Can you solve this graves puzzle? Give it a try. Involves critical thinking. Puzzle: While ambling about your local cemetery, you stumble upon a grave marker situated before a six-grave plot. Glancing down, you notice an inscription upon the family stone. It reads: Here lie… 2 Grandmothers with their 2 Granddaughters 2 Husbands with their 2 Wives 2 Fathers with their 2 Daughters 2 Mothers with their 2 Sons 2 Maidens with their 2 Mothers 2 Sisters with their 2 Brothers Yet only 6 corpses are buried here. How is this possible? Answer: If two widows had each a son, and each widow married the son of the other and had a daughter by the marriage, all the relationships will be found to result. Let’s say the first widow, W1, has a son, S1. The second widow, W2 has a son, S2. W1 marries S2 and have a daughter D1. W2 marries S1 and have a daughter D2. So we have: 2 Grandmothers (W1, W2) with their 2 Granddaughters (D2, D1) 2 Husbands (S1, S2) with their 2 Wives (W2, W1) 2 Fathers (S1, S2) with their 2 Daughters (D2, D1) 2 Mothers (W1,W2) with their 2 Sons (S1,S2) 2 Maidens (D1,D2) with their 2 Mothers (W1,W2) 2 Sisters (D1,D2) with their 2 (Half) Brothers (S1,S2) Next Puzzle: Combinations Hey, do you love writing? Do you write stories, poems, riddles, jokes, etc. Send us your creative works and we will publish it here. Contact us here.
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