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Bingo, well done š
A little riddle to get you thinking.
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Who is asking the question below.
If Teresaās daughter (jane) is my daughterās mother(the same Jane as Teresa's daughter), what is Teresa to me?
winjim
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I think it's one of those riddles that are deliberately ambiguous, designed to cause argument.
winjim
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Show your working please.
ETA: does 'every elephant saw two monkeys' have the same meaning as 'each elephant saw two monkeys'?
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1 rabbit
2 monkeys
2 parrots
The elephants are walking away from the river, all the elephants saw the same 2 monkeys.
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It's a bit more complicated than that...
https://startsat60.com/discover/ent...dle-the-battle-of-english-and-mathematics/amp
There are a heck of a lot of unstated assumptions in that explanation, and each assumption could easily be something else. Very annoying.
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Teresa's daughter is asking the question.
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Are Parrot's animals I thought they were birds therefore using your logic the answer is 3
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I was wondering if anyone would bring this up, you are right they are birds but birds are in the Animalia kingdom, making them animals
But it could be Theresa asking the question.
winjim
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Where in the question does it state those two things?
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My one thought is that 'every elephant' could see the same two monkeys, whereas 'each elephant' could see a different two, but I'm not sure if that's correct. Regardless, the correct answer is 'I don't know, and you know that I don't know, and you're just trying to be difficult'. Like all those number / symbol ones from a couple of years ago, they're just designed to be a pain and to start fights on forums.
Ok enough of Teresa and the Elephants, no ambiguity here. (I don't think)
You are lost in the woods and the path you are following forks into two: a path to the left and one to the right. One path will lead you to safety while the other will cause you to be lost forever.
At the fork are two twin sisters who know which path is which. The sisters are identical in every way except one: one of the sisters always tells the truth while the other always lies.
You can ask only one question and you donāt know which sister is which. What can you ask them so you know which path to take?
You are lost in the woods and the path you are following forks into two: a path to the left and one to the right. One path will lead you to safety while the other will cause you to be lost forever.
At the fork are two twin sisters who know which path is which. The sisters are identical in every way except one: one of the sisters always tells the truth while the other always lies.
You can ask only one question and you donāt know which sister is which. What can you ask them so you know which path to take?
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Are you @Venod?
