A medium logic puzzle
Two mothers and two daughters go fishing. Each one catches one fish, but only three fish are caught in total. How?
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Someone can be a mother and a daughter.
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They are a grandmother, a mother and a daughter
Also accepted: grandmother mother and daughter, three people, there are only three people.
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The answer is They are a grandmother, a mother and a daughter. Someone can be a mother and a daughter.
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