Riddle 56
These are true statements about inhabitants of a town.
1. No two inhabitants have the same number of hair on their head
2. No inhabitant has exactly 518 hairs
3. There live more inhabitants than any inhabitant's hair in the town
What is the highest possible number of inhabitants?
1. No two inhabitants have the same number of hair on their head
2. No inhabitant has exactly 518 hairs
3. There live more inhabitants than any inhabitant's hair in the town
What is the highest possible number of inhabitants?

2 Comments:
answer is 518. inhabitants will have hair in the following order:
0,1,2,3... 517
answer is 518. hair are in this order: 0,1,2,3...517
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