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Message: <blockquote data-quote="imhotep" data-source="post: 26910673" data-attributes="member: 562115">“If a ship had 26 sheep and 10 goats onboard, how old is the ship’s captain?”There is... The Chinese version goes  like this.  Considering the average weight per each animal 26 sheep and 10 goats would approximately weigh 7000 kg.In China, if you Captain a ship which is over 5000kg capacity, you need to have a boat licence at least for 5 years. The minimum age to obtain a boat license is 23 years. Hence the Captain must be at least 28 years old.... <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/P.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":P" title=":P    :P" data-shortname=":P" />The origin of this problem was in 1979 by French maths researchers. Later it was picked by the Germans & the Swiss where another version was used."There are 125 sheep and 5 dogs in a flock..... How old is the Shepherd?"The students answered the question by trying out the math operators they know. If you add it becomes 130 (far too old), if you subtract 120 (same story) and hence they divided obtaining 25 which seems reasonable.Only a handful of the students came out with the correct answer is each country... Which is"There is insufficient data to answer the question"It was really an exercise to encourage critical thinking from a young age.  <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite22" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs up    (y)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(y)" /></blockquote>

Verification: Hath warak paha keeyada? (hatha wadikireema paha)

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