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Knightshadow

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Could some one please answer the following:
The answer is 42.5 and you have to get this from 5,7,25,50 and100 using all numbers (only once) with +,-,x,/ (only once).

Oh yes, as Denis pointed out; you can use brackets.
 
Are you sure there's an answer fot that? Are you sure you have no typos?

Anyway, best I can do is assume a decimal point is acceptable:
-7.5 + 100/50 * 25

-7.5 + 2*25
-7.5 + 50
42.5

If there is a solution the way you got it worded, I'LL EAT MY HAT!
 
OK...got it; but brackets required:

5 * [(100 - 25) / 50 + 7]
 
mcrae said:
Denis said:
OK...got it; but brackets required:

5 * [(100 - 25) / 50 + 7]
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pictures of digested hat please
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No way: brackets were not mentionned in original;
YOU do it without brackets and then I'll eat my hat :wink:

Btw, MY HAT is a little chocolate hat my grandson gave me at easter... :idea:
 
Denis said:
mcrae said:
Denis said:
OK...got it; but brackets required:

5 * [(100 - 25) / 50 + 7]
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pictures of digested hat please
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No way: brackets were not mentionned in original;
YOU do it without brackets and then I'll eat my hat :wink:

Btw, MY HAT is a little chocolate hat my grandson gave me at easter... :idea:
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did he just say
Grandson
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or was that a typo? :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
 
No typo; Tyler is my grandson (son of my son Michael).

And Tyler is the BEST 13 years old baseball and basketball player in Ontario 8-)
 
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