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One day, when I was reading a book with my son, he said
"Hey Dad, this book says that 1 is equal to 2!"
I couldn't figure out what he meant, could you help me? What was my son talking about?
Based off of this puzzle: 3 = 6 ? Another non math question. Another Grandpa Mystery
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One day, when I was reading a book with my son, he said
"Hey Dad, this book says that 1 is equal to 2!"
I couldn't figure out what he meant, could you help me? What was my son talking about?
Based off of this puzzle: 3 = 6 ? Another non math question. Another Grandpa Mystery
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asked Aug 28 at 1:32
kraby15
2,2662730
closed as too broad by JonMark Perry, rhsquared, El-Guest, Rand al'Thor, Rubio♦ Aug 28 at 15:21
Please edit the question to limit it to a specific problem with enough detail to identify an adequate answer. Avoid asking multiple distinct questions at once. See the How to Ask page for help clarifying this question. If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
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Downvoted for responding to a plausible answer with a comment like this. If an answer solves the puzzle but not in the way you intended, either the question should be updated or the answer marked as accepted. Guess what I'm thinking isn't fun for anyone but you.
– user1717828
Aug 28 at 12:36
@user1717828 you have a point, but it is fun for me :D
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One day, when I was reading a book with my son, he said
"Hey Dad, this book says that 1 is equal to 2!"
I couldn't figure out what he meant, could you help me? What was my son talking about?
Based off of this puzzle: 3 = 6 ? Another non math question. Another Grandpa Mystery
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asked Aug 28 at 1:32
kraby15
2,2662730
One day, when I was reading a book with my son, he said
"Hey Dad, this book says that 1 is equal to 2!"
I couldn't figure out what he meant, could you help me? What was my son talking about?
Based off of this puzzle: 3 = 6 ? Another non math question. Another Grandpa Mystery
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asked Aug 28 at 1:32
kraby15
2,2662730
edited Aug 28 at 2:16
asked Aug 28 at 1:32
kraby15
2,2662730
asked Aug 28 at 1:32
kraby15
2,2662730
asked Aug 28 at 1:32
kraby15
2,2662730
2,2662730
closed as too broad by JonMark Perry, rhsquared, El-Guest, Rand al'Thor, Rubio♦ Aug 28 at 15:21
Please edit the question to limit it to a specific problem with enough detail to identify an adequate answer. Avoid asking multiple distinct questions at once. See the How to Ask page for help clarifying this question. If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
closed as too broad by JonMark Perry, rhsquared, El-Guest, Rand al'Thor, Rubio♦ Aug 28 at 15:21
Please edit the question to limit it to a specific problem with enough detail to identify an adequate answer. Avoid asking multiple distinct questions at once. See the How to Ask page for help clarifying this question. If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
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Downvoted for responding to a plausible answer with a comment like this. If an answer solves the puzzle but not in the way you intended, either the question should be updated or the answer marked as accepted. Guess what I'm thinking isn't fun for anyone but you.
– user1717828
Aug 28 at 12:36
@user1717828 you have a point, but it is fun for me :D
– user477343
Aug 28 at 21:41
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Downvoted for responding to a plausible answer with a comment like this. If an answer solves the puzzle but not in the way you intended, either the question should be updated or the answer marked as accepted. Guess what I'm thinking isn't fun for anyone but you.
– user1717828
Aug 28 at 12:36
@user1717828 you have a point, but it is fun for me :D
– user477343
Aug 28 at 21:41
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Downvoted for responding to a plausible answer with a comment like this. If an answer solves the puzzle but not in the way you intended, either the question should be updated or the answer marked as accepted. Guess what I'm thinking isn't fun for anyone but you.
– user1717828
Aug 28 at 12:36
Downvoted for responding to a plausible answer with a comment like this. If an answer solves the puzzle but not in the way you intended, either the question should be updated or the answer marked as accepted. Guess what I'm thinking isn't fun for anyone but you.
– user1717828
Aug 28 at 12:36
@user1717828 you have a point, but it is fun for me :D
– user477343
Aug 28 at 21:41
@user1717828 you have a point, but it is fun for me :D
– user477343
Aug 28 at 21:41
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Could the answer be that
Today (sounds like two day) is one day? The first two words of the riddle are "one day".
answered Aug 28 at 3:35
Riley
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I think it is ;) +1
– Duck
Aug 28 at 4:19
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I think it's about
finger binary
where
the (one) index finger equals the (finger binary) representation of the number 2.
answered Aug 28 at 7:52
Christoph
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That would make it a math riddle.
