Try this... and fail... :)

PamfromTx said:
Could it possibly be 22? If not, I have some fresh eggs to throw at you. Everyone gets a dozen of eggs to enjoy torturing you. :ROFLMAO:

You could at least give everyone a itsy bitsy hint.

Like in Shark Tank, I'm out for all of your upcoming tortures.
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Shero said:
....and my eggs are already pass the use by date!
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OK OK... Jeez!!!

... Big compromise here... I'll give you the answer but I want the justification! :)

The answer is: 8
 
Are the symbols standard?
I'm asking whether the - character past the first number meant to be a minus sign, a dash with no relevance to the equation, or something else altogether?
Same question with the arrow >. Is it meant as punctuation that has no relevance, or a "greater than" sign or something else?

Please define the problem better.
If we're unable to solve the puzzle because the parameters aren't clear, that'd be your failure, not ours.
 
StarSong said:
Are the symbols standard?
I'm asking whether the - character past the first number meant to be a minus sign, a dash with no relevance to the equation, or something else altogether?
Same question with the arrow >. Is it meant as punctuation that has no relevance, or a "greater than" sign or something else?

Please define the problem better.
If we're unable to solve the puzzle because the parameters aren't clear, that'd be your failure, not ours.
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The symbols are standard. The combination of -> is meant to be an arrow.
There is no better definition I can give.

In two hours from now (4:00 EEDT, 1AM GMT, 9PM EDT) I'll give the solution to the problem if anybody else wants to try. Once again I want to bring to your attention that there is the problem in its original form and there is also a simplified version. (post #4)
 
CAKCy said:
The symbols are standard. The combination of -> is meant to be an arrow.
There is no better definition I can give.

In two hours from now (4:00 EEDT, 1AM GMT, 9PM EDT) I'll give the solution to the problem if anybody else wants to try. Once again I want to bring to your attention that there is the problem in its original form and there is also a simplified version. (post #4)
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Warning: Sarcasm
And @Shero stop laughing! I'll never give a new problem to the forum again because of your and @PamfromTx 's threats against my bodily integrity! I'll probably live with a trauma for the rest of my life! Thanks a lot!
 
Thinking outside the box sometimes helps!

In its original form:
The Greek words for the numbers 6,8,12 and 18 are: έξι, οκτώ, δώδεκα and δεκαοκτώ.

In the simplified version (post #4):
The words for the numbers 6,12 and 18 are six, twelve and eighteen.

The corresponding number in each line is the number of digits (characters) of the word.
 
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OK, I get most of it now.

6->3 Six is three letters, so 6=3
12->6 Twelve is six letters, so 12=6
18->? Eighteen is eight letters so 18=8
26->10 Twenty-six is ten characters so 26=10

I don't understand why the progression goes from 6 to 12 to 18 to 26. I would have expected 24. (Yes, 18 + 8 =26, but the line progression is by sixes, not by the numeral plus the letter count. Otherwise the second line would have been 9, not 12.

Please clarify.
 
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StarSong said:
OK, I get most of it now.

6->3 Six is three letters, so 6=3
12->6 Twelve is six letters, so 12=6
18->? Eighteen is eight letters so 18=8
26->10 Twenty-six is ten characters so 26=10

I don't understand why the progression goes from 6 to 12 to 18 to 26. I would have expected 24. (Yes, 18 + 8 =26, but the line progression is by sixes, not by the numeral plus the letter count. Otherwise the second line would have been 9, not 12.

Please clarify.
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There is no "progression" whatsoever. These are numbers that when written as words happen to have the number of digits at exactly half the value of the number itself. It pushes someone's mind into a "mathematical" type of solution when it's not, really, the case.
 
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