The Martian Census Bureau compiled the marital history of every male and female Martian, living and dead:
- Never married: 6,823,041
- Married once: 7,354,016
- Married twice: 1,600,897
- Married three times: 171,013
- Married four times: 2,682
What’s wrong with these figures?
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The total number of Martians married an odd number of times must be even (it takes two to get married, even on Mars). But 7,354,016 + 171,013 gives 7,525,029, an odd number.
Contributed by Sidney Kravitz, Dover, N.J., to the Journal of Recreational Mathematics 2:4, October 1969.
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