by laserbeam on 2/18/25, 7:22 PM
This… feels like one of those “99% of people can’t do this basic math trick” memes. I mean, yeah, the puzzles are actually cool, but it feels strange to see such posts on a news website.
by idoubtit on 2/18/25, 7:11 PM
I solved it, to my own surprise, by considering a more general problem. I wanted to get an interval for the solution, so I replaced 3 with y. Now for y=5, the solution is obvious. x(y) is a increasing function and its minimum is... oh!
by mywacaday on 2/18/25, 5:23 PM
The solution is available if you look but this one gave me a good chuckle to myself.
by SirMaster on 2/18/25, 7:36 PM