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Odd Family
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Puzzle ID: #22864
Submitted By: Question_Mark Corrected By: Question_Mark
Submitted By: Question_Mark Corrected By: Question_Mark
In a room, there is a mother, a father, a son, a daughter, a brother, a sister, an auntie, an uncle, a niece, a nephew, and 2 cousins. However, there are only 4 people in the room. Relations exist only between the people in the room. How can you explain this?
Answer
The 4 people are:A man, a woman, a boy, and a girl.
Here are the relations.
Man:
Woman - His sister
Boy - His nephew
Girl - His daughter
Woman:
Man - Her brother
Boy - Her son
Girl - Her niece
Boy:
Man - His uncle
Woman - His mother
Girl - His cousin
Girl:
Man - Her father
Woman - Her auntie
Boy - Her cousin
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Neat when you think about it, but easy.
There can also be only 2 in the room - the man and woman. They may have the relatives stated, but not in the room with them (teaser doesn't say that the relationships only exist between the people in the room).
good job
well thought out but easy to figure this should be in logic
well thought out but easy to figure this should be in logic
umhlobo, you are wrong. The teaser states that the son, the daughter, the niece, the nephew and the 2 cousins are in the room.
Good one!
umhlobo is correct. The man is cousin to someone, brother to someone, uncle to someone, etc...
The woman is a mother to someone, aunt to someone, etc...
The woman is a mother to someone, aunt to someone, etc...
You are correct with what you are saying, but the theaser states that the whole family is in the room. "In a room, there is a mother, a father, a son, a daughter.........."
The teaser doesn't say "whole family" or state in any way that the relationships are strictly between the people in the room. I realize that was your intent, but it isn't what you said.
"IN A ROOM......(the list of the family". CAN ANYBODY READ?!
What you intended to say would have been clearer if you had said "the father" rather than "a father". You just need to correct your writing, not my reading.
How can I correct your reading? And, yes my wording isn't very, very, oh what's the word? Oh aye, "good".
pretty good, but there isn't too much thinking involved
i agree with lordske
I agree. A good one but you dont have to think much.
I have to agree with umhlobo and stephanofd, my first answer was "well it doesn't say they're related, they could all be someone's relation..."
Maybe you don't understand what these guys are saying. My grandmother is a grandmother, mother, daughter, sister, cousin, aunt, niece. My grandfather is a grandfather, father, son, brother, cousin, uncle, nephew. The teaser doesn't say the father's child is in the room with him; it says a father is in a room. Therefore, my grandparents could be the only ones in the room and would still satisfy the teaser. The thinking you used to solve the answer is more logic oriented and not trick.
There really isn't an easy way to state what you meant without giving away the relationships. I guess you could have added "Can you figure out the relationships between all four people?" This would imply a counter side of each relationship is present (the nephew's uncle or aunt is present with him). All in all it is a good try at a decent teaser, better than any I submitted (none ). Everyone is a critic, you just gotta roll with the punches. The madder you get the more people will critisize you.
There really isn't an easy way to state what you meant without giving away the relationships. I guess you could have added "Can you figure out the relationships between all four people?" This would imply a counter side of each relationship is present (the nephew's uncle or aunt is present with him). All in all it is a good try at a decent teaser, better than any I submitted (none ). Everyone is a critic, you just gotta roll with the punches. The madder you get the more people will critisize you.
Thanks for explaining it to me Fasil. And, oops for my comments. Sorry.
That was good. Only took me a minute to think about it. Keep them coming
Firgured it out right away, but good start. And people stop arguing about it it's ok Fasil is right and question mark is right too it's alllll good.
I guess you could say the room. Don't burst any blood vessels trying to explain it. It was good. Easy though.
great teaser but still EZ
Hey! I thought someone was editing this because it appeared in my editing box !
PS this comment is pointless
PS this comment is pointless
Its kind of old
This was easy but I liked it though and I guess I already saw the edited version(?) since the teaser is rather clear
good one little bit thinking is required
nice one
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