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Bob won the bet. How is that possible?

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Jon and Bob were betting on a baseball game and Bob lost. To get back at him he bets Jon.
Bob says, "I bet you I can do two to three thousand push-ups in 10 minutes."
Jon says, "Fine, let's see it. You couldn't possibly win that bet."

Bob won the bet. How is that possible?

posted Apr 15, 2016 by Pankaj Deshmukh

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Bob did 2 push-ups (maybe 3 just to show of) as the bet was to do between 2 and 3000 push-ups, not 2000-3000 push-ups.

answer Apr 19, 2016 by Jcm
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He did the minimum push up he said he can do, which is 2.

answer Apr 23, 2016 by anonymous



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