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- From: maven@lerc.nasa.gov (Larry Fishbach)
- Subject: Re: Riddle -
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- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 17:22:33 GMT
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- In article <By0Msr.7uu@newcastle.ac.uk>, S.E.Rigden@newcastle.ac.uk (Simon Rigden) writes:
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- > The following is a riddle I saw the other day. Some people get it straight
- > away but mathematicians seem to have difficulty - tell it to one and see.
- >
- >
- > A man is talking to a zoo keeper :
- >
- >
- > Man : How many animals are there in your zoo?
- >
- > ZK : Well, I can tell you that there are 64 heads and 186 legs?
- >
- > Is it possible to work out the answer to the mans question from this?
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- >
- > -Simon "I really should get round to creating a .sig" Rigden
- > -(S.E.Rigden@ncl.ac.uk)
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- Yes extremely simple algebra problem - I'll give a hint
- to the answer, there are 6 more of one kind than another.
- That's the mathematician answer, but assuming there are no
- freak animals there, you don't need to know math to get it right.
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- maven@hercules.lerc.nasa.gov Larry Fishbach @ NASA Lewis Cleveland Ohio
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