You enter a room.
2 dogs, 4 horses 1 giraffe and a duck are lying on the bed. 3 chickens are flying over a chair.
How many legs are on the ground?
The correct Answer and Explanation is:
The correct answer is 6 legs on the ground. Here’s why:
You enter the room, and only your two legs are on the ground because no animals mentioned are standing on the ground. All the animals are either lying on the bed or flying. Therefore, the animals do not contribute to the count of legs on the ground.
To break this down further:
- You are entering the room. A person typically has two legs, so that adds 2 legs on the ground.
- The animals in the room:
- 2 dogs are lying on the bed. Since they are lying down, their legs are not on the ground.
- 4 horses are also lying on the bed, so none of their legs are on the ground.
- 1 giraffe is lying on the bed, meaning its legs are also not on the ground.
- 1 duck is lying on the bed, so its legs are not on the ground either.
- 3 chickens are flying over a chair. Since they are flying, their legs are not on the ground.
None of the animals in the scenario have their legs on the ground because they are either lying on the bed or flying. Thus, their legs are not counted.
So, the only legs on the ground are your 2 legs. Additionally, the furniture (bed and chair) might have legs as well, but this isn’t explicitly mentioned in the problem. Assuming a typical four-legged bed and chair, the bed would contribute 4 legs, and the chair would contribute 4 legs.
Therefore, 2 human legs + 4 bed legs = 6 legs on the ground. The chair’s legs do not touch the ground, as no animals are directly on it.