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If there are 2 ducks in front of a duck, and 2 ducks behind a duck, and a duck in the middle. How many ducks are there?

Schutzengel Thurs 13/11/08 21:22

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BillySugger
Thurs 13/11/08
21:54

Duck knows

jen78
Thurs 13/11/08
21:55

hippyhoppy
Thurs 13/11/08
21:56

Schutzengel
Thurs 13/11/08
22:00

Question Author

Nice try Jen,
The answer is 3.
It had me mystified for ages.

Schutzengel
Thurs 13/11/08
22:10

Question Author

hippyhoppy - Spot on.

dove
Thurs 13/11/08
22:10

dove
Thurs 13/11/08
22:11

always a tad late lol

BillySugger
Fri 14/11/08
08:27

north star
Fri 14/11/08
12:52

minimum of 3 and any odd number above 3

BillySugger
Fri 14/11/08
15:39

3 isn't above 3

north star
Mon 17/11/08
13:35

Quite correct BS and your point is?

BillySugger
Mon 17/11/08
14:30

You said , & I quote 'any odd number above 3' - well 3 isn't above 3 is it ?

waterboatman
Mon 17/11/08
14:32

most deffinately 3.

north star
Tue 18/11/08
12:09

conveniently ignoring the words I used previous to that quoted

Schutzengel
Tue 18/11/08
12:13

Question Author

If it was any odd number above three, then there would be more than 2 ducks, in front of and behind the middle duck.

nightmare
Tue 18/11/08
12:44

You never specified that the two ducks had to be in front of / behind the middle duck.
If there are 97 ducks in a line, there are 2 ducks in front of the third duck from the front, two ducks behind the 95th duck and a duck (number 49) in the middle.
Therefore, any odd number greater than 1 answers the question correctly, as stated.

Schutzengel
Tue 18/11/08
12:53

Question Author

The question was as stated originally.
2 ducks in front of a duck = 3
That's the starting point.
Next -
So there are only 3 ducks.
Next - 2 ducks behind a duck, gives 2 ducks behind the first duck, of the three.
And there are still only 3 ducks.
Of the 3 ducks that are there, there is one in the middle, so the answer is - 3.

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