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Okay, so the answer goes like this. Yes, there are quite a few possible combinations of three numbers that add up to 13. However, if you also take the time to multiply all of these combinations, you get a different answer almost every time. 1, 2, and 10 is 20... 5, 5, and 3 is 75, etc. If the answer had been any of these, the census taker would have known the correct ages of the children by the number on the house next door. However, the guy had to come back for another clue... that meant that the number on the house next door was not sufficient to tell the children's ages. Out of all the possible combinations of three numbers that add up to 13, only two have a common result when multiplied together. 6, 6, and 1... and 9, 2, and 2. Both of these combinations, when multiplied, yield 36. Since this is the only instance of a repeat, this MUST have been the number on the house next door (otherwise, the man would need no further information). Examining these two remaining possibilities in light of hint #3, we realize that only one of them allows for an oldest child. The answer is: nine, two, and two.
Fun, huh? And yes, I did actually figure it out when someone (my pre-calc teacher) asked me the riddle, though it took me a while.
I saw on TV the other day that people are protesting against the French, because they don't have our backs on this crusade... uh, war. Renaming French fries, and dumping wine in the streets (that's just a waste). What is wrong with us? Are we that eager for new people to hate? Are we really that different than Germany circa 1938? Pissed off and looking for someone to blame? Sigh...
Okay, riddle time: I build up castles, and tear down mountains... I blind some men, and help others to see... What am I?
Okay, so the answer goes like this. Yes, there are quite a few possible combinations of three numbers that add up to 13. However, if you also take the time to multiply all of these combinations, you get a different answer almost every time. 1, 2, and 10 is 20... 5, 5, and 3 is 75, etc. If the answer had been any of these, the census taker would have known the correct ages of the children by the number on the house next door. However, the guy had to come back for another clue... that meant that the number on the house next door was not sufficient to tell the children's ages. Out of all the possible combinations of three numbers that add up to 13, only two have a common result when multiplied together. 6, 6, and 1... and 9, 2, and 2. Both of these combinations, when multiplied, yield 36. Since this is the only instance of a repeat, this MUST have been the number on the house next door (otherwise, the man would need no further information). Examining these two remaining possibilities in light of hint #3, we realize that only one of them allows for an oldest child. The answer is: nine, two, and two.
Fun, huh? And yes, I did actually figure it out when someone (my pre-calc teacher) asked me the riddle, though it took me a while.
I saw on TV the other day that people are protesting against the French, because they don't have our backs on this crusade... uh, war. Renaming French fries, and dumping wine in the streets (that's just a waste). What is wrong with us? Are we that eager for new people to hate? Are we really that different than Germany circa 1938? Pissed off and looking for someone to blame? Sigh...
Okay, riddle time: I build up castles, and tear down mountains... I blind some men, and help others to see... What am I?
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And your new riddle... I'm not even gonna think about it!
Oh, and yeah, I love your new pic. A new perspective is always fun!