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Question from brenda:

if
2+3 =10 and 7+2=63 and 6+5 =66 and 8 +4 = 96 then 9+7+ ??????
its driving me crazy !!

We have three responses for you

In order to solve a pattern, you need to solve the formula it is following...
Using the numbers 2 and 3, how do you arrive at 10?
Similarly, using 7 and 2, how do you arrive at 63?

p.s. 6+5=11 and 11*6=66. Coincidence? Maybe not...

Melanie

 

What is 2+3? What is 2+3 times 2?
What is 7+2? What is 7+2 times 7?
What is 6+5? What is 6+5 times 6?

See the pattern?

Penny

 

The + here seems to have a special meaning:

"2+3" = 10 = 2(2+3)
"7+2" = 63 = 7(7+2)
...

Claude

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