Three women each have two daughters. Thy are having lunch at a restaurant. There are only seven chairs in the restaurant. All the women are seated. How is this possible?
2007-09-23 09:09:28 · 17 answers · asked by JustMe 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
here, its pretty easy--
there are three women, right?
and each of them have two daughters
ok, now say that the first woman is the mother of the other two women - that gives us three women so far
now say that the woman's two daughters have daughters of their own - that maked seven people
so basically, starting with the previous generation, these are the people seated:
four daughters, two mothers, and one grandmother
there you go :D
2007-09-23 11:37:11 · answer #1 · answered by Frank 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Let's get straight to the facts.
3 women, each have 2 daughters.
3 women + 6 daughters = 9 women all in all
The circular permutation formula dictates that the coefficient of 3 and the coefficient of 9 is equivocally substituted by determining the factorial of 35, which in this case is 2. If therefore we subtract 7 by 11 and add 2 to the difference, we can divide this and get a quotient of 90 degrees.
After this we should get the cosine of the tangent of a right angle, so that we will know if the corresponding supplemental angle is superficially coincided by a string of unfortunate events.
2007-09-23 21:49:28 · answer #2 · answered by xross14 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mother 1 (Grandmother) has 2 daughters (Mother 2 and Mother 3). Mother 2 and Mother 3 also both have 2 daughters. They're there together.
Seat #:
1 Grandmother Mother 1
2 Mother 2
3 Mother 3
4 Mother 2's Daughter 1
5 Mother 2's Daughter 2
6 Mother 3's Daughter 1
7 Mother 3's Daughter 2
2007-09-23 10:42:12 · answer #3 · answered by Will D 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A woman has two daughters. Each of those daughters has two daughters. Gotta love 3 generations having an outing!
2007-09-23 09:39:54 · answer #4 · answered by nixmum64 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not all of the daughters are women and/or are not present; the riddle may only refer to the 3 women as eating; it only says "they" are having lunch.
2007-09-23 09:27:13 · answer #5 · answered by mouse123 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A grandmother (1), her two daughters (2 and 3) and their two kids each.
2007-09-23 14:15:50 · answer #6 · answered by davster 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Doesn't say they're ALL having lunch - 'They' refers to the three women (who each have two daughters).
2007-09-23 14:45:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are only 3 women and 7 seats...there is plenty enough room for them...the children are at the babysitters!?
2007-09-23 09:41:11 · answer #8 · answered by JaeDEE 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Grandma has two daughters, each mother has two daughters. There are your seven
2007-09-23 11:35:49 · answer #9 · answered by Experto Credo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a grandmother, her two daughters, and four granddaughters. That makes 7 people due to overlap.
2007-09-23 19:03:21 · answer #10 · answered by Traci G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