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Originally Posted by MWC
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2. Farmer Brown came to town with some watermelons. He sold half of them plus half a melon, and found that he had one whole melon left. How many melons did he take to town?
I have semantics difficultly with this. If “watermelon” and “melon” are to be considered synonymous, the answer is: Two and a half.
If “melon” is to be considered different from “watermelon”, the answer is: a half.
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Nope, no trick words. A watermelon is a melon.