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The marriage number conundrum

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  • 29-01-2018 3:46pm
    #1
    pxdf9i5cmoavkz
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    6034073

    Option A:
    Jane marries Joe in January; 2 People got married.
    Jane divorces Joe in March; 0 People got married.
    Jane marries Tyrone in May; 2 people got married.
    ---
    4 People married in total

    Option B:
    Marry in January == 2 people
    Divorce in March == Still 2 people
    One of them gets remarried in May
    --
    3 people in total

    This excludes the mentally ill who marry paint buckets or train stations.

    Explain your answer.


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    #2
    Pat Mustard
    Registered Users Posts: 9,554 ✭✭✭Pat Mustard


    http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41413297


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    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,204 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    I just assume the original number is probably fake in order the facilitate the joke

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



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    #4
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 17,381 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Maybe it's because of people marrying their dogs or their pillows.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1334993/Joseph-Guiso-marries-dog-Honey-sunset-ceremony.html


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    #5
    cml387
    Registered Users Posts: 8,373 ✭✭✭cml387


    ...and the Mormons. You're forgetting about the Mormons.


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    Kimbot
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 18,446 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kimbot


    http://www.dailyedge.ie/woman-marries-pirate-ghost-3801206-Jan2018/

    /End Thread


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    pxdf9i5cmoavkz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 827 ✭✭✭pxdf9i5cmoavkz


    Noel Late Video wrote: »
    This excludes the mentally ill who marry paint buckets or train stations.

    Since some of ye applied tl;dr


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    #8
    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,223 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Noel Late Video wrote: »
    Option B:
    Marry in January == 2 people
    Divorce in March == Still 2 people
    One of them gets remarried in May
    --
    3 people in total
    To another person, so 2 people got married then too.

    Each marriage always includes 2 people, unless it's one of those "modern" marriages with all kinds of weird stuff going on.


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    jack presley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,687 ✭✭✭✭jack presley


    biko wrote: »
    To another person, so 2 people got married then too.

    Each marriage always includes 2 people, unless it's one of those "modern" marriages with all kinds of weird stuff going on.

    But if you were to line up the participants in these 2 weddings in front of you, how many people are there?


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    Bob Harris
    Registered Users Posts: 3,462 ✭✭✭Bob Harris


    biko wrote: »
    To another person, so 2 people got married then too.

    Each marriage always includes 2 people, unless it's one of those "modern" marriages with all kinds of weird stuff going on.

    I think he means only 3 different people as one person got married twice.


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    PandaPoo
    Registered Users Posts: 4,977 ✭✭✭PandaPoo


    biko wrote: »
    To another person, so 2 people got married then too.

    Each marriage always includes 2 people, unless it's one of those "modern" marriages with all kinds of weird stuff going on.

    There was a woman on tv the other day who was married to the ghost of a 300 year old pirate!

    Case closed.


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    #12
    Boom_Bap
    Moderators, Music Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,730 Mod ✭✭✭✭Boom_Bap


    PandaPoo wrote: »
    There was a woman on tv the other day who was married to the ghost of a 300 year old pirate!

    Case closed.

    Ghosts are people too


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    #13
    Hector Savage
    Registered Users Posts: 8,810 ✭✭✭Hector Savage


    Poor Joe, divorced after two months of marriage and sneaky Tyrone stealing his missus the next month !!


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    #14
    diomed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,744 ✭✭✭diomed


    one gets married once.
    One gets married twice.
    One gets married once.
    Four.

    Worst problem ever.


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    Irish Guitarist
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    Noel Late Video wrote: »
    Jane marries Joe in January; 2 People got married.
    Jane divorces Joe in March; 0 People got married.
    Jane marries Tyrone in May; 2 people got married.

    If a couple gets divorced it doesn't mean the wedding didn't happen. They might not be married anymore but they still got married. If you exchange 'got' for 'are' then it would be different.


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    As that figure has come up regularly, since 2008, in online discussions, it's not a real statistic at all. It's just made up to force a discussion on a conundrum that isn't true.


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    #17
    kneemos
    Registered Users Posts: 20,409 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    Bound to be a few poligamists.


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    #18
    TPD
    Registered Users Posts: 7,814 ✭✭✭TPD


    Option b. If two couples married in a year, both divorced, swapped partners and married again, you wouldn't say 8 people got married.


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    #19
    pleas advice
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,492 ✭✭✭pleas advice


    Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th President of the United States...


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    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,760 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    If someone dies and their spouse marries again within a year...


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    #21
    jaxxx
    Registered Users Posts: 3,230 ✭✭✭jaxxx


    But you're forgetting about those who get married to goats :D Single numbers there!


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    #22
    Odhinn
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Maybe it's because of people marrying their dogs or their pillows.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1334993/Joseph-Guiso-marries-dog-Honey-sunset-ceremony.html

    There's all that now, because of teh ghey. Even the maths is broke.


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    #23
    kneemos
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    Odhinn wrote: »
    There's all that now, because of teh ghey. Even the maths is broke.


    In the next flood they'll be going in two by one.


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    #24
    Donald Trump
    Registered Users Posts: 19,075 ✭✭✭✭Donald Trump


    Simple example
    In Jan 2018 Donald marries Melania
    In Feb 2018 Melania finds out Donald was banging pornstar named Stormy
    In July 2018 Melania and Donald Divorce
    In Dec 2018 Donald marries Katie Price aka Jordan
    Profit!! (For big boobed "ladies")

    (Plus three people registered as getting married in 2018 - Donald, Melania and Katie)


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    #25
    Ficheall
    Registered Users Posts: 9,018 ✭✭✭Ficheall


    mi17bl.jpgEuDN2

    This was way more effort than it was worth to make a holy union pun..


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    #26
    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,223 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Tbh, that Twitter dude just made it all up and have trolled everyone so hard


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    #27
    Volthar
    Registered Users Posts: 326 ✭✭Volthar


    Sure read somewhere that a girl married herself


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