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A Tricky One
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A Tricky One
November 18, 2019 at 5:57 am
See if you can solve this equation non-mathematically (the answer is not a number):

12 + 144 + 20 + 3√4
__________________  + (5 x 11)  = 9^2 + 0   
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November 18, 2019 at 7:17 am
I couldn’t have figured that out without google in a million years.
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November 18, 2019 at 7:22 am
Cute, innit?

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November 18, 2019 at 8:27 am
Is ∞ a number?
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November 18, 2019 at 8:50 am
Not sure, but it isn't the answer (the numerical answer is 81, but that's not what I'm looking for).

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RE: A Tricky One
November 18, 2019 at 8:57 am
(November 18, 2019 at 8:50 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Not sure, but it isn't the answer (the numerical answer is 81, but that's not what I'm looking for).

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RE: A Tricky One
November 18, 2019 at 8:58 am (This post was last modified: November 18, 2019 at 8:59 am by GrandizerII.)
Just Googled the answer.

Creative but annoying.

Anyway, that's not really solving the equation. That's just reframing it in a different way.
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November 18, 2019 at 9:04 am
Well, think of it like a riddle.

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November 18, 2019 at 10:33 am
Its boobs, isn't it, it's always boobs. Wink
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November 18, 2019 at 11:05 am
No, more's the pity.

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