Who has the right answer
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Growler
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Swede wrote:
1+4 =5
2+5=12
3+6=21
8+11= ??
:shock: Swede :thumbup: :thumbup:
2+5=12
3+6=21
8+11= ??
:shock: Swede :thumbup: :thumbup:
96 :thumbup:
Apr 22, 2016 06:17:36 #
Swede wrote:
1+4 =5
2+5=12
3+6=21
8+11= ??
:shock: Swede :thumbup: :thumbup:
2+5=12
3+6=21
8+11= ??
:shock: Swede :thumbup: :thumbup:
First of all, there is no "right answer".
The object is to determine just what the "+" operator in those examples means from only 3 given examples.
There are many interpretations, but one of them is that that operator works as follows:
A + B --> (A multiplied by B) added to A
If that is the interpretation, then 8 + 11 = (8 times 11) plus 8, or 96
I would be curious to see how you define the operator to get 40 or 72
Apr 22, 2016 07:20:00 #
Swede wrote:
1+4 =5
2+5=12
3+6=21
8+11= ??
:shock: Swede :thumbup: :thumbup:
2+5=12
3+6=21
8+11= ??
:shock: Swede :thumbup: :thumbup:
It's a progression.
2+5=7 add the previous answer(5) =12
3+6=9 add the previous answer(12) =21
...
4+7=11 add the previous answer(21) = 32
(Only one right answer.)
Sorry, I'd finish it, but gotta get ready for work...
Apr 22, 2016 07:24:54 #
No fancy math involved just add as follows:
1+4=5
2+5+5=12
3+6+12=21
8+11+21=40
The operator just needs to add, don't understand the new math and too old to learn.
1+4=5
2+5+5=12
3+6+12=21
8+11+21=40
The operator just needs to add, don't understand the new math and too old to learn.
Apr 22, 2016 07:54:48 #
ronr wrote:
No fancy math involved just add as follows:
1+4=5
2+5+5=12
3+6+12=21
8+11+21=40
The operator just needs to add, don't understand the new math and too old to learn.
1+4=5
2+5+5=12
3+6+12=21
8+11+21=40
The operator just needs to add, don't understand the new math and too old to learn.
I took the line space between the first three and the last as an implied ellipsis.
Apr 22, 2016 08:10:13 #
John_F wrote:
40
Answer is 96...next is 4+7=32 (21+11), 5+8=45, 6+9=60, 7+10=77, 8+11=96
Total of the previous two numbers + the total of the next two!
Apr 22, 2016 08:15:11 #
John_F wrote:
40
Answer is 96...next is 4+7=32 (21+11), 5+8=45, 6+9=60, 7+10=77, 8+11=96
Total of the previous two numbers + the total of the next two!
Apr 22, 2016 08:57:22 #
I am with the 40 crowd. Only because the explanations posted above make sense. I am too math dumb to have figured it for my self. The only math I seem to have mastered is computing depth of field! 😃
Apr 22, 2016 09:48:41 #
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