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09/02/2010 12:48:47
 
 
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09/02/2010 12:44:50
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Forum:
Games
Category:
Mathematical
Title:
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01448140
Message ID:
01448413
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31
>>>>Look at the math below. They say only people with an IQ of 120 and over are able to figure this out.
>>>>
>>>>If:
>>>>
>>>>2 + 3 = 10
>>>>7 + 2 = 63
>>>>6 + 5 = 66
>>>>8 + 4 = 96
>>>>
>>>>Then:
>>>>
>>>>9 + 7 = ?
>>>
>>>It took me two minutes and I did not look at the rest of the thread
>>>
>>>multiply the first number with itself and add the product of the two numbers to it, thus
>>>
>>>9 + 7 = 81 + 63 = 144
>>
>>Interesting. I saw it differently (and, I think, more simply) :
>>Add the two numbers together and multiply by the first.
>
>It's really exactly the same. (x+y)*x == x²+xy

I understand that - just interesting that we 'saw' it differently....
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