Can you solve this riddle?
I came across a really good riddle earlier today, it took me a while to figure it out.
Now the question remains: Can you solve it?
Look at the picture below and take your time.
How many “animals” are going towards the river?
One rabbit saw six elephants while going to the river.
Every elephant saw two monkeys going towards the river.
Every monkey holds one parrot in its hands.
How many “animals” are going towards the river?
Which option is the correct one?
Think about it carefully. Don’t worry, if you can’t find the correct answer we will show it to you after the picture below.
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Here is the answer
5 Animals.
Well done if you got it right.
Why is the answer 5?
1 rabbit saw 6 elephants while going to the river. <– Therefore, one animal (the rabbit) is going towards the river.
Every elephant saw 2 monkeys going towards the river. <– This is the tricky part, from the sentence it implies each of the 6 elephants saw 2 monkeys going towards the river, hence logically will be 6 x 2 = 12 animals (monkeys) going towards the river.
However, the statement does not explicitly say that “Every elephant saw 2 DIFFERENT monkeys…”, therefore implicit rules apply and infer that the 2 monkeys are the same.
So, the correct answer is that every elephant saw 2 monkeys, and by inference, the 2 monkeys are the same, hence there exist only 2 monkeys which are going towards the river.
Finally, every monkey holds 1 parrot in its hands. <– Therefore, 2 parrots are going towards the river.
So in total, 1 rabbit, 2 monkeys, and 2 parrots (5 animals) are going towards the river.
