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Gremmie’s
Gremmie’s

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Edited by Gerald Muus

Here is last issue’s brain puzzle:

You wake up on a frozen lake in an isolated region.
The surface of the lake is frictionless and no grip of any
kind can be attained over it. You find just your mobile
phone in your pocket, but when you take it out to call
for help, you realize there is no reception.

If there is no wind force to help you escape, what are
you going to do to avoid freezing to death?

SOLUTION:

Throw your phone as hard as you can. Thanks to
Newton’s third law of motion and the frictionless lake,
you will start sliding away.

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