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PaHick was a strong advocate for 52 and did a pretty good job explaining his madnessmethod in his earlier post which also includes 40 and 96 solutions. As for the OP, PersianDog, I suspect he is sitting back enjoying his bowl of popcorn.

Thank you, I see 52 now. 52 is to 96 as 40 is to 116. I submit 96 and 116 are both competing “correct” answers to the logic problem.

The whole premise of the problem isn’t to find a solution, but an exercise in showing how people will argue something that is their solution as being the correct answer even when shown other solutions are correct

19 is still the answer.

19 is the only answer. Not debatable.

9 pages suggests otherwise.

Again, this is an exercise to show what lengths some people will go to, to defend mistakes made by the people who went before them.

Perhaps it’s an exercise to demonstrate linear vs nonlinear thought?

You misspelled "mental masterbation"...

Quite possibly. It seems we would have the pro-linear vs. the anti-linear and come up with the answer Covid-19.

See what I did there.

Your right, nowhere does it say to figure out the sequence. However, hl nyuf, xgufpsu sequencing, there is no order. So what makes you think that 8+11=19. Because of the base 10 sequence we've been taught. My point is, there is a sequence in the example, and because it is a mathematical sequence, to solve it, you should consider the sequence.

and, like I said before, 'I reckon I'm a dummy'.

If you are counting in Base 10, it is one answer...... Who said to count in base 10?

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Yes, I did consider that there was a possible sequence and went that route first before I backed up and read it again. That is when I realized that the answer in my opinion was far simpler than many were making it out to be.

I don't know how we would ever know the exact answer without asking the original author of the problem what his/her answer is supposed to be. Either it is 19 or the question was written poorly. Math is math and PEMDAS is solid.

1+4=5

2+5(+ sum from problem above)=12

3+6(+ sum from problem above)=21

8+11(+ sum from problem above)=40

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I understand what you are saying, however I dont agree. In math, you have to figure sequences or you cant get the correct answer. For example, 2+3x4=? another example 2x3+4=? These are easy examples of having to use sequences or the proper order to get the correct answer. In math, if there are sequences, you have to consider them, unless there are directions saying not to. In our problem, there are no directions.

just my .02

Yes, you are right there are no directions in this problem. If there are no directions then why would one deviate from the basic math principles of PEMDAS? Otherwise they become assumptions.

I think you are on the right track, but what about the rest of the sequence? If you dont consider the sequence, that could be right. If you consider the sequence, it figures out to be 96. And, in math you have to consider the sequence of things or you dont get the right answer..... see the examples in the post above.