Another internet riddle going around is almost always answered wrongly but not for the reason most suspect. Here's the riddle:
Skipping over the "Losing Their Sh1t" nonsense, we have a fairly straightforward puzzle with a nice twist at the very end, or let me write, the "very very" end. That's a clue.
SPOILER ALERT - YOU MAY WISH TO WORK THE PUZZLE ON YOUR OWN BEFORE READING FURTHER!
A. AT FIRST I REASONED:
1. There are three symbols on the image: Grey Thing, Bananas, and Clock.
2. Grey Thing = 15
3. Bananas = 4
4. Clock = 3
5. 3+4+(4x15)=67
B. BUT I LOOKED AGAIN:
In the 4th equation I saw that all of the symbols were different from the symbols above.
I concluded that the actual symbol meanings are:
1. Grey thing valued at the sum of the sides of the polygons in it
2. Bunch of bananas valued at the number of bananas in the bunch
3. Clock valued by the position of the little hand.
This makes the last equation:
2+3+(3x(5+6))=38
C.BUT WAIT THERE IS MORE TO SEE:
The symbol on the right side of the last equation consists of TWO IDENTICAL SYMBOLS! The question becomes: what is "?".
?? cannot = "38" because "?" cannot be both "3" and "8".
However, we don't have to assume the equations are in base 10.
With a little thinking, the solution is obvious: this problem is in base 37.
To those of us used to base 10 that may be icky, but that is base digitism. Don't be a digitist!!!!
The answer is therefore "?" = "1" and the last equation is
2+3+(3x(5+6))=11 base 37.
You're welcome!
