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Have you ever seen mind games like this on this internet?
What would your answer have been? 72? 90? Maybe something else?
My cousin posts some awesome things sometimes, but this one really caught my attention. Why?
Because it caught me, too!
I actually got both answers, only because when I posted my first answer, I began to question it and had to write it out … And realized I had been wrong! And here’s why:
REASON #1: The numbers on the left have an increasing by one pattern, but the numbers on the right increase due to multiplication.
The first thing my mind did is assume that the 9 where it’s asking you to find the answer was the next in line with the 6 – it’s not. It’s actually 3 more hops in the pattern to get to the answer.
But for those who think (or thought) the next answer was 72? You missed one step.
REASON #2: If you caught the pattern, but didn’t focus on the proper way it was multiplied, you might have missed it by 1.
The pattern is as follows …
A = ( A + 1) * A
And therefore …
A = A2 + A
So if you actually wrote it all out …
2 = 3 * 2 = 6
3 = 4 * 3 = 12
4 = 5 * 4 = 20
5 = 6 * 5 = 30
6 = 7 * 6 = 42
7 = 8 * 7 = 56
8 = 9 * 8 = 72 <<<< this is where I was mistaken … I forgot to add the +1 to that 9 🙂
9 = 10 * 9 = 90
Now … why is this a duplicitous mind game?
It’s really not. It just looked like there could be multiple answers … but once you do the math it’s pretty clear cut. Don’t you agree?
I just love math and logic problems for several reason, including but not limited to:
#1: They give your brain a workout!
#2: They teach you to think outside the box sometimes
#3: We were born with an intricate muscle built for creating solutions to problems – something to be thankful for!
That being said … one of the strangest logic problems I have come across these days are when people tell me they want one thing … then when they’re shown something that could help them achieve their goal, they wig out.
Do you know anyone like that?
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I totally thought 90
That’s cause you’re a smart cookie and your brain didn’t trick you. Great job! 😀