Solved for geniuses

[boohbah]

this one is doing the google+ and facebook rounds.

what do you think the answer is and why.

i think it is 69 because adding the lines of digits ie
111 = 3
112 = 4
113 = 5
and so on.
the numbers on the right go up in 10's ie .10 +3=13, 20+4=24, 30+5=35 etc
which makes the last one 117=9 therefor 60+9 =69.

what do you think?

 

[Brink]

They are going in order by a factor of 11 on the right.

116 = 68
117 = 79

 

[boohbah]

i think there are two answers as mine is also correct. and 69 is my favorite number so im sticking with mine

 

[maxie]

You could well be right

You notice 111 starts with 1 and 112 etc so maybe 117 = 79

 

[boohbah]

:huh:

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Since Sheldon knows all, what did he say?

 

[Kari]

Posted something stupid, took another look and noticed something, deleted that BS. Second try: Both Julian and Shawn are right but Julian you forgot that 116 is missing. It must be 116 = 68 and 117 = 79.

 

[boohbah]

Since Sheldon knows all, what did he say?

he said dont eat the yellow snow. typical geek!

 

[boohbah]

Posted something stupid, took another look and noticed something, deleted that BS. Second try: Both Julian and Shawn are right but Julian you forgot that 116 is missing. It must be 116 = 68 and 117 = 79.

possibly but we have to assume 116 got the ban hammer so bumping 117 as the next step in the sequence.

also that would make it 68 if it is factors of 11
so im closest. but no cigar. i dont smoke

 

[Brink]

Could be either I suppose, but to bad there's not an official answer.

I'm still sticking with 79 though.

 

[boohbah]

im going with either 68 (for factor of 11 ) or 69 (for my original post theory)
as there is no 116 it cant be 79,
its almost like an optical illusion your mind assumes there is a 116 therefore you add 22 by mistake

wheres dwarf he knows !

 

[Kari]

also that would make it 68 if it is factors of 11
so im closest. but no cigar. i dont smoke

so are we right in thinking then there are two possibilities 68 and or 69

Julian, both explanations give the same result, except that your 117 = 69 does not fit in. It must be 79. Your explanation is IMO valid if we admit you forgot the 116 = 68 which would be logical, as if it was purposely left out to make an extra twist.

If we agree that 116 is missing, then both explanations are valid: numbers on the left increase with one and numbers on the right with 11, OR X + Y where (X has a starting value of 0) X = X + 10 and Y = sum of digits on the left.

Kari

 

[boohbah]

i think the missing 116 is the key factor.
its an illusion.
my original theory works as 1+1+7=9 +60 as it is going up in 10's
115 =57
therefore the next is 60 + the sum of the digits 1+1+7=9 =60+9 =69
so 117=69

or if its factors of 11 then 57 + 11 = 68

tricky , no clear solution to one.

 

[Kari]

Julian, there must be an explanation for that missing 116. Really.

There's so many ways to get 79 there it must be right, as for instance your "modified" explanation agreeing that 116 is missing, Shawn's explanation, or my solution that the last digit of the number on left is the first digit of the number on right and sum of digits on the left is the last digit on the right.

 

[boohbah]

it would appear then there are more solutions then , none wrong , none ultimately correct.
its quite a good puzzle really,

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Ok, I figured it out. The answer is 42.

 

[Brink]

Ok, I figured it out. The answer is 42.

I'd love to see how you got there.

 

[Kari]

I think she refers to the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything .

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Correct. This falls under Everything.

 

[jdXp610]

Ok, I figured it out. The answer is 42.

^5 Lady lol