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Old 01-30-2008, 03:44 PM   #25
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Originally Posted by skippy View Post
That answer is only for 1 girl - you forgot that there are 7 girls.
There are 7 girls on a bus.
Each girl has 7 backpacks.
In each back pack there are 7 big cats.
For every big cat there are 7 little cats.


There are 49 backpacks. (7 girls with 7 backpacks each... 7*7=49)
Therefore there are 49 big cats and 343 small cats

7 girls = 14 legs
49 big cats = 196 legs
343 small cats = 1372 legs

14+196+1372=1582


edit... I'm wrong. There are 343 big and 2401 small... oopsie...

Real answer is: 10990

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