that should be and is the correct answer, phil. there may have been that many legs IN the bus... but on any bus i have ever seen and been on, --- 4 wheels---and zero legs...

lol

jeff




On Mar 18, 2009, at 7:28 PM, Phil Edwards wrote:

D'uh - I thought the answer was NO legs, because buses have wheels....
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From: Michael B
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 12:26 PM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] OFF THE TOPIC GREAT PUZZLE

i made the following post yesterday, of which the answer appears below the question-----BUT SCROLL DOWN A LOT IF YOU WANNA TRY TO FIGURE OUT THE ANSWER:

THIS IS NOT A TRICK QUESTION.
IT IS A REAL MATH PROBLEM.
SEND YOUR ANSWER TO ME PRIVATELY, so that you don't spoil the game for others.

There are 7 girls on a bus
Each girl has 7 backpacks.
In each backpack, there are 7 big cats.
For every big cat, there are 7 little cats.

There is no bus driver.

Question:  HOW MANY LEGS are on the bus ?

this is NOT a trick question. just do the math. send the answer privately to me!!!!


have fun on OFF TOPIC question.

michael
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6 people neednt some encouragement and a hint before getting the answer
2 people kept trying and ultimately got it
8 people gave up..................

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ANSWER:  10,990

7 girls
343 big cats
2401 little cats
---then do the math!!!

BYE
michael



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