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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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Can somebody please exsplain how this is 487

0 I have been given a riidle that has driven me mad ... but worse, once given the answer. I just became baffled. Can anyone please exsplain why 487 is the answer to this riddle.02br
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00i have 15 cherries, 42 cherries02br
00& a cherry. you have 25 cherries.02br
00Lets swap cherries.02br
00Cherry Christmas.02br
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00How many cherries?02br
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00I hope you can now see why i'm baffeled at this answer. 02br
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0 i have heard that too and its driving me mad!!!! Im now searching everywhere to try and work it out! 0-

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0 i have heard that too and its driving me mad!!!! Im now searching everywhere to try and work it out! 0-
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0 I also cannot fathom the logic behind this answer.02br
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00One clue I weened from the internet is to possibly convert the numbers to Roman Numerals. This coupled with the "swap" line may allow for the obscure figure to be reached by rejigging the number order - but I havent figured out which combo is required.02br
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00I eventually came to the concl
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00i'm still looking for an answer to this and was given this by Avalentine on another site ... 05002br
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00You can get 487 by adding a few multipliers to some numbers indicated in the riddle. (3*42) + (4*15) + (12*25) + 1 = 487. Maybe I’m overanalyzing, but maybe the word “cherry” is an adjective or is supposed to be co
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0 sorry the brackets should say (3*42) + (4*15) + (12*25) + 1 = 4870-
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0 sorry i'll try again it doesn't do brackets or * ... 3x4 + 4x15 + 12x25 + 1 = 4870-
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