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Tue 3 Jun, 2014 08:54 pm
I was given a puzzle and it said "23 people four" For hints I was given, think about the order of the words and the way the word "four" is presented has meaning. No it is not the birthday paradox. I can't figure it out and it's stressing me out. Please help me!
@joshkimball8,
How was the word four presented? Did the puzzle look exactly like you wrote it, or were parts positioned, colored, or sized differently. Perhaps different fonts were used?
@markr,
It looked exactly how I wrote it. It means it's not necessarily the number '4' but what four stands for. I found four stood for complete, not sure if that's right but just what I found.
Birthday problem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 23 independent events correspond to the 23 people, and can be defined in order. Each event can be defined as the corresponding person not sharing his/her birthday with any of the previously analyzed people. For Event 1, ...
@bobsal u1553115,
The person who gave it to me said it wan not the birthday problem. Thanks anyways. :/
@joshkimball8,
I know I've heard it before; that's not the whole riddle. That's part of it, but I don't remember the other part, or the riddle itself, but I've heard it before.
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