The solution to this puzzle is probably very simple.
I will probably be embarrassed by how simple the solution actually is.
Ken
OT A simple math puzzle
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05-06-2007, 12:11 PM
The solution to this puzzle is probably very simple.
I will probably be embarrassed by how simple the solution actually is.
05-06-2007, 12:22 PM
On first glance, 15 seems about right (i.e. 36 minus 21 = 15 and 28 minus 15 = 13).
Edited: 6 May 2007, 12:27 p.m.
05-06-2007, 12:33 PM
How does the 21 - 13 give 7, then? Edited: 6 May 2007, 12:34 p.m.
05-06-2007, 01:03 PM
One solution is 12. I wonder if there are more solutions. :-)
05-06-2007, 01:28 PM
Good catch. Obviously, I didn't take the time to finish the sequence :-) Good thing my answer was of the non-committal type, with generous use of "escape" language, such as, "On first glance.." and "seems about right..". Now I'm sounding like a politician :-) Matt
05-06-2007, 04:21 PM
Hi,
05-06-2007, 06:19 PM
Ken,
Perhaps Richard just didn't want to spoil the fun: (9+9) + (7+2) = 27and so on... Regards, Gerson.
Edited: 6 May 2007, 6:34 p.m.
05-06-2007, 08:08 PM
Ken: I used the same method to get the solution as Gerson. I summed the individual digits to get the next result. Puzzles like this one always make me wonder if there is more than one way to solve them since the rules are very open-ended. Thanks for the challenge.
05-06-2007, 10:58 PM
Quote: As a matter of fact, I didn't find the solution. You did. I just got curious and tried to discover how you had found it. If I didn't know the solution beforehand I would have probably voted for 15 and assumed the 21 at right was a typo :-) The following might be easy and has only one solution, to my knowledge:
____ ___ Gerson.
05-07-2007, 02:33 AM
Yes, this one is very, very old: -----Best regards from V.
05-07-2007, 04:08 AM
Oh, I see now!
05-07-2007, 05:39 AM
Please, explain... -- Antonio
05-07-2007, 06:17 AM
Hi, Antonio:
"Please, explain..."
just the ASCII representation of the shape of the digits 1,2,3, and 4 with their mirror images prepended.
The next element thus is to be an ASCII representation of the
05-07-2007, 11:01 AM
Off! I'm so dumb... -- Antonio
05-07-2007, 12:01 PM
Actually this is not so easy, as we tend to see the symbols as letters: MVXMRoman numerals? :-) Gerson.
05-07-2007, 12:50 PM
Thanks!! Cheers Peter
05-07-2007, 07:14 PM
Hi, PeterP:
accounts but nothing there from you, unless you were telling me that a recently deceased relative has left me 6 million sterling pounds in his will and that I should send my bank account details for the transfer of the funds to be made. If that was the case, sorry but I decline the kind offer, I'm far too modest a person, as everyone knows, and wouldn't know what to do with that much money, it would spoil my healthy habits for sure.
Now seriously, did you remember to include the string "HP CALCS" in the
Thanks for whatever it was and
05-07-2007, 09:27 PM
my mistake, really sorry. Forgot about the subject line. Mistake corrected. Thanks for the reminder! Cheers Peter |
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