Braingle: '1 Line Makes it True' Brain Teaser

1 Line Makes it True

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Puzzle ID:	#22602
Fun:	(2.31)
Difficulty:	(1.69)
Category:	Math
Submitted By:	settra626
Corrected By:	CPlusPlusMan

Take this equation:

ll-llll=ll

Now move 1 line to make it true.

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Comments

theketchupwins May 01, 2005	twitch
mi2mo2tx May 01, 2005	mmmm.... The math is not correct using ones, that's what threw me. Maybe if x's were used instead. Dunno...
AmericanIdiot May 02, 2005	not too shabby i agrre with the previous statments however. There could be some improvments but if this is ure first teaser Way to go!
shandela May 02, 2005	Yeah, I think using roman numeral I's would make it less confusing. although I also skimmed and didn't catch the 1 "line" remark so I was actually tricked that way.
kcelf27 May 02, 2005	I thought of moving the - sign so that it was squeezed inbetween the four 1's. So that it would have read 4-2=2. OR 1111-11=11. If you just used lower case L's and refered to them as lines that might work better. Good job for your first one though!!!
BrownEyes May 04, 2005	I don't get it. Oh well!
darthforman May 04, 2005	sould be under trick instead of math but good one still.
exterminator May 07, 2005	great teaser! good job
jarm May 14, 2005	yeah, roman numeral would help but still a good one. was fun!!
lilianxie May 14, 2005	That was fun... The weird ones threw me off..
sissy245 May 15, 2005	i thought it would turn out to be eleven minus eleven minus eleven equals negative eleven
orlie0618 May 23, 2005	really cool!!
vikingboy May 24, 2005	how does 'one thousand one hundred and eleven" minus "eleven" equal "eleven"??? Even Roman numerals wouldn't work. four is IV not IIII.
plain17jane Jun 09, 2005	ok after reading the comments it made a little more sense,but it's still like whoa , ya no???
settra626 Jun 19, 2005	well, it wasnt supposed to be 1s (ones) it was just supposed to be lines. o well, im glad most of u liked it!
paul726 Dec 08, 2005	It would work mathematically by taking a one from the foursome, and placing it diagonally over the equal sign, making it a 'not-equal-to' sign.
zigthepig Jan 10, 2006	Woot! Good job!
hockeygirl Mar 19, 2006	wow sethy your really good at this!!! i liked it alot i dint even get it that shows how good it was!!!
mommablough May 04, 2006	great job on your first teaser sethy. I look forward to your next.
bpkeller May 06, 2006	Oh..............I feel so dumb now
brits1994 May 06, 2006	hey good one u fooled me!!
Swordoffury1392 May 22, 2006	Or you could make the = into a does not equal sign!
Spice_2 Jun 20, 2006	I guessed move the subtration sign and have it slnted over the equals sign so it says 6 does not equal 2
brits1994 Jun 22, 2006	Cooleo
aango Jul 29, 2006	Very good Idea! IIII-II=II (Romans usually used IIII, we simplified it to IV)
javaguru Feb 09, 2009	Same issue with lack of clarity if the "lines" were ones or tally marks. Saw the expected solution right away, but spent some time looking for a solution that treated the lines as ones instead of tally marks.