Damn Kevin - no wonder you've gone through so many wives. - lmao
Since the Kid also posted this to our Pot-Luck group ... and the gang
over there are getting somewhat different answers ... i'll forward this
for them ro gander at as well. :-)
On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 10:19 AM, Kevin Wilson wrote:
Well that would be an option to consider, but it doesn't mention anything about visablity...
As a riddle, the answer is zero legs on the bus since the bus has wheels instead of legs.But as a maths problem; It's not a tricked question -- just a straight forward math problem
Confirmed answer is 10990 legs.
Let's say the whole situation simply :
- There are 7 girls.
- Each girl has 7 backpack
- Each backpack has 7 big cats
- Each big cat has 7 little small cats.
Question: How many legs are there in the bus?Let's focus on each part of the question systematically, write down on a piece of paper if you have to, following my steps of chains.
1. Focus on the first girl first:
A B C D E F G
Girl A has 7 backpacks
2. Now focus on first backpack A1 :
A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7
Backpack A1 has 7 big cats
3. Now focus on first big cat :
1 2 3 4 5 6 7Ø Each big cats have 7 small cats (that's the end of the focus)
Systematically, 7 small cats has 28 legs (7 * 4) combined with the big cat that owns this 7 small cats.Let's call this the "cat chain", so cat chain 1 has 32 legs altogether.
Ø So since there are 7 big cats
7 * 32 = 224 legsØ Therefore each backpack has 224 legs
Ø Finally, each girl has 7 * 224 = 1568 legs.
Lastly, since there are 7 girls, A to G, there are 7 * 1568 legs (per girl) = 10976 legs.Now, since each girl also has 2 legs each;
SO, (7 * 2) + 10976 = 10990 legs altogetherNote: Disregarding bus driver, buses and etc…Only focus on the girl and their backpacks!
On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 12:10 PM, Bambi Tummons wrote:
personally, I think it is one of those deals of, 'in the bus'(visable) vs total...all of the cats legs would be concidered IN the backpacks, would they not????
On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 12:03 PM, Kevin Wilson wrote:
Hell, I came up with,49 - big cats343 - little cats for a total of,392 - cats, each having 4 legs bringing the total to,1,568 - legs on the cats, plus the seven girls, 2 legs each bringing it to,1,582 - however, it doesn't mention a driver should there be one,1,584But then again, let's look a little deeper... There also is no indication that the bus is moving so there need not be a driver, the seven girls are the only humans mentioned although there could be others but we will not count them as they are not included in the puzzle, the adult cats, are absolutely to be included as they all have legs and are in the seven girls seven backpacks. Don't include seven little cats for each of the seven adult cats because it is only stated that there are seven little cats for each big cat, (and not stated they are on the bus). Maybe the seven girls are just taking the seven adult cats to the vets for a check up. lol...So then then answer is 42 legs on the bus.On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 8:36 AM, emilio cianfarano wrote:
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From: Kid <someone@misfitscafe.biz>
To: twisted-humor <Twisted-Humor@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Mon, October 4, 2010 11:21:09 PM
Subject: Twisted-Humor - Math Problem
Let's try this one again... you all didn't fair to well last time. To make it interesting send me a private email with your answer and I'll send the results to the group once I get all your replies...
This is a 5th grade math problem. This is not a trick question. This is a real math problem.
There are 7 girls in a bus
Each girl has 7 backpacks
In each backpack, there are 7 big cats
For every big cat there are 7 little cats
Question: How many legs are there in the bus?
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