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  • maxward
    maxward Posts: 1,590
    4(1)+1=5; 5(2)+2=12; 6(3)+3=21; 8(4)+5=37
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,782
    edited January 15
    1 plus 4 is 5
    5 plus 2 plus 5 is 12
    12 plus 3 plus 6 is 21
    21 plus 5 plus 8 is 34

    I'm pretty sure the answer is 42 though, it's the meaning of life, 42
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 6,861
    Trey's example is what I thought as well, but like I said earlier, its hard to argue with maxward's explanation. Neither are wrong. Who knows what the author had in mind. Social medial garbage.
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  • daddyjt
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    The “pattern” is a+(ab)=c
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  • txcoastal1
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    34
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 6,861
    daddyjt wrote: »
    The “pattern” is a+(ab)=c

    We now have 3 possible solutions. None are wrong. 34, 37, 45 all fit a pattern. Exactly what I said earlier. It is not real math. It an ambiguous social media post designed for clicks/shares/comments to monetize an account.
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  • audioluvr
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    The answer is "mud"
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  • daddyjt
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    “Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free.”
    ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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  • daddyjt
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    “Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free.”
    ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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  • txcoastal1
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  • bcwsrt
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,858
    billbillw wrote: »
    treitz3 wrote: »
    I ain't into common core BS...

    Take this test and shove it where the sun don't.....oh, wait a minute...

    You are cool here at CP. Rock on wid'yo'bad self!

    Tom

    This ain't common core. Its a stupid social media garbage logic test. Not real math, but a 'follow the pattern' test. They post them to get views and comments. There is almost never a clear answer, but by my logic, the answer is 34. I'm sure others could argue something else and be correct as well.

    Well....wrong again, but I will award you half credit for Consistency

    There is 1 correct answer, and 1 correct answer only. 🤔👍

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  • billbillw
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    mrbigbluelight wrote: »
    billbillw wrote: »
    This ain't common core. Its a stupid social media garbage logic test. Not real math, but a 'follow the pattern' test. They post them to get views and comments. There is almost never a clear answer, but by my logic, the answer is 34. I'm sure others could argue something else and be correct as well.

    Well....wrong again, but I will award you half credit for Consistency

    There is 1 correct answer, and 1 correct answer only. 🤔👍

    That's easy to say when you are not offering anything to support your conclusion. Three patterns offered in this thread all fit without any dispute. No rules given for the garbage math problem, so pick your favorite.
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  • maxward
    maxward Posts: 1,590
    edited January 15
    Second guess: 45. Edit: previously guessed, but I agree.
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,858
    billbillw wrote: »
    mrbigbluelight wrote: »
    billbillw wrote: »
    This ain't common core. Its a stupid social media garbage logic test. Not real math, but a 'follow the pattern' test. They post them to get views and comments. There is almost never a clear answer, but by my logic, the answer is 34. I'm sure others could argue something else and be correct as well.

    Well....wrong again, but I will award you half credit for Consistency

    There is 1 correct answer, and 1 correct answer only. 🤔👍

    That's easy to say when you are not offering anything to support your conclusion. Three patterns offered in this thread all fit without any dispute. Norules given for the
    garbage math problem, so pick your favorite.

    Rules ?
    For those of us with a level of familiarity with not only the scientificals but also with the advanced mathematicals are completely confident with the one, and only one, correct answer which is:
    45 ✅💯🧠


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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,990
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    FWIW:
    I thought
    1 + 4 = 5 in base 6
    2 + 5 = 12 in base 5
    3 + 6 = 21 in base 4
    so
    5 + 8 = 41 in base 3 (13 in base 10)

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  • CGTIII
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 6,861
    mrbigbluelight wrote: »
    billbillw wrote: »

    That's easy to say when you are not offering anything to support your conclusion. Three patterns offered in this thread all fit without any dispute. Norules given for the
    garbage math problem, so pick your favorite.

    Rules ?
    For those of us with a level of familiarity with not only the scientificals but also with the advanced mathematicals are completely confident with the one, and only one, correct answer which is:
    45 ✅💯🧠

    Yes Rules. I know mathematicals just fine. This is math:
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    Your puzzle wasn't math.



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  • BlueBirdMusic
    BlueBirdMusic Posts: 2,346
    ^^^^ That looks like arithmetic to me.
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  • motorstereo
    motorstereo Posts: 2,151
    mrbigbluelight wrote: »
    97.7% would fail this test ?
    WRONG

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    I can't help but wonder; has anyone ever used this type of arithmetic for anything useful? I haven't sat in a math class since 73 but I've yet to use anything like that to balance my checkbook.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,990
    BlueBirdMusic wrote: »
    ^^^^ That looks like arithmetic to me.

    Yup, not an x in sight.
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,858
    edited 10:25AM
    Contact your local cryptographer.
    He'll take about 5 seconds to decipher this most basic of "puzzles" .
    🤔
    Ezy-Pezy, Simple Squezy.

    Also, in the original puzzle" the author avoided the
    "4 + 7 = ? "

    The answer is, of course, 32

    And why did the author purposely skip that particular question ?
    Hmmm ....🤔😲

    ......if he hàd, then a person could guess, using the progression of answers, that the next answer would progress by 13, which would still give the correct answer of 45.

    Instead he wanted the reader to decipher using the input without using the progression of answers

    So, what would be the answer to
    "17 + 20 = " 🤔

    You can determine the answer after a long while using the answer progression method or use the input pattern......
    (17x20) + 17 = 357

    Care to try 987 + 990 using the answer progression method
    🫣😱🤯
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  • skipshot12
    skipshot12 Posts: 1,199
    34
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  • billbillw
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