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Jai Ganesh

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Registered: 2005-06-28

Posts: 48,384

Travelling puzzle

"All right now, Alfred, pay attention! I'll repeat the puzzle one more time.
'As I was going to St.Ives,
I met a man with seven wives,
Each wife had seven sacks,
Each sack had seven cats,
Each cat had seven kits;
Kits, cats, sacks, and wives,
How many were there going to St. Ives?'
It's really not very hard if you give it a little thought."

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darthradius

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Registered: 2005-11-28

Posts: 97

Re: Travelling puzzle

Who's alfred?...
and only "I" was going to St. Ives, so....ONE

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The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.
                                                             -Bertrand Russell

Zach

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Registered: 2005-03-23

Posts: 2,075

Re: Travelling puzzle

No kits, cats, sacks nor any wives were going to St. Ives.

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Boy let me tell you what:
I bet you didn't know it, but I'm a fiddle player too.
And if you'd care to take a dare, I'll make a bet with you.