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05/03/22

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Originally posted by mycrowssoft ↑

You said
There's only one way to read the question.
63.""

I beg to differ, I still read it 3 ways. Therefore 3 answers

7 men have 7 wives which means there are 7 couples, 7 +7 = 14.
If each couple has a child, that’s 14 + 7 = 21.
Mt first answer is 21.

7 men have 7 wives, that means they have one wife each ,7 + 7 = 14.
Each wife has 7 children, 7 x 7 = 49.
Add the men and wives, 49 + 14 = 63.
My second answer is 63

If EACH of the 7 men had 7 wives each, 7 x 7 = 49 wives.
Add the 7 men, 49 + 7 = 56.
Then add the number of children, 7 x 7 x 7 =343.
Then add the number of men and wives to the children, 343 + 56 = 399.
My third answer is 399

Hope this clears it up for you

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It would depend if the question was posed in a Muslim country .. eg: then the question should be read as 7 men had 7 wives each... ie 399 people.
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