Hi all,
I came across this brain teaser recently.
Imagine yourself standing in the center of your huge square shaped farm field. Suddenly you feel a mild wind and then you realize one end of your farm got caught with wild fire.
Fire started spreading towards the other end of the farm as the wind glows in that direction.
You are right in the middle of the farm. As the fire is spreading too fast, it is impossible to save your farm, and you should try to save your life.
Obviously the right decision will be to run towards the other end of the farm as fast as you can, but unfortunately fire spreads faster than you think and it will reach you before you can reach the end.
How will you survive?
Interesting isn’t it? Give a try friends!
Cheers!
you pray that the wind changes direction? đ
Ben,
No :). There is a proper logical answer. Keep trying đ If no clues, I ll add a hint as well.
Good luck friend!
other end of his farm or adjacent farm?
Hi Ram,
Since he is standing in the center of his square farm, the distance to the adjacent farm and the other end of his farm are the same.
But wise decision is to run in the same direction as the fire’s, to stay as far from fire.
Good try đ keep trying
dont have to run at all….its farmville đ
Senthil,
Funny.. But imagine question is realistic and there is a one good logical solution to survive đ
Good luck!!
he could rapidly remove the grass around him so that the fire stops as a circle? Does he have tools? I know by experience that it’s fast to remove a bit of earth from a ground đ
Benjamin,
Voila.. You r partially right. If he has a matchbox or lighter with him, he could light fire on the grass nearby him. As the wind flows towards the other end, fire also moves in that direction. So by the time chasing fire reaches him, he could walk into the burnt area and survive đ
Cheers
i hope for him he has a lighter… For once, smoking cigarettes saved someone đ
Ha ha funny đ