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How does half a dozen remain? Question
If from six you take nine, and from nine you take ten,
(You youths, now the mystery explain;)
And if fifty from forty be taken, there then
Shall just half a dozen remain.
The above puzzle appeared in the book:
“Rational amusement for winter evenings” (1821) by John Jackson.
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Probably not correct...
This sounds too far-fetched a solution to be correct, but I'll give it a try:
Type out the numbers you got as Roman numerals:
VI (6) IX (9) 40 (XL) = VI IX XL
- Remove IX (9) = VI XL
- Remove X (10) = VI L
- Remove L (50) = VI
- VI (6) remains.
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