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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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THE MAN DID EXACTLY AS HE SAID HE WOULD AND WROTE "YOUR EXACT WEIGHT" ON THE PAPER
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
PUT NINE SNAKES IN EACH OF THREE CAGES, AND PUT THOSE THREE CAGES WITHIN A FOURTH, LARGER CAGE
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
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