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Codifer

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50. Sorry

Mon Apr 10, 2023, 07:21 PM

Apr 2023

I wrote that last at the VA using my phone and no reading glasses.

Because I did not notice that there were pairs my shoddy math was way off and as a result the value for shoes and cones were two times what they should have been.

When this error is corrected and the equation redone, the corrected answer looks like 23.

Perhaps.

Professor Gac had the correct answer.

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More Brain Work [View all] Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2023 OP

12? wendyb-NC Apr 2023 #1

14 ? SarasotaDem Apr 2023 #2

20 Lars39 Apr 2023 #3

I'm bad at math! MN2theMax Apr 2023 #4

15 mopinko Apr 2023 #5

That's what I got. n/t Yavin4 Apr 2023 #41

10 six packs taxi Apr 2023 #6

xx dweller Apr 2023 #7

I2 calguy Apr 2023 #8

shoes are worth 10 WhiteTara Apr 2023 #17

oops! I saw 2 shoes in the last equation WhiteTara Apr 2023 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author Midnight Writer Apr 2023 #20

Two Shoes 10 ProfessorGAC Apr 2023 #37

lazy mind tricks WhiteTara Apr 2023 #49

Me, Too ProfessorGAC Apr 2023 #51

It's either 15 or 42..... lastlib Apr 2023 #9

48 WheelWalker Apr 2023 #10

15 rsdsharp Apr 2023 #11

Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2023 #12

you actually cannot tell lapfog_1 Apr 2023 #13

I think Codifer Apr 2023 #14

Why"cone thing" 9 ? Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2023 #15

cuz I thought Codifer Apr 2023 #18

I was wrong Codifer Apr 2023 #16

Did you notice the two cones the boy is holding in the last equation ? calguy Apr 2023 #22

no I missed them Codifer Apr 2023 #23

I missed them too, until a kind soul pointed it out to me. calguy Apr 2023 #25

me neither Codifer Apr 2023 #27

Look at boy again Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2023 #24

12 OLDMDDEM Apr 2023 #21

My final answer Codifer Apr 2023 #26

The answer is: beemerphill Apr 2023 #28

I missed the two toys in his hands. beemerphill Apr 2023 #29

Clue I heard.... It's over 30 Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2023 #30

43 Is The Correct Answer :: Thank You LPMAD Ahna KneeMoose Apr 2023 #31

This message was self-deleted by its author Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2023 #33

I Looked And That's How I Reached Nineteen (n/t) Ahna KneeMoose Apr 2023 #34

Sorry! Should have said check your math? Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2023 #35

Ambiguous, indeterminate. Ptah Apr 2023 #32

There is a right shoe and a left shoe. Because we can calculate the boy as 5. Prairie_Seagull Apr 2023 #54

Interesting. Ptah Apr 2023 #55

+1. Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2023 #66

Which symbol represents the larger amount? Jack the Greater Apr 2023 #67

If you see two bags of flour, one 5 pounds, the other 25 pounds, Ptah Apr 2023 #69

Bags of flour are actual things, symbols are not Jack the Greater Apr 2023 #73

To represent different sizes of a bag of flour is easy: Ptah Apr 2023 #76

Holy cow, you're a genuine brainiac!!!!! You think Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2023 #65

The exercise could be to find out that the exact answer is unknowable. Prairie_Seagull Apr 2023 #70

Ok... You get partial credit, IF you can find the kitty lol Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2023 #71

Wife found it in like 3 seconds so I can not take credit. I still want my partial credit. haha Prairie_Seagull Apr 2023 #74

Interesting observation that a right and a left shoe might have two different values Jack the Greater Apr 2023 #68

PEMDAS Jack the Greater Apr 2023 #36

Not Getting That ProfessorGAC Apr 2023 #39

Boy5 - two shoes10 fries4 Jack the Greater Apr 2023 #43

Aha! ProfessorGAC Apr 2023 #46

wait! What about the extra shoe? WhiteTara Apr 2023 #57

There are three shoes Jack the Greater Apr 2023 #59

thank you WhiteTara Apr 2023 #61

You are very good at explaining things! Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2023 #72

Try This ProfessorGAC Apr 2023 #38

What about shoes boy wearing in last line? Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2023 #47

Yeah, I Missed That ProfessorGAC Apr 2023 #48

23 Yavin4 Apr 2023 #40

You are orrect Codifer Apr 2023 #42

What difference in the pairs? 3 pair plus one single all the same right? Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2023 #45

Sorry Codifer Apr 2023 #50

Haha... Totally get it! You're a trouper Codifer! Thanks Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2023 #63

This message was self-deleted by its author Jack the Greater Apr 2023 #44

Ah hell. Codifer Apr 2023 #52

1 shoe 5, / 1 person 5 /3 bouquets 6/ Total 16 Fla Dem Apr 2023 #53

After much angst, we got 43 Lars39 Apr 2023 #56

Exactly Jack the Greater Apr 2023 #60

Come on Laura, How long are you going to make us wait? Prairie_Seagull Apr 2023 #58

Lol. Sorry last time I posted puzzle got blasted Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2023 #64

Thank you Laura, I had a blast. Please no calls from the DoD or NSA. Prairie_Seagull Apr 2023 #75

"Thank you ma'am may I have another",,, To soon? nt Prairie_Seagull Apr 2023 #77

You're the brainiac!:) Let's take turns. I'll play!!! Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2023 #78

I get 60... First Speaker Apr 2023 #62

1 shoe 5, 1 boy5,1 cone2 friend of a friend Apr 2023 #79