Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Mindteaser

OK here is another one for you to think about...let's see who is first with the correct answer.


Bob was bragging about the ranch he had purchase, when Carlos commented that it was probably just a "dinky little" two horse farm. Bob thrust out his chest and replied, "My ranch, I'll have you know, has all horses but two, all cows but two, and all sheep but two." How many animals does Bob own?

UPDATE: The answer is Bob has three animals, see the comments for a good explanation. John Graham was our winner. ACG (my brother) came in with an early guess, which was not correct, Mark S. and John S. had correct answers but were too late. Congratulations John.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Bob has only two animals. If all but two are horses, cows and sheep, he has only two animals and they are not horses, cows or sheep. They are probably little chickens, or cats. ACG

Anonymous said...

My engineering "guesstimate" would be three animals - 1 horse, 1 cow, and 1 sheep.

Anonymous said...

Fr. Vic: This is too much fun!!!

All horses but two (one cow and one sheep);
All cows but two (one horse and one sheep);
All sheep but two (one horse and one cow).

That is a total of three animals: one horse, one cow, one sheep.

Mark

Anonymous said...

Three?