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6 4 7
5 X 12
3 11 16
There is a very specific logic underlying the grid of numbers above, and X is somewhere between 1 and 14. What, specifically, is X?
Discuss answers in the comments and if we figure it out I'll submit it under the name SoylentNews.org.
6 4 7
5 X 12
3 11 16
There is a very specific logic underlying the grid of numbers above, and X is somewhere between 1 and 14. What, specifically, is X?
Discuss answers in the comments and if we figure it out I'll submit it under the name SoylentNews.org.
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(Score: 2) by takyon on Friday June 23 2017, @06:45PM (6 children)
3 + 4 = 7
5 + 11 = 16
6 + 6 = 12
Go diagonal-down once from column 1, add that number, move to the right. Moving from 3 to 4 wrapping around back to to the top.
Is this the answer? Beats me. It's an answer.
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(Score: 2) by takyon on Friday June 23 2017, @07:09PM (4 children)
I've submitted it as takyon with SoylentNews.org as the hometown.
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(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Friday June 23 2017, @07:18PM
Good luck!
I wonder how many answers they've gotten. Just went up this morning so I think we've got a good chance...
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Friday June 30 2017, @05:25PM (2 children)
You were robbed!! I think your explanation made a lot more sense.
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A very specific logic underlies the grid of numbers below, and X is somewhere between 1 and 14. What, specifically, is X?
6 4 7
5 X 12
3 11 16
X is 8. Or, more illustratively, X is “eight.” The logic underlying the grid concerns the length of the spelled-out word for each number. The length of the numbers increases across each row and down each column. In the top row, for example, 6 has three letters, 4 has four letters, and 7 has five letters. Continuing that pattern in the middle row, 5 has four letters and 12 has six letters, so our answer must have five letters. We’ve already used 3 and 7. That means it’s 8.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Friday June 30 2017, @06:21PM (1 child)
Some answers are more correct than others.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 21 2017, @12:01PM
The official answer is wrong. Because e.g. 4 is also "quater", "quattro" and a ton of other words of different lengths. At best is a locally valid solution, and locally valid is not "right".
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Friday June 23 2017, @07:11PM
Yeah, that definitely works.
I'm not seeing any other patterns jump out...