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Easy Math Problem
http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/intelligencerreport/math.html ^

Posted on 02/08/2010 4:29:26 PM PST by navysealdad

They say only people with an IQ of 120 and over are able to figure this out in two minutes.

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To: caper gal 1
Divide each of the supposed “sums” by the actual sums of the two digits, then divide that number by the first digit in order to solve the final equation.

Huh???

61 posted on 02/08/2010 4:53:04 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (I want a hoochie-mama for Christmas, only a hoochie-mama will do............)
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To: Hot Tabasco

How did you get that? I am sure if I spent more time I could come up with something other than 144, but with only 20 sec. that is all I could get.


62 posted on 02/08/2010 4:53:44 PM PST by John D
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To: navysealdad

I say 163


63 posted on 02/08/2010 4:56:32 PM PST by Dagny Taggart
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To: navysealdad
"Freepers are just smarter than the average........"

No doubt true and evidence mounts daily.

64 posted on 02/08/2010 4:57:27 PM PST by muir_redwoods (Obama: The Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers)
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To: navysealdad

Oh, heck - I should have known we were supposed to show our work. As usual I just blurted out the answer.

But it would have been a lot easier if they had just given us a hint as to what time the first train left Philadelphia . . .


65 posted on 02/08/2010 4:57:35 PM PST by caper gal 1 (Prayers for Rush.)
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To: navysealdad

Orwell: If 2+2=4 then all else must follow.


66 posted on 02/08/2010 4:57:36 PM PST by Personal Responsibility ("In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act" - Orwell)
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To: Dagny Taggart

Please show your work, Miss Taggart.


67 posted on 02/08/2010 4:58:26 PM PST by caper gal 1 (Prayers for Rush.)
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To: navysealdad

144...12 seconds...guess watchin’ Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader paid off cause I now got an IQ of 1200. This lofty intellectual now proclaims that Obama stinks.


68 posted on 02/08/2010 5:00:29 PM PST by crazyhorse691 (Now that the libs are in power dissent is not only unpatriotic, but, it is also racist.)
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To: ProudFossil
"Actually the correct answer is 12 squared."

Nahhhh...........

It's 5.241482793

;<)

69 posted on 02/08/2010 5:01:02 PM PST by DaveTesla (You can fool some of the people some of the time......)
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To: navysealdad

I’m getting old.

I saw the pattern in about 15 seconds, as soon as I started considering 7+2=63, but then I saw I would have to multiply.

I stopped multiplying when I hit 50. I mean, I decided I didn’t want to do that anymore.

:)


70 posted on 02/08/2010 5:02:31 PM PST by I still care (A Republic - if you can keep it. - Ben Franklin)
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To: Hot Tabasco

I know, I know, my husband has a masters in applied math and he gets dizzy every time he asks me to explain what bass ackward route I took to arrive at the correct answer. I’m a Communications Major - what else can I say?


71 posted on 02/08/2010 5:03:24 PM PST by caper gal 1 (Prayers for Rush.)
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To: John D
How did you get that?

I have no idea!.....

I'm not even a rocket scientist let alone a mathmatician............

I was just walking thru the neighborhood and thought I would take the test....

Guess I'd better keep on walking........

72 posted on 02/08/2010 5:05:12 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (I want a hoochie-mama for Christmas, only a hoochie-mama will do............)
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To: navysealdad

144, 1 second... LOL


73 posted on 02/08/2010 5:06:24 PM PST by Tamatoa (Fight for our America, Fight for our Country I fought to defend!!!)
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To: Rocky
“120 isn’t all that great, is it?”

It is about the equivalent of a high school graduate.

74 posted on 02/08/2010 5:09:32 PM PST by DaveTesla (You can fool some of the people some of the time......)
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To: Hot Tabasco; John D

2+3=5, 5*2=10
7+2=9, 9*7=63
6+5=11, 11*6=66
8+4=12, 12*8=96
9+7=16, 16*9=144


75 posted on 02/08/2010 5:10:08 PM PST by aruanan
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To: navysealdad

I got it, but it reminds me of the old “elephant joke” ...

What’s green and has wheels ?


76 posted on 02/08/2010 5:13:24 PM PST by dr_lew
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To: navysealdad

The missuse of “=” means this is not a math problem. It is a hybrid problem ... and yes, the next number in the table sequence would be 144 by the reasoning given. HOWEVER ...


77 posted on 02/08/2010 5:13:34 PM PST by MHGinTN (Obots, believing they cannot be deceived, it is impossible to convince them when they are deceived.)
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To: navysealdad

It took only seconds to realize that it was
a self-styled intellectual who created this
“problem.”

Only self-styled intellectuals delight in
solving problems that are made up.

The self-styled intellectuals will then solve
their made up problems, call themselves
smart and then vote liberal

Then there are the heavy-weights of this
world who solve real problems. After they
solve them, they move to the next real
problem and vote conservative.


78 posted on 02/08/2010 5:15:33 PM PST by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: John D
2 + 3 = 10 Multiplier is 5

7 + 2 = 63 Multiplier is 7

6 + 5 = 66 Multiplier is 6

8 + 4 = 96 Multiplier is 8

Then: 9 + 7 =???? (112) Multiplier is 7

So I looked at the pattern of multipliers:

5, 7, 6, 8, then 7 again.........(5....(?)...6...(?)...7...

See how easy that was?

79 posted on 02/08/2010 5:25:15 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (I want a hoochie-mama for Christmas, only a hoochie-mama will do............)
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To: navysealdad
There is an infinite number of correct answers. Here is the problem, rewritten:

f(2,3) = 10
f(7,2) = 63
f(6,5) = 66
f(8,4) = 96

The function f(x,y) defines a 3D surface. We are given four random points on that surface, and no other indication of what laws may govern this surface. It is visually obvious that you can fit any number of arbitrarily complex surfaces, described by all kinds of formulas, into those four points. That proves that there is no answer to this riddle.

80 posted on 02/08/2010 5:26:49 PM PST by Greysard
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