23 Sep 2019, 8:33 pm
nick007
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23 Sep 2019, 9:37 pm
IsabellaLinton wrote:
nick007 wrote:
Mountain Goat wrote:
And now to reveal the answer. The answer is SECOND.
Mountain Goat wrote:
he overtakes the second place runner and he keeps going and then comes across the finish line.
I musta misunderstood the word "Overtakes". I thought overtaking the 2nd place runner meant he passed him/her which means the runner this thread is about would of came in 1st. The post had unnecessary information which was designed to confuse/fool/trick us.He overtook or passed the second place person, meaning he came in second.
He didn't overtake or pass the first place person.
I blame my dyslexia 
24 Sep 2019, 12:45 am
24 Sep 2019, 1:55 am
nick007 wrote:
IsabellaLinton wrote:
nick007 wrote:
Mountain Goat wrote:
And now to reveal the answer. The answer is SECOND.
Mountain Goat wrote:
he overtakes the second place runner and he keeps going and then comes across the finish line.
I musta misunderstood the word "Overtakes". I thought overtaking the 2nd place runner meant he passed him/her which means the runner this thread is about would of came in 1st. The post had unnecessary information which was designed to confuse/fool/trick us.He overtook or passed the second place person, meaning he came in second.
He didn't overtake or pass the first place person.
I blame my dyslexia No. You did NOT misread it.
It says "he overtook the person in second place". And you read it correctly.
And like everyone else, including me, you impulsively figured "he is now ahead of the second place person so that means he is now in first place".
You don't go the extra step that I and others went of realizing that if you "over take the person in SECOND place" you are still behind the person who was in first place. Which would mean that you would then yourself be in ...second place (ahead of the person who had been in second place and behind the person who was, and still is, in first place).
24 Sep 2019, 9:47 am
Well explained Naturalplastic.
I may have another one. 
24 Sep 2019, 9:58 am
Mountain Goat wrote:
Well explained Naturalplastic.
I may have another one.
I may have another one.
I'm interested.
24 Sep 2019, 10:01 am
It reminds me of an Olympic running race I watched on TV. The announcer said of the second place person, "If they can just pass _______ , they'll win the race!"
Duh. 
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24 Sep 2019, 10:12 am
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24 Sep 2019, 10:15 am
Come on MG
"Give us another one, just like the other one, gives us another one do" as the song goes..
24 Sep 2019, 10:36 am
I have an idea. Give me some time to think things through... Just need to go over the details in my mind.
24 Sep 2019, 10:40 am
naturalplastic wrote:
nick007 wrote:
IsabellaLinton wrote:
nick007 wrote:
Mountain Goat wrote:
And now to reveal the answer. The answer is SECOND.
Mountain Goat wrote:
he overtakes the second place runner and he keeps going and then comes across the finish line.
I musta misunderstood the word "Overtakes". I thought overtaking the 2nd place runner meant he passed him/her which means the runner this thread is about would of came in 1st. The post had unnecessary information which was designed to confuse/fool/trick us.He overtook or passed the second place person, meaning he came in second.
He didn't overtake or pass the first place person.
I blame my dyslexia No. You did NOT misread it.
It says "he overtook the person in second place". And you read it correctly.
And like everyone else, including me, you impulsively figured "he is now ahead of the second place person so that means he is now in first place".
You don't go the extra step that I and others went of realizing that if you "over take the person in SECOND place" you are still behind the person who was in first place. Which would mean that you would then yourself be in ...second place (ahead of the person who had been in second place and behind the person who was, and still is, in first place).
Yeah, the first set was my reasoning when I answered the poll.
Mountain Goat's solution confused me at first, and I was at fist annoyed that he didn't explain it, but the I figured it out on my own.
Mountain Goat, please post more, these are fun exercises
24 Sep 2019, 10:48 am
24 Sep 2019, 10:55 am
Hats off to you MG if you can catch us out next time
24 Sep 2019, 11:29 am
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26 Sep 2019, 10:29 am
naturalplastic wrote:
nick007 wrote:
IsabellaLinton wrote:
nick007 wrote:
Mountain Goat wrote:
And now to reveal the answer. The answer is SECOND.
Mountain Goat wrote:
he overtakes the second place runner and he keeps going and then comes across the finish line.
I musta misunderstood the word "Overtakes". I thought overtaking the 2nd place runner meant he passed him/her which means the runner this thread is about would of came in 1st. The post had unnecessary information which was designed to confuse/fool/trick us.He overtook or passed the second place person, meaning he came in second.
He didn't overtake or pass the first place person.
I blame my dyslexia No. You did NOT misread it.
It says "he overtook the person in second place". And you read it correctly.
And like everyone else, including me, you impulsively figured "he is now ahead of the second place person so that means he is now in first place".
You don't go the extra step that I and others went of realizing that if you "over take the person in SECOND place" you are still behind the person who was in first place. Which would mean that you would then yourself be in ...second place (ahead of the person who had been in second place and behind the person who was, and still is, in first place).
I'll have to read MG's other post but it may be a few days cuz I may not have much time to check the forum. I'm mostly going through email & checking watched posts at the moment.
26 Sep 2019, 10:55 am
Who was the person who put the right answer in AFTER the right answer has been revealed? Hahahaha! (Ok. Maybe the person didn't look and see the answer).
