Originally Posted by persiandog
Originally Posted by Johnsclist
You all made me look again, and I see 40, 96, and can’t come up with 52. Regardless, I’ll throw 116 into the mix for consideration. OP?



https://wcrz.com/have-you-solved-the-impossible-math-problem-that-has-gripped-facebook/



And this one makes the case that the answer is 201.

https://eowynsedcstuff.wordpress.co...problem-the-answer-is-neither-40-nor-96/

Which reinforces my comment that one has to make many assumptions for a poorly written math problem.


This is an interesting comment from the author that came up with the 201 in comment section.

"P.S.: of course I’m speaking a bit tongue in cheek here, since 19 as an answer, even though a mathematically correct solution to the fourth line, would be more a destruction of the riddle than its solution, implying that lines two and three are wrong and the entire thing is rather a hoax or psychological test than a mathematical riddle that actually makes sense.
Though I agree with you that theoretically other solutions are possible, I still haven’t seen a solution other than 201 which is both mathematically correct and leaves the riddle intact."