The warring clans of the Campbells and the McPhersons were brought together by a marriage between the sun and daughter of the opposing leading factions. The clan members, however, were still very patriotic to their own clan and were very suspicious of the opposing clan. For the first few years all activities between the clans had an equal number from each clan in the teams of workers. This covered building homes, hunting, fishing, cooking etc.
On one fateful day the fishing boat, which had a crew of 30 (15 from each clan, and headed by the Campbell leader), ran into a very bad storm and the boat began to sink. The head of the expedition agreed with the crew that half of them would have to take a risk and swim for shore in order to save the boat and the remaining crew. The head man said that he would be fair in the selection of those to leave, and that he would line everyone up in a single line formed in a circle and every 9th person would have to go. The crew agreed, and each was allotted a position numbered 1 through 30.
How did he line them up so that ONLY the McPhersons were left?
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The McPhersons were given the numbers: 5,6,7,8,9,12,16,18,19,22,23,24,26,27 & 30. If the count started at number 1 all of the McPhersons had to jump overboard.
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