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ALICE IN PUZZLE-LAND<br />

ANOTHER DIVISION A million multiplied by a quarter is a<br />

quarter of a million, but a million divided by a quarter is the number<br />

of quarters needed to make a million, which is four million. So, four<br />

million is the correct answer to the Queen's question.<br />

HOW MUCH? A common wrong answer is "Four shillings." If<br />

the bottle was really worth 4 shillings, then the wine, being worth 26<br />

shillings more, would be worth 30 shillings; so the bottle and wine<br />

together would be worth 34 shillings.<br />

The correct answer is that the bottle is worth 2 shillings and the<br />

wine is worth 28 shillings.<br />

AWAKE OR ASLEEP? If the Red King were awake at the time,<br />

he could not have had the false belief that both he and the Red<br />

Queen were asleep. Therefore, he was asleep. This means that his<br />

belief was false, so it is not true that both were asleep. Therefore,<br />

the Red Queen was awake.<br />

AWAKE OR ASLEEP? The Red King was either awake or asleep<br />

at the time. Suppose he were awake. Then his belief was correct,<br />

which means the Red Queen was asleep. Then her belief was<br />

incorrect, so she believed he was asleep. On the other hand,<br />

suppose he were asleep at the time. Then his belief was wrong, so<br />

the Red Queen was awake. Then her belief was correct, so she<br />

believed he was asleep. Therefore, regardless of whether the King<br />

was awake or asleep, the Queen must have believed he was asleep.<br />

HOW MANY RATTLES? If Tweedledum loses, he will have half<br />

the total number of rattles (which is the same thing as having the<br />

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