Anyway, this is one of those puzzles that can be interpreted in so many ways that the answer that the setter of the puzzle is thinking of is probably completely different from the one that everyone else gets.
If there's no trickery, then the answer is 26+15+0+5 = 46. But I suspect there is.
]]>Thirty-six minus ten=
3+3+3*3=
5*5*0=
20-15=
Add the numbers.
]]>T = [16 +- sqrt(-4)] / 2 = [16 +- 2*sqrt(-1)] / 2 = 8 +- sqrt(-1) = 8 +- i
So the solutions are:
T = 8 + i
and
T = 8 - i
If you plug these into the initial equation you will see that they satisfy it. Let's just do the first one:
T = 8 + i =>
T^2 = (8 + i)*(8 + i) = 64 - 16i -1 = 63 + 16i
Substituting into the LHS of the original equation yields:
63 + 16i - 128 - 16i + 65 which is clearly zero. Similarly for T = 8 - i
]]>I've tried the Quadratic formula
Factoring and Graphin but 65 only factors are
1 *65 and
5*13???
Any one have any ideas??? Please??? Mom's lost...and My son had left this problem after working on it for over an hour! Thanks Mom