Just to help time pass in the off season.
There is a secret society, which for some is easy to enter, for others, mind numbingly difficult. Supposedly Bill Gates is one of the later, and this puzzle near drove him mental.
To become a Potentate Of The Rose all you have to do is solve this puzzle:
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Petals Around The Rose.
The name is significant.
The answer will always be 0 or an even number.
Do not divulge how you solve it, just give the answer, otherwise all you will do is stuff it up for others.
an example
the answer is 10
another;
The answer is 6
If you answer 3 in a row correctly, it is accepted that you know how to solve the puzzle, so remember do not say how you solve it, or you ruin it for others, just give the answer.
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What is the answer?