Personal Comment: Try not using so much math.
Secret code Enigma
What we know:
The only way to get a free drink in this bar, is to prove to the barman
that you are a friend of his boss. Here's how its done. You go to the
barman, he tells you a number and you tell him the "countersign" number.
If your answer is correct you get your drink. There's this mathematician
who thought that there can't be a standard list of numbers and
countersign numbers. There must be an algorithm that provides the answer
from the number given by the barman. So he joins a party of three men
who ARE friends of the boss and walks with them to the bar hopping to
understand the algorithm from the three answers.
HERE'S WHAT HE HEARD:
The barman says "6" to the first man, he says "3" and got his drink.
The barman said "12" to the second man, who replied "6" and got his
drink.
The barman said "14" to the third man and he answered "8" (!) and got
his drink.
Now its the mathematicians turn. "20", said the barman.
Enigma: What is the counter sign?
Solution: You count the number of letters in the word. Twenty has 6 letters so the mathematician should say "six".
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