Edwin is a judge and a numerologist. He is married to a woman whose name:

1) Has a "product" that is the same as that for "JUDGE" using the correspondence of letters and numbers below.

     A-1   B-2   C-3   D-4   E-5   F-6   G-7   H-8   I-9
     J-10  K-11  L-12  M-13  N-14  O-15  P-16  Q-17  R-18
     S-19  T-20  U-21  V-22  W-23  X-24  Y-25  Z-26

2) Has no letter in common with "JUDGE" and has no "C" because 3 is his unlucky number.

3) Has its letters in alphabetical order when the first letter and the second letter are interchanged.

What is the English name of the judge´s wife?

Answer = FANNY

Given: J-10, U-21, D-4, G-7, E-5

Gathering all the factors: 2, 2, 2, 3, 5, 5, 7, 7

Now multiples of 7 that fall into 26 or less are 7, 14, and 21. Since 7 and 21 are already used and do not appear in his wife's name, the 7's must be used as 14's. (N, N)

This leaves 2, 3, 5, 5.

Multiples of 5 that are available: 5, 10, 15, 25. Since the 5's would repeat if used alone and cannot be used with the 2, they must be used together = 25 (Y)

This leaves 2, 3

The 3 cannot be alone so this gives 6 (F)

Placing them in alphabetical order FNNY does not give a name, but by adding an "A" we can maintain the math and meet the rules of the problem.

Thus FANNY

Posted by Leming on 2005-12-08 08:53:52