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A man goes fishing for dinner. He walks 5 km due West from his house, and tries to catch a fish, after 4 hours and no fish, he walks 5 km due North. At the new location, he quickly catches a fish. He walks 5 km due South and arrives at home. On the way home, he saw a bear. What is the color of the bear?

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Final answer:

This is a geographic riddle where identifying the habitat of polar bears reveals the color of the bear as white, because the only place you can go south to return to your starting point is from the North Pole.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question seems to be a puzzle that involves a bit of geography, specifically related to the habitat of certain types of bears. Since the man's journey ends with walking south to arrive home, the only place on Earth where this could happen would be at the North Pole, where all directions South will lead you back to your starting point. Therefore, the color of the bear he saw would be white, suggesting it is a polar bear.

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Answer:

White

Step-by-step explanation:

This question is a bit logical

Let the man live at point A

From point A , he travels 5 Km towards west to point B ----

From point B, he again travels towards north at point C --

From pint C , he travel 5 Km towards the south to reach his house.

In the last step, he traversed through the entire North region hence there is probability that he must have seen the polar bears. Therefore the color of bears would be white.

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