Numbers Brain Teaser
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I've come across a strange brain teaser on one of those sheets with things like:
(man overboard)
So here's the puzzle:
0 - 20
10 - 3
14 - 29
96 - 72
1977
I've been trying to do some math on this, but it might also be a more literal answer. Unsure if the hyphens are subtraction or something else - again, it might not even be math related. Any ideas?
mathematics number-sequence
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I've come across a strange brain teaser on one of those sheets with things like:
(man overboard)
So here's the puzzle:
0 - 20
10 - 3
14 - 29
96 - 72
1977
I've been trying to do some math on this, but it might also be a more literal answer. Unsure if the hyphens are subtraction or something else - again, it might not even be math related. Any ideas?
mathematics number-sequence
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29.4k566180
asked 23 hours ago
KelvinKelvin
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Is the display exactly like this in the original problem?
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– Arnaud Mortier
23 hours ago
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Yes, it was a bit more centered than how it shows up here, but it was in that order, stacked on top of each other, no lines separating the rows or anything like that.
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– Kelvin
22 hours ago
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Possibly useful? rot13((frr "FZIGV orngf HZN")
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– Arnaud Mortier
22 hours ago
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I've come across a strange brain teaser on one of those sheets with things like:
(man overboard)
So here's the puzzle:
0 - 20
10 - 3
14 - 29
96 - 72
1977
I've been trying to do some math on this, but it might also be a more literal answer. Unsure if the hyphens are subtraction or something else - again, it might not even be math related. Any ideas?
mathematics number-sequence
edited 22 hours ago
Rubio♦
29.4k566180
asked 23 hours ago
KelvinKelvin
111
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I've come across a strange brain teaser on one of those sheets with things like:
(man overboard)
So here's the puzzle:
0 - 20
10 - 3
14 - 29
96 - 72
1977
I've been trying to do some math on this, but it might also be a more literal answer. Unsure if the hyphens are subtraction or something else - again, it might not even be math related. Any ideas?
mathematics number-sequence
mathematics number-sequence
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edited 22 hours ago
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edited 22 hours ago
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edited 22 hours ago
Rubio♦
29.4k566180
edited 22 hours ago
Rubio♦
29.4k566180
29.4k566180
asked 23 hours ago
KelvinKelvin
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asked 23 hours ago
KelvinKelvin
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asked 23 hours ago
KelvinKelvin
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Is the display exactly like this in the original problem?
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– Arnaud Mortier
23 hours ago
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Yes, it was a bit more centered than how it shows up here, but it was in that order, stacked on top of each other, no lines separating the rows or anything like that.
$endgroup$
– Kelvin
22 hours ago
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Possibly useful? rot13((frr "FZIGV orngf HZN")
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– Arnaud Mortier
22 hours ago
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Is the display exactly like this in the original problem?
$endgroup$
– Arnaud Mortier
23 hours ago
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Yes, it was a bit more centered than how it shows up here, but it was in that order, stacked on top of each other, no lines separating the rows or anything like that.
$endgroup$
– Kelvin
22 hours ago
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Possibly useful? rot13((frr "FZIGV orngf HZN")
$endgroup$
– Arnaud Mortier
22 hours ago
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Is the display exactly like this in the original problem?
$endgroup$
– Arnaud Mortier
23 hours ago
$begingroup$
Is the display exactly like this in the original problem?
$endgroup$
– Arnaud Mortier
23 hours ago
$begingroup$
Yes, it was a bit more centered than how it shows up here, but it was in that order, stacked on top of each other, no lines separating the rows or anything like that.
$endgroup$
– Kelvin
22 hours ago
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Yes, it was a bit more centered than how it shows up here, but it was in that order, stacked on top of each other, no lines separating the rows or anything like that.
$endgroup$
– Kelvin
22 hours ago
$begingroup$
Possibly useful? rot13((frr "FZIGV orngf HZN")
$endgroup$
– Arnaud Mortier
22 hours ago
$begingroup$
Possibly useful? rot13((frr "FZIGV orngf HZN")
$endgroup$
– Arnaud Mortier
22 hours ago
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Is the display exactly like this in the original problem?
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– Arnaud Mortier
23 hours ago
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Yes, it was a bit more centered than how it shows up here, but it was in that order, stacked on top of each other, no lines separating the rows or anything like that.
$endgroup$
– Kelvin
22 hours ago
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Possibly useful? rot13((frr "FZIGV orngf HZN")
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– Arnaud Mortier
22 hours ago