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Ursprungligen postat av SMA
vadå, kan man enbart möta personer som går i motsatt riktning? med tanke på hur många säckar och katter de hade med sig kan man nog tänka sig att den som var på väg mot St Ives kom ikapp dessa personer som också var på väg till samma ställe.
Ja, gåtan kan ha flera lösningar (som det står om i Wikipedia-länken i min spoiler-tagg). De gångerna jag hört problemet har svaret oftast varit "endast en", nämligen berättaren själv. Svaret kan även bli t.ex. noll om man tänker sig att berättaren möter sällskapet(som är på väg bort från St Ives) och tolkar sista delen bokstavligt; frågan lyder ju hur många av "kattungarna, katterna, säckarna, fruarna" som är på väg till St Ives, berättaren själv tillhör inte någon av dessa grupper och då blir svaret noll.
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All potential answers to this riddle are based on its ambiguity because the riddle only tells us the group has been "met" on the journey to St. Ives and gives no further information about its intentions, only those of the narrator. As such, any one of the following answers is plausible, depending on the intention of the other party:
* If the narrator met the group as they are coming from St. Ives (this is the most common assumption)[1], the answer would be one person going to St. Ives; the narrator.
* If the narrator met the group as they were also travelling to St. Ives (and were overtaken by the narrator, plausible given the large size of the party)[1], the answer in this case is all are going to St. Ives; see below for the mathematical answer.
* It is also never positively established if the group is going to or from St. Ives, they could be going elsewhere, or nowhere at all; perhaps they are just by the road side. This would still give the answer of one, the narrator, because we know from his narration he is definitely going to St. Ives.
* However, it has been suggested the answer is zero on the assumption that the question means how many "kits, cats, sacks, wives ... were going to St. Ives?" Although the narrator clearly states he is going to St. Ives, he is not one of the kits, cats, sacks, or wives. And so, by this interpretation, the answer is zero.
All potential answers to this riddle are based on its ambiguity because the riddle only tells us the group has been "met" on the journey to St. Ives and gives no further information about its intentions, only those of the narrator. As such, any one of the following answers is plausible, depending on the intention of the other party:
* If the narrator met the group as they are coming from St. Ives (this is the most common assumption)[1], the answer would be one person going to St. Ives; the narrator.
* If the narrator met the group as they were also travelling to St. Ives (and were overtaken by the narrator, plausible given the large size of the party)[1], the answer in this case is all are going to St. Ives; see below for the mathematical answer.
* It is also never positively established if the group is going to or from St. Ives, they could be going elsewhere, or nowhere at all; perhaps they are just by the road side. This would still give the answer of one, the narrator, because we know from his narration he is definitely going to St. Ives.
* However, it has been suggested the answer is zero on the assumption that the question means how many "kits, cats, sacks, wives ... were going to St. Ives?" Although the narrator clearly states he is going to St. Ives, he is not one of the kits, cats, sacks, or wives. And so, by this interpretation, the answer is zero.
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Detta är såklart det "rätta" svaret!
Ursprungligen postat av tempeZZt
Fel. bara kvint.
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Senast redigerad av kvint 2010-08-26 kl. 21:40.
Senast redigerad av kvint 2010-08-26 kl. 21:40.
Själv gjorde jag så här på den första:
