You can over take the last person if you are in First place do to the fact that you have just put them a lap down.

Question 1 has an alternate solution.

The person in first place could lap the person in second place. Therefore, you could overtake the person in second place and be (remain) the person in first place.

Well! At least I knew the blind man wuold ask for the sunglasses.

Mike, you are great. Send me more of the stuff. Thanks.

NASCAR RUN AROUND IN CIRCLES. DOSE NOT MEAN THAT EVERYONE ELSE DOSE . IF IT WHERE A LINEAR RACE THEN YOU COULD NOT OVER TAKE THE LAST ONE.

Your killing me Mike! :-)

My name is Mary or Maryland and I am my dad's son and my fav sport is Nascar and if I am in first and pass the last person I am still in first.

very funy,thanks

I basically got all of the answers but I think that you reversed questions 1 & 2. Regardless, the answer to whether you can overtake the last person is either a) it is impossible [as you stated] or b) it is unknowable because you are running laps on a circular track and you can overtake (lap) the person in last place. In the case of b) your place in the race is unknowable as you may or may not be the first person to lap the last place person.

WHAT ABOUT NASCAR? PASS ME A BUD!!!!!!!!!!

It's not nice to trick mother nature -- a e i o u of course the last daughters name is nunu -- or we loose the logic of the question. O well you win some and you loose some. I too thought the question were fun.

I was always taught to sum number by their relationship -- 10 to 10 100 to 100 and 1000 to 1000 then answer could only be 4000 + 100 = 40100 - right!

Hey Mike, Look at the answer for the second question again. Think about this! , what if you are the leader and you overtake or Lap the last person you are still in first and the last person is still last!!!!! There is no one correct answer!!

My name is not Sunshine, if you lap the last person, YOU can overtake the last person. This does not make you in first but you CAN overtake the last person

Question # 2...If the race took place on an oval track, and you overtook the person in last place, you would be in first place having lapped him, or her.

Question #2 Another possibility. You could be in any position ahead of that last person if you are passing them. (lapping). Any other thoughts?

"Second Question: If you overtake the last person, then what place are you in...? Answer: If you answered that you are second to last, then you are WRONG again. Tell me Sunshine, how can you overtake the LAST person?? You're not very good at this, are you?"

You're in first place b/c you just lapped a guy. :)

Thank you for the reasoning questions - it was a good jump start for the brain.

Second question, If you are 1st and lap the field then overtake the last person, then you are still 1st.

ok Mike you do have me confused on #2. I think of a race as a circle.(like a nascar race) So any of the cars in front of the last person could overtake the last car. #1 in the race would overtake him first.

Thanks Great job

Tim

that was really cool didnt get a one can u send me more? eastendhome48@yahoo.com

Question 2. You can overtake the last person in a race if you have lapped the field. You are in 1st place. Been done more than once.

I had a lot of fun with this quiz , my family and friends got a good laugh too . Thanks for the treat.

Thanks,

Thats cool. I counted that like three times and got 5000 then i did it on the calculator and i couldn't belive it.So i counted it again and i got 4100.The first two i got wrong too.

Mike, Thanks for the mind teasers! Don't worry about the "sticklers for correctness" These were fun. Meant to be fun. Were fun.

See you

Lynn