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Oh dear - a puzzle for Christmas season - Dec 2023
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Dec 11, 2023 10:37:34   #
Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States
 
SalvageDiver wrote:
my apologies...I didn't remember your request after reading

Not my post...... but twosummers'

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Dec 11, 2023 10:41:52   #
Roger Dickinson Loc: Boston
 
50?

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Dec 11, 2023 10:45:42   #
Ollieboy
 
twosummers wrote:
Hi there puzzlers - have a go at this one - suggest an answer but DON'T give your method (I want to keep people guessing for a bit) - I'll post the solution in a few days time!

Enjoy


40

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Dec 11, 2023 10:45:54   #
ecblackiii Loc: Maryland
 
olddutch wrote:
Oop’s. 12 is a better number.


A lot of people didn't learn arithmetic in junior high!

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Dec 11, 2023 10:52:36   #
Minitman Loc: Centreville, Virginia
 
15

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Dec 11, 2023 10:58:54   #
HaroldZ Loc: New Jersey
 
Just realized something, so changing to 19.

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Dec 11, 2023 11:00:12   #
HamBar06 Loc: Philadelphia, PA
 
My Guess is 8.
Larry

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Dec 11, 2023 11:01:47   #
HaroldZ Loc: New Jersey
 
19

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Dec 11, 2023 11:05:06   #
jkm757 Loc: San Diego, Ca.
 
Unless the laws of addition have changed, 4+3+5 still =12.

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Dec 11, 2023 11:11:36   #
HaroldZ Loc: New Jersey
 
I first thought it could be solved by algebra, but it turned out to be much simpler than that. Came up with 19

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Dec 11, 2023 11:13:39   #
Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States
 
Reading/visual comprehension appears to be another deficit.

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Dec 11, 2023 11:21:54   #
CCPhotoist Loc: Cape Cod
 
twosummers wrote:
Hi there puzzlers - have a go at this one - suggest an answer but DON'T give your method (I want to keep people guessing for a bit) - I'll post the solution in a few days time!

Enjoy


50

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Dec 11, 2023 11:32:50   #
john451 Loc: Lady's Island, SC/Columbia, SC
 
Multiplication first. Oops who stole that table leg! 19

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Dec 11, 2023 11:39:08   #
47greyfox Loc: on the edge of the Colorado front range
 
19?

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Dec 11, 2023 11:41:32   #
Hueg2015 Loc: Woodland, CA
 
twosummers wrote:
Hi there puzzlers - have a go at this one - suggest an answer but DON'T give your method (I want to keep people guessing for a bit) - I'll post the solution in a few days time!

Enjoy


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