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If we know the volumetric flow rates of the water going into the two branches, then what would be the velocity of the water coming out?

Four words with the letters SNT, in that order, have all their other letters removed. You must use the letters below to fill in the blanks. _ _ S _ N T _ _ _ S _ _ N T S _ N _ _ T S _ _ _ N T Letters to use: A, A, E, E, E, I, I, L, L, Q, S, S, U, U

A 25 ft ladder (assume it is not an extension ladder) is placed with its foot 7 ft away from a building. If the top of the ladder slips down 4 ft, how many feet will the bottom slide out?

John the distribution manager for a leading mobile phone company has a dilemma. The warehouse has 10 unlabelled rows of pallets, each row contains thousands of phones destined for different countries. Each 100g mobile phone is exactly the same except for those in the row destined for Japan, which have …

Doug had forgotten the 5 digit code to his briefcase. However, he did remember five clues: The fifth number plus the third number equals fourteen; The fourth number is one more than the second number; The first number is one less than twice the second number; The second number plus …

Challenge your brain with this interesting brain teaser. Given a number of statement find the solution to the question asked.

A team of 6 girls and 4 boys put together a 2200-piece jigsaw puzzle in 4 hours. The same jigsaw puzzle was put together in 8 hours by a team of two girls and five boys. Who are better at putting jigsaw puzzles together, boys or girls, and by how much?

Insert +, -, x or / in suitable places on the left hand side of = so as to make the above equation true:

Can you figure out a way for four people to cross a rickety bridge in exactly (or under) 17 minutes?

Discuss. No electoral system will ever produce the right leaders.