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- From: sbc3@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (SHAWN BRENDON CREWS)
- Newsgroups: rec.humor
- Subject: Re: Riddle -
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.054128.72068@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 05:41:28 GMT
- Organization: Lehigh University
- Lines: 44
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- In article <1992Nov22.160622.50@acavax.lynchburg.edu>, elston@acavax.lynchburg.e
- du writes:
- >In article <1992Nov22.074215.11757@hubcap.clemson.edu>, jwodzia@dino.uucp (john
- wodziak) writes:
- >> In article <By3525.BIt@ucunix.san.uc.edu> hollenbk@ucunix.san.uc.edu (Chris H
- ollenbeck) writes:
- >>>In article <By0Msr.7uu@newcastle.ac.uk> S.E.Rigden@newcastle.ac.uk (Simon Rig
- den) writes:
- >>>>
- >>>> 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?
- >>>> -Simon "I really should get round to creating a .sig" Rigden
- >>>> -(S.E.Rigden@ncl.ac.uk)
- >>>There is no real answer because the number of legs are split among two- and
- >>>four-legged animals. One solution I came up with was 35 two-legged animals
- >>>and 29 4-legged animals. This is the one that I think is the best solution.
- >>>
- >>>--CJH
- >> What happens when you have a three legged animal? or for that matter
- >> a five legged animal who knows the green golf ball joke???
- >>
- >> Always hope for your discontent....
- >> John
- >> jwodzia@eng.clemson.edu
- >>
- >>
- >>
- >excuse me but the question only asked for the "number of animals" not for a
- >breakdown by species. if there are 64 heads then there are 64 animals.....
- >seems simple enough.
- >
- You forgot about one thing. Siamese twins. If a zebra has two heads and four
- legs, it's still one animal. Aha!!
- -Shawn-
-