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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.
Footnotes
[8] If you decide to make a guess, the section corresponding to the correct answer will have a footnote confirming that it is indeed correct.