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I appreciate the deep dive into the depths of number theory and strange graphs, but what is supposed to be tricky/confusing about the original apple/banana/etc
by wredcoll 1y ago
I appreciate the deep dive into the depths of number theory and strange graphs, but what is supposed to be tricky/confusing about the original apple/banana/etc puzzle?
Is there supposed to be some easily confused bit so people argue or just be easy so everyone rushes to show off?
(I got 10, 4, 2; maybe it confused me?)
- helpful-guy 1y agoThe “trick” is that there are only three bananas in the last bunch and four in the others. Likewise there is a single coconut in the last equation. It appears this could be interpreted as 1 + 10 + 3.
- kevin_thibedeau 1y agoThat's actually half a coconut. The smaller one is ambiguous. Is it supposed to be another half or a quarter?
- wredcoll 1y agoOhhh. I even looked for stuff like that and didn't notice it. Brains are weird, man.