Yeah, I think 10990 is the expected answer, but you could take it a step further...
The information, as presented, is that the girls are ON the bus...which could be interpreted as sitting on top of the roof or something. That'd mean, potentially, zero are IN (the confines of) the bus, as the question asks. Alternatively, the information presented doesn't indicate that the girls are WEARING the backpacks, suggesting the possibility that the backpacks are at home, or at school, or anywhere else. That could mean the answer is 14... > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 9:18 PM > To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com > Subject: [***SPAM*** Score/Req: 6.4/5.3] Re: [H] OT Brain Teaser > > Yep. Here'd a counter question (I refigured and missed a step, I think > 10992 is right). But that could also be wrong... if this schoolbus has > benches, they will have 'legs' and statistically, 2 in every 300 cats > has a deformity, so who knows. The answer is unclear. :) > > > Sent via BlackBerry > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Brian Weeden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 21:16:16 > To:hardware@hardwaregroup.com > Subject: Re: [H] OT Brain Teaser > > > Lol. Those damn prepositions. > > On Feb 1, 2008 9:07 PM, Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Re-read it. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > >From: Brian Weeden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Sent: Feb 1, 2008 8:02 PM > > >To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com > > >Subject: Re: [H] OT Brain Teaser > > > > > >Ok, I'll bite. 7 times 4 is 28 times 2 legs per girl is 56. Add 2 > more > > for > > >the drive and I get 58. > > > > > >What did I miss? > > > > > > > > >On Feb 1, 2008 8:55 PM, Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> There are seven girls on the bus. > > >> Each girl has 7 backpacks. > > >> In each backpack there are seven big cats, for every big cat there > are > > >> seven little cats. > > >> How many legs are in the bus? > > >> > > >> I didn't get it right....... > > >> > > >> Mark > > >> > > >> Mark Dodge > > >> > > >> > > > > > > Mark Dodge > > > >
