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Thu 6 Oct, 2011 08:11 am
there are 9 bags, each bag has 9 mother cats, each mother has 9 kittens, each kitten has 9 brothers and 9 sisters.......
how many cats in total?
@mania560,
Are you leaving out the St. Ives part?
@sozobe,
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, wives
How many were going to St Ives?
@mania560,
mania560 wrote:
there are 9 bags, each bag has 9 mother cats, each mother has 9 kittens, each kitten has 9 brothers and 9 sisters.......
how many cats in total?
Can I answer? 81 cats total. You didn't ask how many kittens. You said "cats"
That means 9 bags each with 9 cats for a total of 81 cats. Kittens do not equal cats. Trick question.
@Krumple,
In that case, it's only 9 cats because each cat has 9 kittens with 9 brothers and sisters and we don't know the ages of the brothers and sisters. Are they the same age or much older?
@Mame,
The answer Mame, is 1. Only one person is going to St.Ives, the person telling the tale of how they met someone with 7 wives, etc.
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