottom, they grow from the top... So if the sangheili has grown 8 inches, he is 8 inches above the tree. Simple.

[Edited on 01.07.2013 12:19 PM PST]

  • 01.07.2013 12:17 PM PDT


Posted by: Player3Th0mas1
Trees dont grow from the bottom, they grow from the top... So if the sangheili has grown 8 inches, he is 8 inches above the tree. Simple.
It could have been some weird, Sanghelios (or however you spell it) tree that grows from the bottom. Should have been more specific, OP.

  • 01.07.2013 12:18 PM PDT

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The nail will be at the same height it was when Walter first hammered it in. This is because trees tend to grow upwards from the top, rather than from the roots.

  • 01.07.2013 12:19 PM PDT


Posted by: SonOfTheShire
The nail will be at the same height it was when Walter first hammered it in. This is because trees tend to grow upwards from the top, rather than from the roots.


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  • 01.07.2013 12:20 PM PDT
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Posted by: SonOfTheShire
The nail will be at the same height it was when Walter first hammered it in. This is because trees tend to grow upwards from the top, rather than from the roots.

  • 01.07.2013 12:20 PM PDT

Same height.

  • 01.07.2013 12:41 PM PDT