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"Jan Merolant" <jan.merolant@smallhand.com> posted:

During a murder investigation Dr. Watsoff found a piece of paper in the victim's bedroom. "It's a family tree," he said to Sherlock Jones. "But it
is not complete. I wonder how many children Robert has."

Jones just glanced at the family tree and knew right away.
The incomplete family tree:

figure in non-mono font
Paul
_______________|________________
| | |
|
Tom Ann David Robert
_____|_____ _____|____ |
| | | | |
?
Jack Ann Don Sam Peter
___|___ ____|____
| | | |
|

Figure in mono font

Paul
________________|__________________
| | | |
Tom Ann David Robert
_____|_____ ____|____ |
| | | | | ?
Jack Ann Don Sam Peter
___|___ ____|____
| | | | |

How many children does Robert have?
Jan

I'll work on this one.!!!
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HenHanna@NewsGrouper submitted this idea :

Figure in mono font

Paul
________________|__________________
| | | |
Tom Ann David Robert
_____|_____ ____|____ |
| | | | | ?
Jack Ann Don Sam Peter
___|___ ____|____
| | | | |



How many children does Robert have?

minimum one because there's a vertical line below

there's no space for two, assuming the tree is exactly reported as the original :-)
--
/-\ /\/\ /\/\ /-\ /\/\ /\/\ /-\ T /-\
-=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- - -=-
........... [ al lavoro ] ...........
-.-. .... . ... .. ...- .. -. -.-. .- --- -.-. .... . ... .. .--. . .-.
-.. .- ..-. --- .-. --.. .- - --- .-. --- . .--- ..- ...- . -- . .-.
-.. .-
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