The Internet is one of the most entertaining sources of information. Social media will never let you down, from humorous memes to odd material and informative stuff shared by influencers and vloggers. Among all of these, fascinating brain teaser puzzles are becoming increasingly popular. Such challenges test readers’ critical thinking skills by requiring them to solve a riddle using reasoning and logic. Thus, the basic principle of a brain teaser is to look at an image and answer a difficult question based on it. One intriguing brain challenge is making the rounds on social media.
The puzzle invites individuals to determine a person’s age based on the information presented. It says, “When I was two, my sister was twice my age. Now I’m 40, how old is my sister?”
As simple as it appears, the challenging question has elicited many responses in the comments area. Users dropped various computations and received varying results. A commenter replied, “42 na, unless she’s also aging twice as fast then she’d be 80 now,” while another provided comprehensive arithmetic, “The age difference between the two siblings is 4 – 2 = 2 years. Therefore, the person is now 2 + 40 = 42 years old. Their sister would be 4 + 40 = 44 years old. I’m 44 years old.”
“At 2 your sis was twice your age,that’s 4. Literally 2 years older. If you’re 40,she’s 42. Simple,” another commented.
Besides the guesses, a section of users also dropped hilarious reactions to the brain teaser. A user remarked, “No stress my brain abeg,” while another mentioned, “I swear I’m not stressing my brain.” “Brain teaser…. Me wey never chop,” a user wrote.
The post was shared on Cocomellon’s X handle and has received over 200,000 views, as well as hundreds of likes, retweets, and comments.
Meanwhile, there is an inexhaustible supply of brain teasers on the internet, which frequently capture people’s interest. Another one requires people to detect an inaccuracy in a photograph within five seconds. The riddle also states that the more relaxed you are, the easier it is to identify the error.
The graphic depicts the alphabet from A to Z and the task of identifying the inaccuracy. Can you do it?