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  • Bookster
    Bookster Posts: 360

    My answer: 102

    🌴 = 10

    πŸ₯›= 7 (I have no pod emoji πŸ˜„)

    β˜•οΈ = 6

    So πŸ₯›+ 🌴 x β˜•οΈ = 102

  • DieOmimi
    DieOmimi Posts: 41,775
    edited July 2021

    I learned in school that point calculation always takes precedent over line calculation. A bracket only makes sense for exceptions, so if the line calculation is set in brackets, then the bracket is calculated. πŸ™ˆπŸ˜«

    And my school days were over 40 years ago. πŸ˜‚

    @siti_payung you're also a math professional, how do you see that? πŸ€”

  • MountainMom
    MountainMom Posts: 13,695

    My answer is:

    109

  • Lemurtek
    Lemurtek Posts: 2,079
    edited July 2021

    Here is my (over-thought and most likely wrong, but thoroughly documented) answer And could my reply be any longer?😏

    ⬇️

    at first, it appears the palm trees are all the same, so the easy answer would be if each palm tree is worth X, the we have X + X + X = 30, or 3X = 30, and the equation solves for X=10.However, closer inspection reveals the third palm tree is actually horizontally reversed from the other two. What does that mean? I can only think it means the third tree's value is reversed from the other two. So if the value of tree 1 and tree 2 are X, then the value of the third 3 is -X. So X + X + =X or X + X - X = 30, which solves for X = 30.

    The next section of the puzzle features a palm tree, non reversed, so it must equal 30. Next we have two planters and in the third spot, two planters again, which appear identical. So the equation is X + 2Y + 2Y = 38, we know X=30, so solving:

    30 + 2Y + 2Y = 38

    2Y + 2Y = 8 (subtracting 30 from each side)

    4Y = 8

    Y = 8/4

    Y = 2, so each Planter = 2

    Next section, three identical (as far as I can tell) coffee cups = 18, so

    Z + Z + Z = 18

    3Z = 18, and

    Z=6, and thus each coffee cup = 6

    Finally, we have a single planter, plus a non reversed palm tree in a single planter multiplied by a single coffee cup, like so:

    X + (30 + 2) X Z

    X + 32 X 6 (add inside Parenthesis first)

    X + 192 (multiplication first)

    30 + 192 = 222

    So my answer is 222


  • ArriettyM
    ArriettyM Posts: 138

    @johamilton

    It's more difficult than it seems at the first watch πŸ€”πŸ€”!

    I think that the answer is :

    1 palm-tree = 30

    1 planter = 2

    1 cup = 6

    The equation is :

    30 + (30 + 2) x 6 = 30 + 192 = 222




  • CassD
    CassD Posts: 18,516

    @DieOmimi and @Nix66. I wholeheartedly agree about the use of parentheses. One problem these days is that a lot of people no longer work things out for themselves, but use a calculator, which gives the "new" answer.

  • hechicerilla
    hechicerilla Posts: 10,353

    That's how it is .

    That's what they taught in the old school, and now too.

    They have always taught the same thing.

    You just had to pay attention in class 🀣🀣 otherwise you would fail math

    7 + 10 x 6 = 67


  • rebelchild
    rebelchild Posts: 17,511

    @johamilton . thank you for the competition and tag. I have this love/ hate thing when it comes to math. Lol mostly it's a hate thing. Here is my guess. @Nix66 I see you have all bases covered

    67

  • teresawallace44
    teresawallace44 Posts: 4,436

    Hi @johamilton

    This is how I see it...

    10+10+10 = 30

    10+14+14 = 38

    6+6+6 = 18

    14+10(6) = 74

    I hope I’m right. 😁

    Thanks for the tag too. πŸ’•

    Teresa πŸ¦‹πŸŒΊπŸ¦‹

  • johamilton
    johamilton Posts: 26,822
    edited July 2021

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