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Old February 11, 2009, 02:32 PM
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Talking Brain Teasers

1. What tree has all the vowels in it? _______

2. How Many Triangles?


92.7% of Americans get this question wrong!

3. Impossible Question

How many triangles above? 96.7% get this question wrong!

4. What is missing?


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Old February 11, 2009, 02:38 PM
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I count 40 triangles. The tree is a sequoia (no y)
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Old February 12, 2009, 12:39 AM
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2-I don't know
16 minor triangles + 8 2-triangles +4 4-triangles + 2 8-triangles: minimum 30
4- I suppose number 6, so all count 15
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Old February 12, 2009, 04:43 PM
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1. Sequoia (I saw poli's answer before thinking about it)
2. 44
3. 44
4. 6 (Interestingly enough, I reached this conclusion differently than Sosia. The boxes have all the numbers from 1 to 9 except 6. Sosia did it from the angle that each column and row should add up to 15.)
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wow you guys are smart
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Old February 16, 2009, 07:30 AM
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2.- 16 minor triangles + 8*2 (2-triangles both ways) +4*2 (4-triangles both ways, really 4+2+2) + 2*2 (8-triangles both ways): 44

4- I suppose number 6, so all count 15

I don't like this things, I'm too lazy to count. I prefer other kind of Brain teasers....
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2.- 16 minor triangles + 8*2 (2-triangles both ways) +4*2 (4-triangles both ways, really 4+2+2) + 2*2 (8-triangles both ways): 44

4- I suppose it's 6, so they all count up to 15

I don't like these things, I'm too lazy to count. I prefer other kind of Brain teasers....
like what kind? I don't like the counting ones too. :-)
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Old February 16, 2009, 10:21 AM
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Like what kind? I don't like the counting ones either. :-)
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Old February 16, 2009, 11:08 AM
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My English is not perfect. It's still flawed :O
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Old February 16, 2009, 11:59 AM
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well, my answer are_
1.- 44 triangles
2.- 34, triangles
3.- 6 .
If you aks me , why, my answer is, I don´t know. lol .. I don´t like to do it,lol
could you tell us the answer.
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