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Originally Posted by Kymmy
I suppose it's context.. If you were doing a lesson in absolutes then yes it's £30.. but as a basic school lesson it would be £450
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Yes, however without the absolutes it would be a bad basic school lesson as it would be based, in part, on hypothetical assumptions.
Once the absolutes are given it then becomes a basic school lesson - certainly not a "riddle" in the true context of the word.
On the matter of riddles here's one:
On holiday (assume it to be in an english / english speaking setting for convenience) you and a friend are trying to reach a village on foot and you come to a fork in the road.
At that fork there is a quaint little cottage which is occupied by two identical twin brothers one of whom only ever tells the truth and the other only ever tells lies.
There are
no road signs and you can only ask
one question to establish which direction you need to go to reach the village.
You walk up to the house and knock on the door. When the door is answered what is the question you would ask?