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This answer accepted by SherlockHolmes. on 29th August 2016 Earned 20 points.
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Yet another ‘repeat puzzle’…
with only married people on board to answer…! 🙂
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You made it too simple a FOREST…!
This answer accepted by SherlockHolmes. on 30th June 2016 Earned 20 points.
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May be a barber who shaves others (his customers) but doesn’t shave his own beard frequently…!
This answer accepted by SherlockHolmes. on 30th June 2016 Earned 20 points.
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“March”…?!
This answer accepted by SherlockHolmes. on 29th June 2016 Earned 20 points.
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All those answered this question have given the SAME answer as ‘1’ based on the first statement “1 = 8”. However, they have, apparently by oversight, overlooked the fact that the axiom of “mutual equality” is applicable IF and ONLY IF the “=” sign means “equals”. The principle CAN’T be applied anywhere where the “=” sign has any meaning other than that of ‘equality’. In the question, it is evident that the “=” sign does NOT denote the concept of equality, but something else.
Since the “=” does not stand for ‘equality’, it can have any number of other meanings. One such ‘straight-forward’ meaning could be “multiplication by 8” (which is quite evident), in which case the answer should be 64.
(Another, slightly complicated meaning of “=” could be “square the number and add a (sequential) number from the “pulsating” series ‘7, 12, 15, 16, 15, 12, 7….’
1 * 1 + 7 = 8;
2 * 2 + 12 = 16;
3 * 3 + 15 = 24,
4 * 4 + 16 = 32;
5 * 5 + 15 = 40;
6 * 6 + 12 = 48;
7 * 7 + 7 = 56By this logic. the answer would be 8 * 8 + 12 = 76.
)There can be ‘n’ number of more complicated assumptions and derivations.
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A HOLE could be there, due to which the pocket is empty!
This answer accepted by SherlockHolmes. on 19th June 2016 Earned 20 points.
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(Read it…!)
This answer accepted by SherlockHolmes. on 19th June 2016 Earned 20 points.
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One answer could be ‘Temperature’…
This answer accepted by SherlockHolmes. on 19th June 2016 Earned 20 points.
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