| A marine insurance company wanted to test the
credibility of a shipwrecked passenger whose report went as follows: "When the liner began sinking, I only thought of saving my life. I jumped into the sea, mastering all my strength, and swam in the direction of a small island several miles away by alternating backstroke with breaststroke. About three-quarters of an hour later, I heard a terrific explosion, a sure sign that the liner's boiler had exploded. The thing that I could not understand was that, several seconds later, I heard a second explosion." This observation was not corroborated by the crew which, being in a lifeboat near the sinking liner heard only one detonation. Can you tell whether the description of the passenger contained a contradiction? If you think there is no contradiction, how do you explain the strange observation with regard to a second explosion?
Solution: The passenger's story contains no contradiction. When the second explosion occurred. The passenger's ears were under water (backstroke). Sound travels through water almost 5 times faster than through air. When the man heard the explosion under water, he quickly raised his head to see what had happened. He then heard the same explosion a second time - the sound now brought through the medium of air. ~Source Unknown~ Puzzle submitted by: HUpdegraff@aol.com |
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