Solve This

[OPCyclone]

Pair of shoes=10, one shoe=5
Guy =5
Pair of ties=4, one tie=2

5+(5x2)= 15

Correct?

Yes - 15!

 

[StClone]

Reddit disagrees with you as does YouTube. Everywhere I've seen says the answer is 43.

Yes 43 is the answer I got. But the message with the sample I found said 28!--puzzled, that was why I posted on CF. It did not make sense- thanks for confirming the proper answer!

 

[1100011CS]

Yes - 15!

Are you really a civil engineer?

 

[Bipolarcy]

I got 17. Tell me that's wrong before I look at any other answers. Never mind. I already know that's wrong. It dawned on me just as I hit save.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

I see it as 10+5x4=30.

EDIT: I had the above wrong, see following posts.

It's 5+(19x2)=43.

Multiplication/division is done first in an equation, then addition/subtraction. Also, there's only one shoe (=5), and one wristband (=2) in the last equation. The man (=5) in the last equation is wearing two shoes (=10) and two wristbands (=4)=19.

Dayum!!!
Nice catch.

 

[Cybyassociation]

Believe it's 42.

 

[RonBurgundy]

I also got 43, but not until I saw in the posts that he was holding two ties.

5 + (5 + 4 + 10)*2 = 43

It is not really that hard of a puzzle, just irritating in that it is so confusing due to the poor artwork.

 

[clonedude]

The correct answer is..... this is stupid because there is no correct answer. You cannot tell how many bracelets (or whatever they are?) the guy has on his wrists or holding in his hands.

So the problem is not solvable, and therefore a waste of everyone's time.

 

[CivEFootball]

It is unsloveable if you view it as each different picture is a different vairable. There are only 4 equations and 6 different pictures.

Anyone who provided an answer would need to make an assumption and should list that first.

The first line if a shoe equals x could be x*x+x*x+x*x=30 (3x^2=30) or does two shoes together mean add so first line would be x+x+x+x+x+x=30. The initial statement should of clairifed.

 

[cycloneG]

It is unsloveable if you view it as each different picture is a different vairable. There are only 4 equations and 6 different pictures.

Anyone who provided an answer would need to make an assumption and should list that first.

The first line if a shoe equals x could be x*x+x*x+x*x=30 (3x^2=30) or does two shoes together mean add so first line would be x+x+x+x+x+x=30. The initial statement should of clairifed.

The whole puzzle revolves around visual addition. When you have a shoe then place a second shoe next to it, you're using addition. Let's use bananas instead of shoes for an example. One banana plus one banana is two bananas. Two bananas have the value of two bananas not more than two bananas.

 

[intrepid27]

PEMDAS: https://www.mathsisfun.com/operation-order-pemdas.html

Thanks for the lesson. Did not realize there was a rule if not parentheses. I guess I was absent the day they covered that in class.