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The above is an interesting maths question which is really tricky but fun to play along..!!

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Question :1 rabbit saw 6 elephants while going to the river.
Every elephant saw 2 monkeys going towards the river.
Every monkey holds 1 parrot in their hands.
How many Animals are going towards the river???

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5 Animals.If you got the correct answer, well done!!Why is the answer 5 ?
Let’s go through the question again.1 rabbit saw 6 elephants while going to the river. <– Hence, 1 animal (rabbit) is going towards the river.Every elephant saw 2 monkeys going towards the river. <– This is the tricky part, from the sentence it seems to imply each of the 6 elephants saw 2 monkeys going towards the river, hence logically will be 6 x 2 = 12 animals (monkeys) going towards the river.However, the statement does not explicitly mention that “Every elephant saw 2 DIFFERENT monkeys…”, hence implicit rules apply and infer that the 2 monkeys are the same.Hence, correct answer is that every elephant saw 2 monkeys, and by inference, the 2 monkeys are the same, hence there exists only 2 monkeys which are going towards the river !! Finally, every monkey holds 1 parrot in their hands. <– Hence, 2 parrots are going towards the river.So in total, 1 rabbit, 2 monkeys and 2 parrots (5 animals) are going towards the river.Hope all of you have fun with this simple english maths question.
 
Very basic math or reading comprehension question there. If getting that one right makes me a Genius the world is in a world of trouble.
 
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