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Question
Solve the following riddles, you may yourself construct such riddles.
| Who am I? |
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| Go round a square Counting every corner Thrice and no more! Add the count to me To get exactly thirty four! |
Solution
There are 4 corners in a square.
Thrice the number of corners in the square will be 3 × 4 = 12
When this result, i.e. 12, is added to the number, it comes to be 34.
Therefore, the number will be the difference of 34 and 12 i.e., 34 − 12 = 22.
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