[navysealdad]

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

So...for 9+7
9(9+7) = 144

[caper gal 1]

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 . . .

[dr_lew]

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

What’s green and has wheels ?