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Correct way to add 22 to 4 to get 82

So we have the 'sum': $$22+$$ $$4\;=$$ $$82\;\;\;$$
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Correct way to add 22 to 4 to get 82

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Correct way to add 22 to 4 to get 82

My suggestion:
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How can I convince my colour blind friend that his two balls have different colours?

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Correct way to add 22 to 4 to get 82

And thank goodness we don't use those any more.
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How can I convince my colour blind friend that his two balls have different colours?

You can for example photograph the balls in two separate photos and use a program Color Picker (like this one) showing your friend that the RGB color codes are different.
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Cover 63 squares of a chess board

These should do it: Just to show another example:
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Correct way to add 22 to 4 to get given value

If you consider the numbers as Then
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How can I convince my colour blind friend that his two balls have different colours?

Show him the balls through Edit: He might agree that there is some difference that he can't see, but he's still not convinced that it's the colour. Then
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One answer is To find this, I first noted that each of the blanks must be at least 8, since there are already 8 digits different from the given one. None of the blanks can be 8, though, since that ...
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