Check Out This Tricky Problem From A 1985 IQ Test

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Cody Cross
Created by Cody Cross
On May 29, 2019
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YOU ARE LITERALLY A GENIUS!

YOU ARE LITERALLY A GENIUS!

If you are standing directly on the North Pole and you walk 1 mile south, 1 mile west, and 1 mile north, you will arrive back at the North Pole. Now imagine a circle with a 1-mile circumference that has the South Pole at its center. If you were to start 1 mile north of this circle, you would travel 1 mile south, 1 mile west all the way around the circle, and then 1 mile north back to your starting point. So you could start anywhere that is 1 mile north of the circle around the South Pole. Now, imagine that the circle around the South Pole has a circumference of 1/2-mile. If you were to start 1 mile north of that circle, you would travel 1 mile south, 1 mile west around the circle twice, and then 1 mile north back to your starting position. If the circle were 1/3-mile, you could still start 1 mile north of it, and you would travel around the circle 3 times...

The same is true for any fraction 1/n, and the result is that you walk around the circle times.

YOU GOT IT WRONG!

YOU GOT IT WRONG!

If you are standing directly on the North Pole and you walk 1 mile south, 1 mile west, and 1 mile north, you will arrive back at the North Pole. Now imagine a circle with a 1-mile circumference that has the South Pole at its center. If you were to start 1 mile north of this circle, you would travel 1 mile south, 1 mile west all the way around the circle, and then 1 mile north back to your starting point. So you could start anywhere that is 1 mile north of the circle around the South Pole. Now, imagine that the circle around the South Pole has a circumference of 1/2-mile. If you were to start 1 mile north of that circle, you would travel 1 mile south, 1 mile west around the circle twice, and then 1 mile north back to your starting position. If the circle were 1/3-mile, you could still start 1 mile north of it, and you would travel around the circle 3 times...

The same is true for any fraction 1/n, and the result is that you walk around the circle times.

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