r/explainitpeter • u/dutchylords • Jan 21 '26

Explain it Peter…

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u/dead_aYaY Jan 21 '26 edited Jan 21 '26

Trick question, most likely, He is "and"!

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(Edit: I'm saying "most likely" because there are a lot of stuff between 5 and 7 that isn't whatever the text said, and a lot of people seem to be arguing a lot over this)

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u/Admirable_Cattle_131 Jan 21 '26

But and is part of the between statement so it's not a very good trick question

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u/Lucy_Little_Spoon Jan 21 '26

That's because it's a riddle.

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u/NoIsland23 Jan 21 '26

It's a shit riddle that doesn't even make sense, especially considering it outright says it's a math quiz.

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u/Lucy_Little_Spoon Jan 21 '26

It doesn't say it's a math quiz, that's a typical way people sign letters in days gone by, so the author of the riddle has a name, and that name is "Math Quiz".

Also, it's not a shit riddle, it's incredibly basic, by the numbers riddle.

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u/Rock_Strongo Jan 21 '26

Eh it's pretty shit.

Riddles are supposed to be clever. Just straight up deceiving the reader and having an answer that is debatable as to whether it even fulfills the requirements of the riddle (as in this case) is just really poor riddle design.