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Draw four rectangles on a piece of paper. Put nine x's in the four rectangles so that there is an uneven number of x's in each rectangle
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DRAW ONE LARGE RECTANGLE. THEN DRAW THE THREE SMALLER RECTANGLES WITHIN THE LARGE RECTANGLE. PLACE THREE X'S IN EACH SMALL RECTANGLE. THERE WILL BE NINE X'S IN THE LARGE RECTANGLE
28, 4, 17. WRITING THE 24TH LETTER OF THE ALPHABET FOR EACH 24, THE 22ND LETTER OF THE ALPHABET FOR EACH 22, AND THE 9TH LETTER OF THE ALPHABET FOR EACH 9 REVEALS: XXVIII IV XVII IT IS NOW CLEAR THAT THE COMBINATION IS WRITTEN IN ROMAN NUMERALS. THE ONLY SET OF 3 ROMAN NUMERALS THAT FITS THIS ARRANGEMENT IS: XXVIII IV XVII OR 28, 4, 17
DRAW AN S IN FRONT OF THE IX AND IT SPELLS SIX. THE LINE NEED NOT BE STRAIGHT
WHEN THE PROFESSOR CONFIRMED JOHNNY'S ANONYMITY (THE PROFESSOR DIDN'T KNOW WHO HE WAS), JOHNNY QUICKLY SLIPPED HIS EXAM PAPER INTO THE PILE OF EXAMS AND RAN OFF, SO THE PROFESSOR WOULDN'T KNOW WHICH EXAM PAPER DESERVED AN F. CONGRATULATIONS ON STICKING THROUGH THE WHOLE RIDDLE
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