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Brain Teaser / Puzzle
July 03, 2007
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A man ordered a length of rope by telephone from his nearest hardware shop. But when he went to collect the rope, he found that the assistant had miswritten the order by interchanging feet and inches, As a result of this, the rope was only 30 percent of the length that the man wanted. So, what length did he want and what length did he get?
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The man ordered 9 feet 2 inches of rope, and got 2 feet 9 inches.
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