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z00ropa

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Registered: 2006-07-15

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I am so sick of staring at this puzzle... please help..

ok, the * is supposed to be a circle.

56      88        79     96
    \     /   \            \   /
       *        *          *
      27       16       31
        \          \        /
         *            *
          9           11
            \        /
                 *

What number belong belo the bottom *?  And why?  This thing is driving me crazy!

Devantè

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Registered: 2006-07-14

Posts: 6,400

Re: I am so sick of staring at this puzzle... please help..

I have no idea yet except 2 - But don't write it in yet as I could be wrong!

88 - 79 = 9 (the number at the bottom on the left-hand side)
27 - 16 = 11 (the number at the bottom on the right-hand side)
11 - 9 = 2

This was just a wild guess...but then again, what about the rest of the numbers?

Only thing I can tell you is that it is a 1-digit number.

Last edited by Devanté (2006-07-15 19:38:31)

John E. Franklin

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Registered: 2005-08-29

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Re: I am so sick of staring at this puzzle... please help..

It has to do with adding up the digits of the numbers.
So the 56 at top left is 5 + 6 and the 88 is 8+8, and then 11+16 is 27
Are you sure the bottom has two diagonal lines or just one to the answer?
Because you get a 2-digit number now, but if you remove one of the
diagonal lines, you get a 1-digit number.

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Re: I am so sick of staring at this puzzle... please help..

Good solving, John!

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z00ropa

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Registered: 2006-07-15

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Re: I am so sick of staring at this puzzle... please help..

Yep I am sure it is correct the way I have it written the two lines from the 11 is what I can't understand.  Unless its 1+6 = 7 +  (3+1) = 4  ---- 7+4 = 11.

I dunno...

Last edited by z00ropa (2006-07-16 00:58:29)

numen

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Registered: 2006-05-03

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Re: I am so sick of staring at this puzzle... please help..

Don't write equations like that It's rather (1+6)+(3+1)=11.
And yes, it seems like it's a two-digit number, and not 1-digit.

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winterLover

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Re: I am so sick of staring at this puzzle... please help..

56      88           79     96
    \     /   \            \   /
       A        B          C
      27       16       31
        \          \        /
         D            E
          9           11
            \        /
                 F

A=5+6+8+8
B= 8+8
C=7+9+9+6
D = 2+7
E=1+6+3+1
F=9+1+1