In the early 18th century, Mrs. Abigail Eischrank of Cambridge, Massachusetts, gave birth to thirteen children. Exactly half of them were girls.
How is this possible?
2006-06-21 20:55:11 · 19 answers · asked by j o s 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
all of them are girls...
so half of them are girls, so is the other half
2006-06-21 20:57:20 · answer #1 · answered by iamigloo 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Mrs. Abigail included, there are 14. 14/2 = 7. So 7 girls, including Mrs. Abigail
2006-06-21 20:57:30 · answer #2 · answered by Nobody 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If she gave birth to 13 girls and half are girls the other half is also girls
2006-06-22 04:24:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
OK is either that 1... was an hermaphrodite, a siamese twin or a still born?
2006-06-22 00:19:31 · answer #4 · answered by HackneyDemon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
7 were girls -- "them" refers to the entire group, including Abigail.
2006-06-22 00:40:40 · answer #5 · answered by Bond 000 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
siamese twins (boy and a girl ) counted as one birth?
2006-06-21 21:30:02 · answer #6 · answered by jimminycricket 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u said 18th century and cambridge-masachusetts how is that posibble?
2006-06-21 20:59:33 · answer #7 · answered by Meditator 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
she is pregnant with the 14th child which makes exactly half of them girls.
2006-06-21 21:01:21 · answer #8 · answered by necromancer mortaneus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of them had both genders
2006-06-21 20:58:18 · answer #9 · answered by Jacqueline 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 of them died
2006-06-21 21:28:25 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