Can you solve the mathematics puzzle?
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5$\begingroup$ Hey! Welcome to Puzzling.SE :D may you please provide a source of this puzzle? $\endgroup$– GooseCommented Sep 29, 2018 at 0:04
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5$\begingroup$ The image is so cropped, how can we know whether the number on the left is 12 or 112? $\endgroup$– Jaap ScherphuisCommented Sep 29, 2018 at 0:51
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The 12 is a bit strange, so I just assume that it's the 2 that got cropped out (if its not then this answer doesn't work). I believe it is since the following image I found is similar:
http://funthingstodowhenbored.com/uploads/riddles/solve-math-puzzle-64-74-85-115-122/full-image.jpg
But assuming it is, we have:
74 = 64 + 6 + 4, 85 = 74 + 7 + 4, 98 = 85 + 8 + 5, 115 = 98 + 9 + 8, 122 = 115 + 1 + 1 + 5 (The next number is the previous plus its digit sums).
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$\begingroup$ If you look at the way the image is cropped, it looks like there could be a digit before the 12, so it can't be a 2 that is cropped from 122. $\endgroup$– nikkiCommented Sep 29, 2018 at 2:29
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$\begingroup$ @nikki That's what I thought too so I googled for similar images and found that one to make sure, if that's not the case I don't know. $\endgroup$ Commented Sep 29, 2018 at 2:31
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4$\begingroup$ It is likely a buggy app that just couldn't fit the number in the available space and lopped off the last digit. I think the puzzle image you found is near to being proof of that. $\endgroup$ Commented Sep 29, 2018 at 3:09
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I think the answer is
10
115 + 12 + 64 + 74 + 85 = 350
Adding another 10 gives us 360, the number of degrees in a circle
