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  • A Simple Maths Puzzle from Facebook
  • amedias
    Free Member

    surely we need clarity on if the left shoe and right shoe are of equal value?

    we know that a left AND a right shoe =10, but it’s not clear what the individual values are of left and right.

    EDIT – beaten to it while typing…

    andytherocketeer
    Full Member

    One could argue that the answer could potentially be 51, but would need a non-blurry image for that.

    convert
    Full Member

    we know that a left AND a right shoe =10, but it’s not clear what the individual values are of left and right.

    This is crazy talk. There are not left and right shoes, just shoes. So its 50%. And they smell like hell as the little dick stood in beagle shit.

    mefty
    Free Member

    superseded

    sadexpunk
    Full Member

    must be missing something cos im getting 15 and nobody else has put that yet…..

    EDIT:  missed that extra middle bit, i make it 23 now…

    EDIT EDIT:  missed BOTH sneaky middle bits, 43 now.

    mefty
    Free Member

    As JW but isn’t the result of last line 23

    sirromj
    Full Member

    A skinhead with a scar, scowl, and clenched fists is undoubtedly a drain on the system. How many times has he been in jail and will re-offend?

    andytherocketeer
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    It’s not 23, nor 28

    and 23 doesn’t equal 28 either 😉

    nor is it 15

    although 23 does feature in my suggestion of 51, but I can’t commit to that because the image has been re-JPGed too many times.

    GrahamS
    Full Member

    A skinhead with a scar, scowl, and clenched fists is undoubtedly a drain on the system.

    Are you saying he’s worth nothing?

    Actually the scar is from an Olympic fencing accident. He shaved his head for charity and his fists are clenched because he’s about to sprint into action delivering bags of chips to a homeless people.

    AlexSimon
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    You know these things are only created to create comments don’t you? More comments = more money for the page that produced it. So you come up with something that has multiple answers so people can argue about it for days.

    GrahamS
    Full Member

    Why do you think I posted it here Alex?

    There are not multiple answers to this though. There is one correct answer and an infinite number of wrong answers. 🙂

    fruitbat
    Full Member

    10 + 10 + 10 = 30 ….> 1 shoe = 5

    5 + 5 + 10 = 20……..> 1 boy = 5

    4 + 4 + 5 = 13……..> 1 chips = 2

    5 + (5 x 2) = 15

    raybanwomble
    Free Member

    Logic failure, the boy with the chips and pink boots is neither the boy, or the chips but a totally new constant – surely we don’t know what this new constant is unless we know what it is equal to? Is it equal to a 1 Boy + 2 Chips + 2 boots or 1 Boy x 2 chips x boots etc?

    GrahamS
    Full Member

    Look closer @fruitbat

    GrahamS
    Full Member

    Logic failure, the boy with the chips is neither the boy, or the chips but a totally new constant – surely we don’t know what this new constant is unless we know what it is equal to?

    A five pound note and a fifty pence are two different ‘constants’ but you still know that value they have when you place them together.

    AlexSimon
    Full Member

    Why do you think I posted it here Alex?

    Ah – you’re generating income for the forum – excellent – well done!

    raybanwomble
    Free Member

    If you are thinking in terms of money, yes – it would be a simple addition.

    But that is not given, all the symbols are – are a replacement for algebraic terms.

    I call shenanigans!

    GrahamS
    Full Member

    Ah – you’re generating income for the forum – excellent – well done!

    Aren’t we all?

    funkmasterp
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    I said it during beagle madness and I’ll say it again here, the answer is 50/50 or 1 in 3.

    I get 172, but I am shite at mathematics

    Bollocks I get 78.

    Shit – 48. That picture is miles away when you’re on page 2 😂

    fruitbat
    Full Member

    10 + 10 + 10 = 30 ….> 1 shoe = 5

    5 + 5 + 10 = 20……..> 1 boy = 5

    4 + 4 + 5 = 13……..> 1 chips = 2

    5 + (5 + 10 + 4)x2 = 43

    CheesybeanZ
    Full Member

    20

    eddiebaby
    Free Member

    The thing is all about boot left and boot right.

    BL ≠ BR. We were told so on a recent thread.

    eddiebaby
    Free Member

    Didn’t notice half the detail on the bottom line for my first attempt.

    Indeed, skinhead is wearing boots as well as holding chips.

    Haze
    Full Member

    43 if 5+(19*2)

    or

    48 if (5+19)*2

    funkmasterp
    Full Member

    Boot = 5

    Skinhead = 5

    Two Boots = 10

    Two Chips = 4

    multiply by a single portion of chips = 48

    Where the **** would this be useful in real life?

    Edit – Just zoomed in and the skinhead in the final picture has eighteen more dots of stubble. It’s a different skinhead of unknown value. £500 plus VAT is the answer!

    seosamh77
    Free Member

    what a **** gif!

    GrahamS
    Full Member

    Where the **** would this be useful in real life?

    In a Beagle shop.

    maccruiskeen
    Full Member

    Boot = 5

    Skinhead = 5

    Two Boots = 10

    Two Chips = 4

    multiply by a single portion of chips = 48

    Where the **** would this be useful in real life?

    Running a combined mobile heel-bar and chip van during Ska weekender at Butlins

    Cougar
    Full Member

    It’s 43.

    this HP calculator claims 133 – głupi odwrotny zapis polski!

    I had to learn Reverse Polish Notation at college.  We called it Egdelp.

    or

    48 if (5+19)*2

    Google BODMAS and come back to us.

    convert
    Full Member

    Google BODMAS and come back to us.

    Was going to say the say the same.

    However I’m far from convinced little dick wearing pink hi tops and carrying a couple of cones of chips should automatically equal 19. Could just as easily be 200 (4*5*10)

    convert
    Full Member

    A five pound note and a fifty pence are two different ‘constants’ but you still know that value they have when you place them together.

    So if I place a number five and a number 0 together is that a five or a fifty I have just generated?

    Cougar
    Full Member

    However I’m far from convinced little dick wearing pink hi tops and carrying a couple f cones of chips should automatically equal 19.

    These things are usually designed to be ambiguous, so loads of people argue and it essentially becomes clickbait.  This one is flawed, but far less stupidly vague than many.

    funkmasterp
    Full Member

    Running a combined mobile heel-bar and chip van during Ska weekender at Butlins

    It it would seem Butlins has changed somewhat over the years

    GrahamS
    Full Member

    @convert: it’s not digits though, it’s abstract representations of values.

    Not sure why you would multiply them?

    If I said a red casino chip was worth 50 and a blue chip was worth 25 then asked you what a 2 reds and 1 blue was worth then you wouldn’t multiply them together to get an answer.

    convert
    Full Member

    So if I took one of your red chips and pt two little blue dots on it would it now be worth 100?

    Drac
    Full Member

    So if I place a number five and a number 0 together is that a five or a fifty I have just generated?

    nickjb
    Free Member

    Not sure why you would multiply them?

    What if it said XX+XX+XX= 30?

    XX = 10 but that doesn’t mean X = 5. X=√10 would be a better answer imo. Not sure how that relates to wearing the (much smaller) shoes though.

    GrahamS
    Full Member

    So if I took one of your red chips and pt two little blue dots on it would it now be worth 100?

    Yeah sure. You’ll just need to speak to management in one of the VIP rooms…

    XX = 10 but that doesn’t mean X = 5

    Well no. But if you correctly said 2x = 10 …

    Haze
    Full Member

    Google BODMAS and come back to us

    Ta, never heard of that before and always used brackets…everyday a school day.

    Cougar
    Full Member

    To be fair, when in doubt, use brackets.

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