Puzzle y

Tmlarson
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Puzzle y

Post by Tmlarson » Sat Jul 09, 2022 6:44 pm

I think I know what to do but I need a hint on….
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What the symbol under the 4 is
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globeadnak
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Re: Puzzle y

Post by globeadnak » Sat Jul 09, 2022 11:51 pm

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minus -
Tmlarson
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Re: Puzzle y

Post by Tmlarson » Sun Jul 10, 2022 2:09 am

Thank you. I have never seen it that way.
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Re: Puzzle y

Post by flipwiz » Tue Jul 12, 2022 10:56 pm

I've tried multiple variations
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but I'm not quite sure what the equation is. Is there a 5 after each (ex. 5+7+5...)
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Re: Puzzle y

Post by globeadnak » Thu Jul 14, 2022 8:59 am

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(5+7+3)x8-4
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Re: Puzzle y

Post by Tmlarson » Thu Jul 21, 2022 12:01 am

I got this however
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I only did as I tried everything. How did you figure to get the Parentheses ? Was it clear in the puzzle that I missed? Without them and by rules of operations (that are followed here in the US - don’t want to assume everyone else does ) then the answer would be 32
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Re: Puzzle y

Post by lea_atkinson » Sat Jul 23, 2022 7:36 pm

Tmlarson wrote: Thu Jul 21, 2022 12:01 am I got this however
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I only did as I tried everything. How did you figure to get the Parentheses ? Was it clear in the puzzle that I missed? Without them and by rules of operations (that are followed here in the US - don’t want to assume everyone else does ) then the answer would be 32
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just read left to right
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Re: Puzzle y

Post by Tmlarson » Fri Jul 29, 2022 12:26 am

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I get if you do the math in the order left to right. However order of operation stat to multiply comes before adding unless it is in parentheses. Doing the puzzle I don’t see where the moving ball goes over something that is obviously showing that the addition is surrounded by parentheses, therefore going by math rules you would multiply first the the rest. I my main reason of asking is if this is a “location” difference (as with date orders being different) or if the puzzle is ignoring math rules
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Re: Puzzle y

Post by lea_atkinson » Fri Jul 29, 2022 7:22 am

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The rules of mathematics is followed. Since there are no parentheses specified on the mug then you work the operators from left to right in the order specified.
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Re: Puzzle y

Post by Tufkaj » Fri Jul 29, 2022 8:08 pm

lea_atkinson wrote: Fri Jul 29, 2022 7:22 am
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The rules of mathematics is followed. Since there are no parentheses specified on the mug then you work the operators from left to right in the order specified.
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No, if there are no parenthesis, multiplication should be taken first. E.g, both 5 + 3 x 0 and 3 x 0 + 5 are five
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