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    Dec 13, 2011, 08:27 PM
    Santa Claus Riddle
    Santa claus is standing on the middle rung of a ladder. He climbs up 3 rungs and then climbs down 5 rungs. He then climbs 10 rungs to the top. How many rungs are on the ladder? How do you mathematically solve this problem?
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    Dec 23, 2011, 08:21 AM
    Try to visualize the problem. If you are in the middle and climb up 3 stairs then down 5 stairs you are 2 stairs down from the middle. Now you climb up 10 stairs, so 2 stairs to the middle, then 8 stairs to the top from the middle. So there are a total of 16 stairs (8 * 2).

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