barbara01 Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 Solve this very simple math puzzle in the picture click on the link to play the game and place your answer by replying to this thread good luck.and for the one who loves maths, there is a neat pattern with the number 14 and it increases by 1 because of the constant 12 so neat. can you find it if you see it run it up to 20Hint: find the lowest answerTrisha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheArtfulDogger Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 24 Based on the bike always being 2 more than the key (regardless of what number the bike is set to) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbara01 Posted June 12, 2019 Author Share Posted June 12, 2019 TheArtfulDogger you have the wrong answer because you cannot get 24 as the last result everYou find one of pattern with the number 14 you right with the key however the bike start at a set number and increase by one on the line two and the key decrease by 2 on line two of my puzzle the only constant is the headphone and line three make the result increased by 11 every timeLook at line three carefully good attempt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemingway Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 Mornington Crescent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheArtfulDogger Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 barbara01 Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> TheArtfulDogger you have the wrong answer because> you cannot get 24 as the last result ever> > You find one of pattern with the number 14 you> right with the key however the bike start at a set> number and increase by one on the line two and the> key decrease by 2 on line two of my puzzle the> only constant is the headphone and line three make> the result increased by 11 every time> > Look at line three carefully > > good attemptLine 1 3 headphones are 36 therefore headphone is 12 Line 2 Bike plus headphone(12) minus key is 14 which can be achieved only where bike is 2 more then headphone Using the above values Line 3 Headphone are 12Bike is 4 Key is 2 Therefore 4-2*12 is 24 as there are no brackets in the equation then it's linear Therefore 24 is a valid answer unless you can prove otherwise If you do the equation of 2*12 first then remove this number from bike (4) then the answer is -20 you didn't say it has to be a positive answer ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbara01 Posted June 12, 2019 Author Share Posted June 12, 2019 You still wrong and I hinted to find the lowest answer has the pattern result increase by 11 every time and no negative result as you cannot find the other pattern with the result increasing by 11 every time if you start with the key at 024 is never a valid answer recalculateyour last line4-2*12 = 20 and not 24 Bodmas apply oh try to find the lowest positive result Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbara01 Posted June 12, 2019 Author Share Posted June 12, 2019 even linear 4-2*124-24 = 20but I forgot to mention no minus number so 4-24= 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbara01 Posted June 12, 2019 Author Share Posted June 12, 2019 What do you mean morning crescent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncleglen Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 the answer is a big fat ZERO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruffers Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 Genuis?It is Mornington Crescent though, assuming Burlington Original rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeckhamRose Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 I can spell "Genius". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siduhe Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 You can't play Burlington Original rules in a month with less than 31 days. It would have to be a variation, or something like Montague?s Second Revision of the rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbara01 Posted June 12, 2019 Author Share Posted June 12, 2019 No, you cannot get a zero as a possible answer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed_pete Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peckhamgatecrasher Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 I think you have forgotten that Montague?s Second Revision of the rules is thwarted by the Capulet Gambit. Therefore, you would land on Covent Garden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abe_froeman Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 They are two different bikes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruffers Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 Cockfosters then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 :)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianr Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 >Genuis? Singer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeckhamRose Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 What's the singular of Genuis? Or is Genui plural? in which case the superfluous 's' is worth minus 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncleglen Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 The mathematical answer is ZERO....unless you have a sneaky trick (btw I have a degree in maths) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed_pete Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 No points, unless you can show your working out UG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncleglen Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 It can't be solved because there are too many variables and not enough equations. I made an error in putting ? = 0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianr Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Or, if it is indeed nothing more than an underdetermined set of linear simultaneous equations, an infinite number of solutions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underdetermined_system#Underdetermined_systems_with_other_constraints_and_in_optimization_problems. As implied by ed_pete's spreadsheet. The fact that there were more unknowns than equations was obvious from the start. That in itself might lead the more open-minded of us to wonder, for a while, if it was in fact the kind of brainteaser where the implied fact that it had a single solution was a piece of information that was needed in order to solve it. But then the later 'hints' and 'clues' sought to add arbitrary constraints on the solution space that weren't included in the original presentation. The most obvious conclusion now is that we've probably been given a copy-and-paste of the illustration but not of the accompanying written part of the problem -- which seems otherwise to have been a very simple one.At primary school we were once asked to provide a question for a class quiz. I burrowed in an encyclopedia and landed on a piece about Sir Edwin Landseer, who was said to have been able to draw when he was seven. I was apparently struck by that, probably because I wasn't much older myself and couldn't draw a toffee. So I turned up at school the next day with "What artist could draw when he was seven?" in my grubby hand. Mrs Price nicely put me right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddyboy23 Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Can't believe no ones got the answer to this very simple puzzle. The answer is oh hold up there's a knock at the door.be back soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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