Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/39 - Surprising Relationship
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Puzzles and Curious Problems by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $39$
- Surprising Relationship
- Angelina: "You say that Mr. Tomkins is your uncle?"
- Edwin: "Yes, and I am his uncle!"
- Angelina: Then -- let me see -- you must be nephew to each other, of course! Funny, isn't it?"
- Can you say quite simply how this might be, without any breach of the marriage law or disregard of the Table of Affinity?
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Click here for solution 2
Click here for solution 3
Historical Note
The original solution appears to have been the work of Dudeney himself.
As reported by Martin Gardner in ins $1968$ repackaging 536 Puzzles & Curious Problems, the other two solutions originated with Victor Meally.
Sources
- 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Age and Kinship Puzzles: $39$. -- Surprising Relationship
- 1968: Henry Ernest Dudeney: 536 Puzzles & Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Unclassified Puzzles: $519$. Surprising Relationship