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First of all, electric trains give no smoke.

Second of all, since they don't give out smoke, the riddle itself is wrong.

Yes electric trains don't give out smoke, but this one does - it says so in the question. It gives out 2 litres every 10km - a total of 64 litres for 320km.

Although of course its never as simple as that, the setter surely has some smart arsed solution, right?

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Yes electric trains don't give out smoke, but this one does - it says so in the question. It gives out 2 litres every 10km - a total of 64 litres for 320km.

Although of course its never as simple as that, the setter surely has some smart arsed solution, right?

You can take this riddle in two different directions.

Either the author meant to mislead the reader by the wording, which means this isn't the same riddle as the other ones; or the initial wording was wrong, as I know it like this:

An electric train leaves the northern side of some country heading for the south.

It is driving at 180 km/h and there is a 5 km/h coming from the west.

Which way will the smoke fly?

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64 Liters

2 * (320 / 10) = x

A train that runs on batteries gives 2 liters of smoke every 10 kilometers. it passes 320 kilometers... how much smoke did the train give out?
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First of all, electric trains give no smoke.

Second of all, since they don't give out smoke, the riddle itself is wrong.

Diesel-electrics belch plenty of smoke, and also have batteries.

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