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A riddle
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John Hale
Yarn Weaver
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Dec-8-2004 01:45
Hello all.
I'm fairly new to Sleuth and I thought I might share a little hobby of mine with you all. Here's something for that sad moment when the mysteries of the day are all done.
Thousands lay up gold within this house,
but no man made it.
Spears past counting guard this house,
but no man wards it.
What is it?
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reda
Well-Connected
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Jan-2-2005 16:40
Or maybe she tryed to kill herself in the past but didnt sucseed? story doesnt say she is hanging (if I understand it right).
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Rivergallery
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Jan-2-2005 16:48
He went to arrest Mr.Frank for murder.
Maybe She had hanged herself and he saw a picture of her?
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jstkdn
Well-Connected
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Jan-2-2005 18:40
Well River, in your maybe you were right!!!! Although I do think Mad one, and Reda deserve credit too, as combined it is the correct answer.
She did hang herself years before, and what Shadow saw was a picture of her. As he was a friend, he knew he hanged herself.
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jstkdn
Well-Connected
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Jan-2-2005 18:46
Candy Barr has five bags of sweets to give to her nieces. Four of the bags have a total of 84 sweets. The fifth contains four sweets less than the average of the five bags. How many sweets are in the fifth bag?
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mr mason
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Jan-2-2005 18:50
20
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Bryola
Well-Connected
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Jan-2-2005 20:27
16
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lauraandgabriel
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Jan-3-2005 03:17
84/4=21
21-4=17
Correct????
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jstkdn
Well-Connected
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Jan-3-2005 04:31
Bryola is right!!!!
Just to explain:
Since four of the bags averaged 21 sweets, we know that the 5th bag contain at least 4 less, or approximately 17. If the total of the 5 bags, based on the 5th containing 17, we have a total of a 101. The only way the equation works is if the grand total equals 100. 100 divided by 5, equals 20 (the average of all 5) and 20-4=16.
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jstkdn
Well-Connected
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Jan-3-2005 04:37
Which one of the following words does not belong with the others and why?
Father
Aunt
Sister
Cousin
Mother
Uncle
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mr mason
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Jan-3-2005 05:53
Fogot to subtract the 4 after solving for x! Good Job Bryola.
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