– Flater
Aug 28 at 9:52
@Flater but it's a good answer, nonetheless! :D
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Aug 28 at 10:59
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Could it have anything to do with
Page numbers and how the cover could be considered the first page or the title page be the first page, but the real start is the second page?
answered Aug 28 at 2:10
QuantumTwinkie
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Could the answer have anything to do with the following explanation?
The boy has a dad. Therefore, the boy must also have a mother. Before the boy was born, the mother was carrying him in her stomach (i.e. she was pregnant). This would be an example of how $1=2$, because although being one person, she is two people (herself and the boy who is yet to be her son). Notice that nothing else is said about the book in particular, so that might not be important, assuming this explanation is indeed true.
answered Aug 28 at 11:06
user477343
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I think it is
"That one" is equal to 2
Where
"That one" is a reference a particular something the boy could be looking at such as a math problem, making this an English puzzle. It's used here in the same way, as in "I choose that one" or "that one has spots"
answered Aug 28 at 10:47
Caleb Devine
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5 Answers
5
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oldest
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5 Answers
5
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
up vote
17
down vote
accepted
Could the answer be that
Today (sounds like two day) is one day? The first two words of the riddle are "one day".
answered Aug 28 at 3:35
Riley
10.5k43170
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I think it is ;) +1
– Duck
Aug 28 at 4:19
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Could the answer be that
Today (sounds like two day) is one day? The first two words of the riddle are "one day".
answered Aug 28 at 3:35
Riley
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I think it is ;) +1
– Duck
Aug 28 at 4:19
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up vote
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Could the answer be that
Today (sounds like two day) is one day? The first two words of the riddle are "one day".
answered Aug 28 at 3:35
Riley
10.5k43170
Could the answer be that
Today (sounds like two day) is one day? The first two words of the riddle are "one day".
answered Aug 28 at 3:35
Riley
10.5k43170
answered Aug 28 at 3:35
Riley
10.5k43170
answered Aug 28 at 3:35
Riley
10.5k43170
answered Aug 28 at 3:35
Riley
10.5k43170
10.5k43170
2
I think it is ;) +1
– Duck
Aug 28 at 4:19
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I think it is ;) +1
– Duck
Aug 28 at 4:19
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2
I think it is ;) +1
– Duck
Aug 28 at 4:19
I think it is ;) +1
– Duck
Aug 28 at 4:19
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4
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I think it's about
finger binary
where
the (one) index finger equals the (finger binary) representation of the number 2.
answered Aug 28 at 7:52
Christoph
1,8261019
2
That would make it a math riddle.
– Flater
Aug 28 at 9:52
@Flater but it's a good answer, nonetheless! :D
– user477343
Aug 28 at 10:59
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up vote
4
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I think it's about
finger binary
where
the (one) index finger equals the (finger binary) representation of the number 2.
answered Aug 28 at 7:52
Christoph
1,8261019
2
That would make it a math riddle.
– Flater
Aug 28 at 9:52
@Flater but it's a good answer, nonetheless! :D
– user477343
Aug 28 at 10:59
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up vote
4
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up vote
4
down vote
I think it's about
finger binary
where
the (one) index finger equals the (finger binary) representation of the number 2.
answered Aug 28 at 7:52
Christoph
1,8261019
I think it's about
finger binary
where
the (one) index finger equals the (finger binary) representation of the number 2.
answered Aug 28 at 7:52
Christoph
1,8261019
answered Aug 28 at 7:52
Christoph
1,8261019
answered Aug 28 at 7:52
Christoph
1,8261019
answered Aug 28 at 7:52
Christoph
1,8261019
1,8261019
2
That would make it a math riddle.
– Flater
Aug 28 at 9:52
@Flater but it's a good answer, nonetheless! :D
– user477343
Aug 28 at 10:59
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2
That would make it a math riddle.
– Flater
Aug 28 at 9:52
@Flater but it's a good answer, nonetheless! :D
– user477343
Aug 28 at 10:59
2
2
That would make it a math riddle.
– Flater
Aug 28 at 9:52
That would make it a math riddle.
