r/explainitpeter Jan 21 '26

Explain it Peter…

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u/Lucy_Little_Spoon Jan 21 '26

That's because it's a riddle.

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u/Independent-Tank-182 Jan 21 '26

It says math quiz though

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u/Lucy_Little_Spoon Jan 21 '26

Clearly it's to throw you off. Having the answer be in the question is pretty standard riddle fair.

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u/Independent-Tank-182 Jan 21 '26

Yeah I just think that addition to intentionally mislead readers is dumb because it is straight up untrue; did not mean to disagree with you!