Escalator Riddle : A girl wants to count the steps of a moving escalator which is going up

Question:

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A girl wants to count the steps of a moving escalator which is going up.
If she is going up on it, she counts 60 steps.
If she is walking down, taking the same time per step, then she counts 90 steps.
How many steps would she have to take in either direction, if the escalator were standing still?

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4 thoughts on “Escalator Riddle : A girl wants to count the steps of a moving escalator which is going up

  1. But the question posed was not “..if you were on an escalator and YOU were standing still..” In that case, you could only be moving in one direction anyway.
    The question posed was “..If you were on an escalator and THE ESCALATOR was standing still..” It essentially becomes you standing on what is, effectively, a staircase at that point. In which case, obviously, if you were standing still in the middle of a staircase, you wouldn’t reach the top nor bottom without moving.

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