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Solve if you can

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Isn't that the idea of puzzles ?

Anyway, here you go:
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98
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Re: Solve if you can

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99
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I agree with Argus.
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I don't :grin:
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HansV wrote:I don't :grin:
Made me think, me neither, me agree with Hans now :blush:
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Re: Solve if you can

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1>3>5>7>9
I get 99?

Argus, shall we band together as the odd ones out? :grin:
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Argus and Rudi's reasoning would have been correct if the numbers in the last row were 11 and 10.
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The answer would then have been 11*10+9 = 119
But the sequence in the first column is 3 > 5 > 7 > 9 > 10, not 11...
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I agree with Hans,
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This is my reasoning:
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3 x 2 + 1 = 7
5 x 4 + 3 = 23
7 x 6 + 5 = 47
9 x 8 + 7 = 79
So
10 x 9 + 8 = 98
and
11 x 10 + 9 = 119
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Your reasoning seems reasonable.

Argh! Who are we kidding....it sounds quite sound. :thumbup:
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StuartR wrote:I agree with Hans,
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Me too. That's what happens being in between coffee, I guess. :grin: In this case it was simple, and rather sneaky.

Rudi, I'm not odd anymore, well, at least not in this thread. :grin:
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You're even now?
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As even as one person can be.
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I would have thought that the simplest explanation was
n*n - 2 where n is the first number
There is no additional information in the second number, but if you had to use it, then
n*n - 2*(n - m) where m is the second number

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Becks wrote:n*n - 2 where n is the first number
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Becks wrote:I would have thought that the simplest explanation was
n*n - 2 where n is the first number
There is no additional information in the second number, but if you had to use it, then
n*n - 2*(n - m) where m is the second number
I also got 98, but I was using n*m+m-1

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Or n2 + 2n - 1 if n is the second number. But who's counting.

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