Are You Smarter Than 95%? Try This 'Harvard University' Brain Teaser

Viral News: A puzzle shared on X has captured the attention of netizens, claiming it was asked during a Harvard University interview. The challenge: "7 men have 7 wives. Each man and each wife have 7 children. 

What's the total number of people?

The puzzle has started a lively debate among X users. Many have attempted to solve it, with varying results. Some have suggested answers like 357 and 63, while others have questioned the ambiguity of the problem.

Harvard Brain Teaser

The puzzle is now going viral on social media with a lot of people trying to solve it with different techniques and ideas only to fail. The viral post challenges netizens to solve this puzzle which 95% people fail to solve worldwide.

Netizens Reaction

One user pointed out a potential interpretation: "The two answers are correct, depending on how you interpret the question. If you interpret it as each man having 1 wife, the correct answer is 63 people. However, if you interpret it as each man having 7 wives, the correct answer is 399 people."

Another user wrote, ‘Lots of grammatical ambiguity and cultural assumption here. Maximum group marriage lower bound => 21

Assume maximum polygamy and that all the children are from past marriages with other partners => 448’

One more user asked back a question to clear his doubt, ‘I have a couple of questions about your question before I answer : Is that each? I mean, do 7 men have 7 wives each, and each man and woman have 7 kids each. i need this information before I answer as the question has multiple answers.’

What do you think? Can you solve this brain teaser?