Claudya
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I think I see the pattern behind getting to 81.
But what would 44 x 44 be?
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You're all making it too hard. The answer is 18.
11X11 = 121; 1 + 2 + 1 = 4Show your work, please.
Here's mine.
11 x 11 = 4 (1+1) x (1+1) = 2 x 2 = 4
22 x 22 = 16 (2+2) x (2+2) = 4 x 4 = 16
33 x 33 = 36 (3+3) x (3+3) = 6 x 6 = 36
11X11 = 121; 1 + 2 + 1 = 4
22X22 = 484; 4 + 8 + 4 = 16
33X33 = 1,089; 1 + 0 + 8 + 9 = 18
Like I said, y'all are making it too hard.
Nope. I found the only logical way the pattern in the OP could be correct.You ignored the pattern in the OP.
11X11 = 121; 1 + 2 + 1 = 4
22X22 = 484; 4 + 8 + 4 = 16
33X33 = 1,089; 1 + 0 + 8 + 9 = 18
Like I said, y'all are making it too hard.
11X11 = 121; 1 + 2 + 1 = 4
22X22 = 484; 4 + 8 + 4 = 16
33X33 = 1,089; 1 + 0 + 8 + 9 = 18
Like I said, y'all are making it too hard.
I probably should have said "the most logical solution." There are other logical solutions, but this one, I think, requires less supposition and extrapolation. For instance, the solution Handy came up with requires the insertion of an addition function that has to be assumed. The answers to the multiplication actions provide solid numbers to work with, and it is immediately apparent that by adding the integers in the product of the multiplication function as individual numbers, they match the answers provided in the first two functions given in the OP. So while there is a certain amount of guesswork in all the logical solutions, this one is the most direct in its execution.Thank you and I am impressed for whatever that's worth.
I am curious though. Why is this the only logical solution?
Thanks, Tim.Although we disagreed in the last thread about the order of operations, in this case I agree with you, because this is a riddle. It's not a straightforward thing, and that's what I mentioned from the beginning.
I have a feeling that the "composer" of this puzzle intended it the way Handy figured it out, but you and I both had logical reasons for what we had as well (which is why I said from the beginning I was not adamant about my being right --- I perceived there were other ways to look at it).
So, why are there (at least) 3 solutions to this problem? Simply because there are not enough points to create a true pattern.
It's like giving two points (x,y) on a a plane and saying, "state an equation that uses these two points." The simplest would be a line, but one can use them for a circle, and ellipse, a parabola, etc. So, more information has to be given if the answer is something specific.
This is why on IQ tests that sequences often have more than 2 terms, maybe 4 or 5--- because one can possibly find more than one pattern with only two terms.
So where do you get 30.25? How do you know to include it in the equation, and more importantly, how to include it?11 X 11 = 4
121 /30.25 = 4
4 = 4
Or
121 = 4 X 30.25
121 = 121
22 X 22 = 16
484 / 30.25 = 16
16 = 16
Or
484 = 16 X 30.25
484 = 484
33 X 33 =?
1089 / 30.25 = 36
36 = 36
Or
1089 = 36 X 30.25
1089 = 1089
Hopefully this is all about scriptural interpretation using ordered information / rules. LOL
Not in a hard unloving way, but done so that we all come to the knowledge of truth.
My human nature cannot master this. I will always fail.
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18.Come on Classik...What's the answer?
= means equal so ............Houston we have a problem that needs to be solved, because 121 does not = 4. We could just open the hatch and the problem would resolve itself, but the folks on board may not be ready for that solution.So where do you get 30.25? How do you know to include it in the equation, and more importantly, how to include it?
But in math, if the parenthesis doesn't exist, it does not exist. period. PEMDAS does not apply to this equation.Using PEMDDAS we look for a way to use parenthesis (I can't get one, but that does not mean that one does not exist).
The number is not extant anywhere in the original post. And since, as you said, the equations as written can't possibly be right and there is no clue to it being a reality as opposed to a riddle. And riddles don't obey mathematical rules, they are riddles. This was never a math equation.But in math, if the parenthesis doesn't Next thing would be to choose an exponent to solve the unequality problem (again there may be one but I do not see it). We next come to Multiply Divide and there is a way to get 30.25 (supplied by ealier posters)