North Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 If it takes you more than 1 minute to answer this (according to my friend the pych class student) you are a linear thinker. if you are faster then you are a non-linear (aka goal oriented) thinker. A man buys Lilly pads for his pond. These Lilly pads double every day. It will take 30 days for the Lilly pads to cover the pond. On what day is half of the pond covered with Lilly pads? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loves2Shoot Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 (edited) 29 days, I'm linear Edited April 10, 2006 by Loves2Shoot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Cheely Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 College is paying off!!! That was easy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 Under 5 seconds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dajarrel Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 Well, I'm non-linear.....and got the wrong answer. Seems like that's usually half my problem...jumping to conclusions. dj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandman_sy Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 Non-Linear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CenTexSlim Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 Non-linear.. But doesn't everyone posess non-linear thinking skills? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Posted April 10, 2006 Author Share Posted April 10, 2006 nonlinear = 0 to 1 minute Linear = over 1 minute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolan Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 Wow, I must be a linear thinker because it took me 29 days to figure out the answer. Nolan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 About 10 sec...old non-linear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markm Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 What if I buy enough to cover the pond to begin with, I'm not very patient? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkelly Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 (edited) I'm a linear thinker, but it took less then 3 seconds to find the answer because I started from the finish. Perhaps the 1 min time limit was for non-engineering types. Respectfully, jdkelly Edited April 15, 2006 by jkelly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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