Hen problem

S

swidders

It's an old one but:

if a hen and a half lay an egg and a half in a day and a half, how many eggs will 6 hens lay in 7 days?
 
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Wouldn't saying 'a hen and a half lay an egg and a half in a day and a half', be equivalent to saying '1 hen lays 1 egg in 1 day? In which case the answer would be 42.
 
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Wouldn't saying 'a hen and a half lay an egg and a half in a day and a half', be equivalent to saying '1 hen lays 1 egg in 1 day? In which case the answer would be 42.

Nope - 1 hen lays 1 egg in 1.5 days.
 
If thats the case then they wont last 7 days, by about the 5th they will be shipped off and in the weekends KFC! :D
 
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