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The king of Octopuses has servants who have six, seven or eight legs. The distinguishing characteristics of the servants is that the one with seven legs always lie but the one with either six or eight legs speak the truth always.

One day, four servants meet and converse:

The black one says, 'We have 28 legs altogether.'

The green one says, 'We have 27 legs altogether.'

The yellow one says, 'We have 26 legs altogether.'

The red one says, 'We have 25 legs altogether.'


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A man is walking down a road with a basket of eggs. As he
is walking he meets someone who buys one-half of his eggs
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He walks a little further and meets another person who buys
one-half of his eggs plus one-half of an egg.
After proceeding further he meets another person who buys
one-half of his eggs plus one half an egg. At this point, he
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How many eggs did the man have to start with?

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A horse was tied to a rope 5 meters long and the horses food was 15 meters away from the horse. How did the horse reach the food?

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Find the number of squares in the below-given picture.

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