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Offline Implode

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Re: A little Math problem
« Reply #70 on: April 25, 2016, 02:38:54 PM »
My first thought was 40. 96 is also great. I'll even give credit to 52 as well.

But these problems always rub me the wrong way because they are deliberately ambiguous to get people in Facebook comments arguing and to get more shares/likes. :lol
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Re: A little Math problem
« Reply #71 on: April 25, 2016, 03:44:21 PM »
Quote from: Implode on April 25, 2016, 02:38:54 PM
My first thought was 40. 96 is also great. I'll even give credit to 52 as well.

But these problems always rub me the wrong way because they are deliberately ambiguous to get people in Facebook comments arguing and to get more shares/likes. :lol

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Re: A little Math problem
« Reply #72 on: April 25, 2016, 09:14:47 PM »
So has anyone figured out if 40 is the only solution?
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Offline IDontNotDoThings

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Re: A little Math problem
« Reply #73 on: April 25, 2016, 09:27:14 PM »
I got 96, not sure how you guys got 40.
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Re: A little Math problem
« Reply #74 on: April 25, 2016, 09:27:48 PM »
They did 8 + 11 + 21.
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Re: A little Math problem
« Reply #75 on: April 25, 2016, 09:29:30 PM »
Yeah, it took around 30 seconds but I just figured it out.  :lol
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Re: A little Math problem
« Reply #76 on: April 25, 2016, 11:41:28 PM »
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Re: A little Math problem
« Reply #77 on: April 27, 2016, 02:35:14 AM »
96 was my first guess, going with a + b = a * (b + 1), but 40 works as well.

At least it isn't the argument about implied division again. :lol
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Re: A little Math problem
« Reply #78 on: April 27, 2016, 02:44:05 AM »
Quote from: Scorpion on April 27, 2016, 02:35:14 AM
96 was my first guess, going with a + b = a * (b + 1), but 40 works as well.

Yeah, that's what I did too.
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Re: A little Math problem
« Reply #79 on: April 27, 2016, 09:42:22 AM »
Quote from: Scorpion on April 27, 2016, 02:35:14 AM
96 was my first guess, going with a + b = a * (b + 1), but 40 works as well.
Wow, totally didn't see this pattern.  Once I saw the pattern that gave 40 as the result, I couldn't see anything else.
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Re: A little Math problem
« Reply #80 on: May 01, 2016, 04:46:05 AM »
Quote from: Scorpion on April 27, 2016, 02:35:14 AM
96 was my first guess, going with a + b = a * (b + 1), but 40 works as well.

I also did this one instantly, at first I didn`t get at all how people got 40 (I see it now).
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