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Ask the Tick: How many legs?

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There are 7 girls in a vanpool. Each girl has 7 backpacks. In each backpack, there are 7 big cats. For every big cat, there are 7 little cats. How many legs are there in the bus?

The Tick answers, courtesy of Cha Cha*

entity

count

leg count

total leg count

girls

7

2

14

bags

49

0

0

big cats

343

4

1372

little cats

2401

4

9604
     

10990

Editor's note: I love questions that feature little cats with their little legs. 10,976 little paws!

 

*And Bonsai, and Larry who already posted the answer

Comments

  • Anonymous
    May 29, 2008
    What I love about this particular puzzle is that it doesn't answer the real question.  How big does the van have to be that it can actually contain 2744 cats of varying sizes? More importantly - can any of the cats drive?

  • Anonymous
    May 29, 2008
    But what about the bus/van driver's legs...?

  • Anonymous
    May 30, 2008
    Rob: The question did not say that the cats were alive, or even that they were real. They could have been beanie babies, for all we know, and the girls are on their way to a beanie baby convention. Mark: The van driver could have been one of the seven girls. Typical Microsoft exam question -- does not always provide enough information. The real question is: Is it two of the girls that are MCITP: United States History Major, two of the cats, or one of each. [See www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/certified.mspx ] My apologies to all if I spoiled things by giving the answer. I have a habit of doing that. [In the movie Titanic, in the end, the boat sinks.]

  • Anonymous
    May 30, 2008
    Larry, gaaaaaaaaaaaaawd. I haven't SEEN that!!!!! Now you're ruined it.

  • Anonymous
    May 30, 2008
    Well, one of the answers posted above is correct.  And it would not be you, editor.

  • Anonymous
    May 30, 2008
    PS - that's because the girls HAVE PAWS, TOO!!!!

  • Anonymous
    May 31, 2008
    The comment has been removed