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Moe and Joe had some time on their hands, so they played a simple game called "Dueling Cards." In this game, each player has a deck of cards, shuffled and without jokers. A hand consists of a single card taken from the top of each player's deck. Suits and face values are both ranked. No two cards in a deck have the same rank. A player wins the hand by holding a card that outranks the card of his opponent. The bank pays 1 chip to the winner of a hand. It's a simple game. No poker hands. No betting. Just high card wins. After 52 hands the decks are re-shuffled, and play continues as long as desired. Moe and Joe played through their decks 10 times, then stopped to see who won. As they counted their chips Moe (a statistician) said, I wonder what the most likely winning score is. Joe (a simpler person) replied, I wonder what the most likely combined score is. I'm sure Bushindo can answer Moe's question. I can't. So instead this puzzle asks Joe's question.

If we tie a sheep to one peg it eats out a circle in grass. If we put a rope through a ring on its neck and tie both ends of the rope to two pegs it eats out an ellipse. If we want an oval we tighten one rope between two pegs put a ring with a rope on it and tie the sheep to its other end. How to tie a sheep so that it eats out a square in grass? We have one sheep ropes pegs and rings.