Addition (?) puzzle

wolfgang59

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16 Nov 14 22:35

wolfgang59

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16 Nov 14 22:35

IF 1 + 9 + 8 = 1

WHAT IS 2 + 8 + 9

forkedknight

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17 Nov 14 03:42

Well, it could be 2. I don't know if there's enough information to be able to say for sure.

wolfgang59

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17 Nov 14 17:48

Originally posted by forkedknight
Well, it could be 2. I don't know if there's enough information to be able to say for sure.

I thought 2 also. The actual answer is more cute.

The order is important.

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17 Nov 14 19:20

Originally posted by wolfgang59
I thought 2 also. The actual answer is more cute.

The order is important.

Ten.

But 2 is a correct answer, too, for the question as first, imprecisely, stated.

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18 Nov 14 23:03

Originally posted by Shallow Blue
Ten.

But 2 is a correct answer, too, for the question as first, imprecisely, stated.

2 is a valid answer. It is not the correct answer.

10 is correct.

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18 Nov 14 23:55

Originally posted by wolfgang59
2 is a valid answer. It is not the correct answer.

10 is correct.

I dispute your interpretation of the word "correct". If you'd used "desired", or "Mgt.-mandated", you'd have been right. But given the problem as stated in your first post, 2 is exactly as correct as 10 - if not more so.

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19 Nov 14 09:00

How is the answer derived?

Duncan

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20 Nov 14 07:25

Originally posted by Duncan Clarke
How is the answer derived?

Duncan

ONE
NINE
EIGHT

TWO
EIGHT
NINE

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21 Nov 14 16:06

Originally posted by wolfgang59
[b]ONE
NINE
EIGHT

TWO
EIGHT
NINE[/b]

Groan🙂

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21 Nov 14 16:17

Here, let me give another example following the same rule:

... oh, wait, there are no more examples 🙁

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22 Nov 14 01:11

Originally posted by sonhouse
Groan🙂

I can do worse than that!

What's
A + 10 + 8 + 8 + 9

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25 Nov 14 04:19

Originally posted by wolfgang59
I can do worse than that!

What's
A + 10 + 8 + 8 + 9

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25 Nov 14 21:53

Originally posted by sonhouse
18

Full marks!
That's the cheesiest problem I could think of.