Can you figure out this puzzle?
Solution to the Problem:
Here is the solution:The answer is 6.
the puzzle reads:
3 + 4 = 19
5 + 6 = 4
1 2 + 8 = 66
5 + 1 = ?
The trick is this: each equation follows the formula a + b2.
That is, take the first number, then add the square of the second number.
For the first line, 3 + 4 becomes 3 + 42.
That’s 3 + 16, which equals 19.
For the second, 5 + 62 equals 5 + 36 — giving us 41.
The third: 2 + 82 equals 2 + 64, which is 66.
It fits perfectly.
Now apply the same logic to the final equation.
We have 5 + 12.
That’s just 5 + 1 = 6.
Correctly solved by:
| 1. Kamal Lohia | Hisar, Haryana, India |
| 2. Dr. Hari Kishan |
D.N. College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| 3. Davit Banana | Istanbul, Turkey |
| 4. Colin (Yowie) Bowey | Beechworth, Victoria, Australia |
| 5. Elijah Uban | Daly City, California, USA |
| 6. Ivy Joseph | Pune, Maharashtra, India |