Mr. & Mrs. Bandacol were good parents, with five children – all boys. By a happy coincidence, you can tell the age of each of the Bandacol boys by their names. Louie is 21, twins Cliff & Ernst are each 9, and Mario is 17. Given this information…
How old is Shane? And why?
Here is the SOLUTION.
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Oooo, got it :)
posted by Kathye on 8-27-2010 at 8:06 am
me too…..i must have had my brain food this morning.
posted by IFB on 8-27-2010 at 8:21 am
I got it in a round about way. I went simple and gambled that the difference in numbers was significant. 17 is four less than 21 so I supposed that 9+4=13+4=17+4=21 and that’s how I got my answer.
posted by Jon on 8-27-2010 at 8:43 am
Got it!
posted by KJ on 8-27-2010 at 9:09 am
I counted vowels and consonants, total of 5 letters per name X #vowels + #consonants.
posted by Sue on 8-27-2010 at 2:10 pm
Another method is to count the first vowel for 9 points and each subsequent vowel for 4 points. Works too!
posted by Justin on 8-27-2010 at 2:12 pm
You could get the same result by ignoring the consonants.
Cliff, Ernst have 1 vowel,
Shane has 2, Mario has 3 and Louie 4.. so
putting them in the ascending order
9 x 17 21 => x = 13
posted by st00pid on 8-28-2010 at 12:58 pm
what is the next letter in this series? A,A,A,S,A,O…
posted by Wheeler on 8-30-2010 at 5:56 pm