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A man builds a rectangular house. After he builds the house he wants to place a clock on a south wall...................

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A man builds a rectangular house. After he builds the house he wants to place a clock on a south wall. Because there are so many south walls he places the clock on a random wall. He sits in front of the clock for ten minutes until he hears a knock on his font door. The man opens the door to see a bear on his front porch. The bear kills him. What color was the bear and why?

posted Jan 3, 2019 by Saif Khanam

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"There are so many south walls" implies that the house is in the north pole as all the direction for anyone in a north pole points to south so the color of the bear from north pole has to be white.

answer Jan 3, 2019 by Tejas Naik



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