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‘Good, good!’ he exclaims gleefully, twisting his droopy moustache as he paces the muddy road. ‘Answer me this riddle. If a brick counterbalances three quarters of a pound plus three quarters of a brick, how many pounds does the whole brick weigh?’
If you can answer the old man’s riddle,8 write down the solution and then turn to the entry with the same number as your answer.
If you cannot answer the riddle, turn to 269.
