Question

For breakfast Sourav wanted to have 4 eggs. If it took him 20 minutes to boil 1 egg. What is the fastest time in which he could boil 4 eggs?
20 minutes
40 minutes
1 hour
1 hour 20 minutes

Answer 1

ANSWER:

• 20 minutes.

GIVEN:

• For breakfast Sourav wanted to have 4 eggs.

• It took him 20 minutes to boil 1 egg.

TO FIND:

• The fastest time in which he could boil 4 eggs.

EXPLANATION:

• We want to find the fastest time in which he could boil 4 eggs.

• So inorder to boil the eggs faster, he should boil all the four at a time.

• Since one egg took 20 minutes to boil, four eggs will also take the same time to boil as they are boiled together.

• The fastest time in which he could boil 4 eggs will be 20 minutes.

Answer 2

For breakfast, Sourav wanted to have 4 eggs. If it took him 20 minutes to boil 1 egg. The fastest time in which he could boil 4 eggs is 20 minutes.

• The given question is an interesting riddle in which we have to think logically. Hints are given in the riddle.

• Sometimes, logical questions are not so complicated to answer. Just Logical thinking is necessary to find out the answer. 

• Sourav boiled all 4 eggs at the same time so it doesn't matter if it's one egg or four eggs.

• So, The fastest egg in which he could boil 4 eggs is 20 minutes. Hence, the required answer is 20 minutes.