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Here's another answer.
! Move the I after the X to the right of the E. This gives you
or $1m = 10e2mm$. Put it another way, $1m = 10*10^2mm=1000mm$, which is correct.
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Obviously wrong answer
... but it amuses me and it might amuse OP too. Perhaps the book that's in the wrong place is
because
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My answer is
Reasoning:
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I think the lantern represents
and the second picture is a
which represents
and the third picture is
All three of these things are used in the
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The Latin word we are looking for is most likely
Working backwards, we can find that
That suggests that the way we should have got here is by
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Partial answer
the Latin word from which the English word for reddish yellow, or tawny has originated from
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Answer is
Explanation:
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Half hearted guess:
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You're wearing
because you end up at
I looked into a big black bag and found some dip.
I chewed on it.
When I got to the end I spit out towards a light that never seems to move.
As I traveled towards this light, I noticed that the light seemed to move towards me as I moved toward it.
Eventually, the light appeared to be directly overhead!
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So because of the knowledge tag I don't think this is the correct answer but
it popped into my head and for some reason it kinda fits:
I looked into a big black bag and found some dip.
I chewed on it.
When I got to the end I spit out towards a light that never seems to move.
As I traveled towards this light, I noticed that the light seemed to move ...
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Hopefully wrong answer
This feels like a trick more than a puzzle, if the following is the intended answer: perhaps
because
But
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The words of the sentence aren't ordered alphabetically, because
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All three brothers sold all their sheep under the same price and terms and each ended up fetching the same price for them as each other. All they needed was this sign:
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I have 2 solutions. Both are similar but use different prices.
1:
2:
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Similar to @JonMarkPerry's answer, but working from the other direction:
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Assuming that the brothers are benevolent to each other:
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A second try, in case you didn't like the first one:
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and each returned with equal sums of money. How?
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My guess is that
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Probably:
Alternative(s):
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They are English words but out of alphabetical order in:
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I notice that
So I'll go with
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I think the answer is simply
because
(But OP has edited the question and this clearly no longer works.)
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I think it is
Let the numbers be abcd. The reasoning is:
Application:
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I think it is:
Deduction:
1321.
Three of those numbers are correct in correct position
1333.
Now Zero of those numbers are correct in correct position says the Great Big Voice
1322.
Now One of those numbers are correct in correct position says the Voice
1210.
Now One of those numbers are correct in correct position says the Voice.
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Sorry for my incomplete explanation the previous time. At the first attempt the code was 1321. The voice said "Three" of those numbers which I assume 3 among 0,1,2,3. Next time the code was 1333 and the voice said "Zero" of those numbers are correct in their correct position and from this I concluded 0 shouldn't be on the right code too. Further the code was,...
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