How Many Friends Does Grumpy Really Have?

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Bashful, Dopey, and Sneezy are arguing about how many friends Grumpy has. Bashful claims that Grumpy has at least fifty friends. Dopey says that Grumpy certainly doesn't have that many, whereas Sneezy remarks that Grumpy must have at least one friend.

If what only one of the three is saying is true, how many friends does Grumpy actually have?
 
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I don't have that many friends myslef, and I'm not grumpy.
 
Answer:

3.14159
That is, some reasonable number less than 50.

eom.
 
I thought that the answer to this might not appear so quickly. Some people are too smart for their own good.
 
OrbitalPower said:
I thought that the answer to this might not appear so quickly. Some people are too smart for their own good.
That's me all over. Way too smart.
 
Yes. the riddle still remains unanswered though. Since the IQ 130+ riddle was solved in a shorter amount of time, does that means that this one is IQ 140+? :smile:
 
OrbitalPower said:
the riddle still remains unanswered though.
Oh I thought it was answered already !
Since the IQ 130+ riddle was solved in a shorter amount of time, does that means that this one is IQ 140+? :smile:
Ah, then I will wait a little bit and post a complete answer when it reached 160 or so. Is it growing logarithmically ?
 
humanino said:
Oh I thought it was answered already.
Yes, but not correctly.
 
jimmysnyder said:
Yes, but not correctly.
So he cannot have any friend...
 
humanino said:
So he cannot have any friend...

ding ding ding!

Because he's so grumpy! hehehe
...
 
My answer:

Zero. It is the only answer wherein one dwarf's comment (Dopey) can be true while the other two comments are false.
 
That was a 110 IQ question at best
 
regor60 said:
That was a 110 IQ question at best
Sez the guy who didn't answer it...:rolleyes:
 
DaveC426913 said:
Sez the guy who didn't answer it...:rolleyes:

The correct answer was already provided...I don't need to advertise :)
 

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