– Flater
Aug 28 at 9:52
@Flater but it's a good answer, nonetheless! :D
– user477343
Aug 28 at 10:59
@Flater but it's a good answer, nonetheless! :D
– user477343
Aug 28 at 10:59
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3
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Could it have anything to do with
Page numbers and how the cover could be considered the first page or the title page be the first page, but the real start is the second page?
answered Aug 28 at 2:10
QuantumTwinkie
10.6k21874
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up vote
3
down vote
Could it have anything to do with
Page numbers and how the cover could be considered the first page or the title page be the first page, but the real start is the second page?
answered Aug 28 at 2:10
QuantumTwinkie
10.6k21874
add a comment |Â
up vote
3
down vote
up vote
3
down vote
Could it have anything to do with
Page numbers and how the cover could be considered the first page or the title page be the first page, but the real start is the second page?
answered Aug 28 at 2:10
QuantumTwinkie
10.6k21874
Could it have anything to do with
Page numbers and how the cover could be considered the first page or the title page be the first page, but the real start is the second page?
answered Aug 28 at 2:10
QuantumTwinkie
10.6k21874
answered Aug 28 at 2:10
QuantumTwinkie
10.6k21874
answered Aug 28 at 2:10
QuantumTwinkie
10.6k21874
answered Aug 28 at 2:10
QuantumTwinkie
10.6k21874
10.6k21874
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1
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Could the answer have anything to do with the following explanation?
The boy has a dad. Therefore, the boy must also have a mother. Before the boy was born, the mother was carrying him in her stomach (i.e. she was pregnant). This would be an example of how $1=2$, because although being one person, she is two people (herself and the boy who is yet to be her son). Notice that nothing else is said about the book in particular, so that might not be important, assuming this explanation is indeed true.
answered Aug 28 at 11:06
user477343
3,0551742
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
Could the answer have anything to do with the following explanation?
The boy has a dad. Therefore, the boy must also have a mother. Before the boy was born, the mother was carrying him in her stomach (i.e. she was pregnant). This would be an example of how $1=2$, because although being one person, she is two people (herself and the boy who is yet to be her son). Notice that nothing else is said about the book in particular, so that might not be important, assuming this explanation is indeed true.
answered Aug 28 at 11:06
user477343
3,0551742
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up vote
1
down vote
up vote
1
down vote
Could the answer have anything to do with the following explanation?
The boy has a dad. Therefore, the boy must also have a mother. Before the boy was born, the mother was carrying him in her stomach (i.e. she was pregnant). This would be an example of how $1=2$, because although being one person, she is two people (herself and the boy who is yet to be her son). Notice that nothing else is said about the book in particular, so that might not be important, assuming this explanation is indeed true.
answered Aug 28 at 11:06
user477343
3,0551742
Could the answer have anything to do with the following explanation?
The boy has a dad. Therefore, the boy must also have a mother. Before the boy was born, the mother was carrying him in her stomach (i.e. she was pregnant). This would be an example of how $1=2$, because although being one person, she is two people (herself and the boy who is yet to be her son). Notice that nothing else is said about the book in particular, so that might not be important, assuming this explanation is indeed true.
answered Aug 28 at 11:06
user477343
3,0551742
answered Aug 28 at 11:06
user477343
3,0551742
answered Aug 28 at 11:06
user477343
3,0551742
answered Aug 28 at 11:06
user477343
3,0551742
3,0551742
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up vote
1
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I think it is
"That one" is equal to 2
Where
"That one" is a reference a particular something the boy could be looking at such as a math problem, making this an English puzzle. It's used here in the same way, as in "I choose that one" or "that one has spots"
answered Aug 28 at 10:47
Caleb Devine
3666
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up vote
1
down vote
I think it is
"That one" is equal to 2
Where
"That one" is a reference a particular something the boy could be looking at such as a math problem, making this an English puzzle. It's used here in the same way, as in "I choose that one" or "that one has spots"
answered Aug 28 at 10:47
Caleb Devine
3666
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up vote
1
down vote
up vote
1
down vote
I think it is
"That one" is equal to 2
Where
"That one" is a reference a particular something the boy could be looking at such as a math problem, making this an English puzzle. It's used here in the same way, as in "I choose that one" or "that one has spots"
answered Aug 28 at 10:47
Caleb Devine
3666
I think it is
"That one" is equal to 2
Where
"That one" is a reference a particular something the boy could be looking at such as a math problem, making this an English puzzle. It's used here in the same way, as in "I choose that one" or "that one has spots"
answered Aug 28 at 10:47
Caleb Devine
3666
edited Aug 28 at 17:48
answered Aug 28 at 10:47
Caleb Devine
3666
answered Aug 28 at 10:47
Caleb Devine
3666
answered Aug 28 at 10:47
Caleb Devine
3666
3666
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Downvoted for responding to a plausible answer with a comment like this. If an answer solves the puzzle but not in the way you intended, either the question should be updated or the answer marked as accepted. Guess what I'm thinking isn't fun for anyone but you.
– user1717828
Aug 28 at 12:36
@user1717828 you have a point, but it is fun for me :D
– user477343
Aug 28 at 21:41