And the winner is ...
On Monday we posed a riddle to you, regarding the total, cumulative number of gifts in the well known song The Twelve Days of Christmas. Here's the song: For this puzzle, you were asked to come up with the total cumulative number gifts received by the giftee on the third, seventh, and twelfth days. The library received an avalanche of emails, but only 7 of the emails received had the correct answer. On the 3rd day, the giftee had received 10 gifts. On the 7th day, the giftee had received 84 gifts. On the 12th day, the giftee had received 364 gifts. Many of you got the correct numbers for each day (6 gifts on the 3rd day, 28 gifts on the 7th day, and 78 gifts on the 12th day), but you forgot to add those gifts to the ones the giftee already had. On the first day of Christmas, the giftee got 1 gift. On the second day, the giftee got 3 gifts -- but s/he already had 1, so the total for that day is 4. On the 3rd day, the giftee got 6 gifts. Adde