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7 + 7 = 2
8 + 8 = 4
8 + 5 = 1
6 + 9 = 3
10 + 11 = 9
In this sense, what is the value of 4 + 9?
8 + 8 = 4
8 + 5 = 1
6 + 9 = 3
10 + 11 = 9
In this sense, what is the value of 4 + 9?
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It is about time you have known the answer.Answer
1.The solution is to add both numbers in the sense of hours, for the first number being the time in AM, and the second number being the number of hours added. The result is the time in PM.
For the hint, "It is ABOUT TIME you have known the answer."
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I often automatically figure such problems, yet I was as baffled by the number system as if it had been devised by alien intelligence. Until I read the clue. Good one!
Without reference to time, the answer is "Sum mod 12", or the remainder of the sum after division by 12.
Good teaser. I needed the hint.
Like lelrod, I got the answer just using math, I didn't think of the time connection.
My solution was simply that the value of each number was its distance from 6. So the value of 8 is 2, since it's 2 more than 6, the value of 5 is -1, since it's 1 less than 6, etc.
I guess these are just all different ways of saying the same thing!
Nice teaser!
My solution was simply that the value of each number was its distance from 6. So the value of 8 is 2, since it's 2 more than 6, the value of 5 is -1, since it's 1 less than 6, etc.
I guess these are just all different ways of saying the same thing!
Nice teaser!
Whoever wrote this teaser needs to learn to speak English properly. Other than that it was a great teaser.
It doesn't belong in the logic category though.
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