a+b+c+d+e+f+g+h+i+j+k+l = 24.05
(a+b+c+d+e+f) - (g+h+i+j+k+l) = 6.05
9(a+b+c+d+e+f) / (g+h+i+j+k+l) = 15.05
(a+b+c+g+h+j) - (d+e+f+i+j+l) = 2.95
(a+c+e+g+i+k) - (b+d+f+h+i+j) = 1.95
2(d+e+f+i+j+l) - (a+b+c+g+h+j) = 7.6
abc + def + ghi + jkl = 40.978
(abc + ghi) - (def - jkl) = 19.642
ab + cd + ef + gh + ij + kl = 28.48
(ab + ef + ij) - (cd + gh + kl) = 12.52
(a+b)*(c+d) + (e+f)*(g+h) + (i+j)*(k+l) = 48.45
(a+b)*(c+d) - (e+f)*(g+h) - (i+j)*(k+l) = 8.55
a=? b=? c=? d=? e=? f=? g=? h=? i=? j=? k=? l=?
1) a+b+c+d+e+f+g+h+i+j+k+l = 24.05
2) (a+b+c+d+e+f) - (g+h+i+j+k+l) = 6.05
3) 9(a+b+c+d+e+f) / (g+h+i+j+k+l) = 15.05
4) (a+b+c+g+h+j) - (d+e+f+i+j+l) = 2.95
5) (a+c+e+g+i+k) - (b+d+f+h+i+j) = 1.95
6) 2(d+e+f+i+j+l) - (a+b+c+g+h+j) = 7.6
7) abc + def + ghi + jkl = 40.978
8) (abc + ghi) - (def - jkl) = 19.642
9) ab + cd + ef + gh + ij + kl = 28.48
10) (ab + ef + ij) - (cd + gh + kl) = 12.52
11) (a+b)*(c+d) + (e+f)*(g+h) + (i+j)*(k+l) = 48.45
12) (a+b)*(c+d) - (e+f)*(g+h) - (i+j)*(k+l) = 8.55
a=? b=? c=? d=? e=? f=? g=? h=? i=? j=? k=? l=?
Let x = a+b+c+d+e+f and y = g+h+i+j+k+l
x+y=24.05 From (1)
x-y=6.05 From (2)
add
2x=30.1
x=15.05
y=24.05-15.05 = 9
so
lets look at (3)
9x/y = 9*15.05/9 = 15.05 so (3) is true and it does not help solve anything.
So we have exhausted all the clues from lines 1,2 and 3 and we have discovered that:
a+b+c+d+e+f = 15.05 and g+h+i+j+k+l = 9
My interest has now wained, maybe I will come back to it later. :)
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I didn't create the design, so credit actually goes to ACII Text Art.
Cphill answered this exact question somewhere else on this forum by using the method of completing the square. To view it, click here to redirect you to his solution.
-2x2-5x=-50
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\(-2x^2-5x=-50\) [ both sides + 50
\(-2x^2-5x+50=0\) [ : (-2)
\(x^2+\frac{5}{2}x-25=0\)
p q
\(x=-\frac{p}{2}\pm\sqrt{\frac{p^2}{4}-q}\) [ p,q transfer
\(x=-\frac{5}{4}\pm\sqrt{\frac{25}{16}+25}\) [ calculate root
\(x=-\frac{5}{4}\pm\sqrt{26.5625}=-1.25\pm5.15388203202\)
\(x_1=3.90388203202\\ x_2=-6.40388203202\)
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