Logic & Arithmetic Puzzle!

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(04-05-2020, 09:59 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: It's not a "right to left" or "left to right" thing as much as simply following the rules of basic mathematics.  

Hint:  PEMDAS, given you've correctly deciphered the value of each variable from the clues in the picture.

I was taught that, unless there are parentheses, an equation is read from left to right, period.  To do it otherwise seems very contrived and to no good end, aside from confusing the hell out of people.

I repeat, this whole thing, which has been done dozens of ways, mainly on FB, is not an exercise in logic or math skills or intelligence.  It's really nothing more than some guy's idea of how to trick people and feel superior about it.

Oh yeah, don't forget the paint brush stuck up the wizard's ass.  SMH.