Multiple choice softskills creativity

If a doctor gives you 3 pills and tells you to take 1 pill every half hour, how long it would be before all the pills had been taken?

  1. 1 hour

  2. 1.5 hours

  3. 2 hours

  4. 3 hours

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A Correct answer
Explanation

Take the first pill at time 0:00, the second at 0:30, and the third at 1:00. The time from the first pill to the last is 1 hour. The key is recognizing that with 3 pills and 30-minute intervals, there are only 2 intervals between the first and last pill.