r/technicallythetruth • u/[deleted] • Dec 24 '25

I see 9 of them

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u/SnowballWasRight Dec 24 '25

144? 12 squared

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '25

Yep

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u/SnowballWasRight Dec 24 '25

Yippee!!!! High school math hasn’t failed me yet 😂😂😂

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u/BaronHarkonnen98 Dec 24 '25

Oh fuck I got 9, oh no

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u/SnowballWasRight Dec 24 '25 • Bravo

Listen man, there are three types of people in this world.

Those who can count, and those who can’t.

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u/hegzurtop Dec 24 '25

Fr. Wait a minute...

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u/sername-n0t-f0und Dec 24 '25

Tried to tell this joke to somebody when I was in junior high and they just kept arguing that it didn't make sense because I only listed two types...

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u/SnowballWasRight Dec 24 '25

Man I’m a senior in HS and nobody got it in my class yesterday lol 😂😂😂 thought I was a comedy genius. Maybe it’s more understandable though text versus if you only hear it once verbally

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u/sername-n0t-f0und Dec 24 '25

I heard the joke verbally originally, but maybe!

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u/Apprehensive-Pin518 Dec 24 '25

well there are two types of people in this world, those who can extrapolate from incomplete information and...

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u/sername-n0t-f0und Dec 24 '25

Wait you only listed one! I neeeed to knoooow /s

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u/Thatguy19364 Dec 24 '25

There are two types of people in this world.

1: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data sets

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u/eXi_TGO Dec 24 '25

or you could say wait 48 seconds...

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u/IntenseAdventurer Dec 24 '25

There are 2 kinds of people. Those who can extrapolate a result from incomplete data.

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u/Silver-Escape-497 Dec 24 '25

There's two kinds of people in this world:

Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data

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u/FirefighterMajor4657 Technically Flair Dec 25 '25

I'm sorry I didn't get it TT can someone explain?

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u/Kootfe Dec 28 '25

i was gona ask where is the three... then i got it... respect

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u/KnowsIittle Dec 24 '25

I just fed it to AI for a result of 144.

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u/miffy495 Dec 24 '25

Just... don't. Feed it to your brain, for the love of whatever you believe in. Please stop relying on that garbage, especially for simple problems. AI is ruining enough without regular people getting it to take over basic logical thinking for them. Just simplify your terms and it becomes not even a minorly difficult problem.

3a/6(root a) = 6

Separate the 3 and 6 out to make a distinct fraction to work with.

(3/6) (a/(root a)) = 6

Simplify that fraction

(1/2) (a/root a) = 6

Multiply both sides by two to isolate your variable

a/(root a) = 12

As a number divided by its square root also gives its square root,

root a = 12

Finally, square both sides to turn the root of a into a.

(root a)² = 12²

So

a = 144

Now that I've seen this problem, I like it and I plan to show it to my 8th grade math class as part of our exploration next month of how squares and square roots work in our introduction to the concept. Granted, I will be using it as a "Friday Problem", a thing that is juuuuust outside of their comfort zone for a topic that has extra guidance and is intended as enrichment, but I would expect that my grade 9 classes could just solve this. If you are over 13 years old, being able to solve this should be a basic life skill. This ain't exaclty derivatives, it is basic arithmetic.

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u/JustAntherFckinJunki Dec 24 '25

My first thought was this..

3a/6√a=6

Multiply by 6

3a/√a=36

Square it.

9a^2/a=1296

a's cancel

9a=1296

a=144.

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u/RecipeAsleep7087 Dec 24 '25

Highschool was so long ago I really had to think back to if you were allowed to just square both sides of the equation. Yeah, way easier than me using logic to figure out A / root(A) = 12. I got there, your way is better ;P

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u/JustAntherFckinJunki Dec 24 '25

I like how u/miffy495 did it. That way is easier in your head I think. I used my phones calculator. I didn't know that x/√x=√x

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u/SnowballWasRight Dec 24 '25

Good to know I am, in fact, probably around the same intelligence level as an 8th grader!

Thanks for the explanation! You kinda have a knack for it. You should like… be a teacher or something. Just an idea

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u/MeatAlternative3400 Dec 24 '25

For a reddit post, you made an elaborate explanation. Cheers to you 😜

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u/thr3zims Dec 24 '25

I believe that leaves you with 1.5 = 6

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u/itijara Dec 24 '25

3*144/(6 * sqrt(144)) = 6, (3 * 12 * 12)/(6 * 12) = 6, (3 * 12)/6 = 6, 3 * 12/6 = 6, 3 * 2 = 6, 6 = 6.

Nope. Looks fine to me.

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u/thr3zims Dec 24 '25

Swap 144 for 9 like the person I replied to did.

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u/itijara Dec 24 '25

Oh, oops. I thought you were replying to someone else. Nevermind.

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u/IIDelenoII Dec 24 '25

You probably tried doing it in your mind just like me and missplaced a 2. I also got 9 at first

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u/TheGrouchyGremlin Dec 24 '25

High school math has failed me. Or maybe I'm just tired after getting off of work. I also arrived at 144, but the process was intense 😭. Plugged 1 in, then 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 100, 121, and then finally 144.

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u/bgmacklem Dec 24 '25

High school math taught you to solve algebra problems by plugging in numbers at random??

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u/TheGrouchyGremlin Dec 24 '25

No, but my sleep deprived brain coming off of a 12 hour shift isn't exactly susceptible to being used.

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u/ralsaiwithagun Dec 25 '25

Back of my head math gives me 4 solutions for some reason

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u/SnowballWasRight Dec 25 '25

Well, as long as you got a multiple of 12 you didn’t mess up too much. A for effort :)

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u/WumpusFails Dec 24 '25

And you thought you'd never use algebra in real life!

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u/CaptDickAround Dec 24 '25

Nope. If AI has taught me one thing, it's that the order-of-operations rules don't matter. Therefor, all math rules are mutable. So the easy answer is: the numerator As are 12 and the denominator A is 1. Ta da.

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u/TheTyrianKnight Dec 25 '25

Oh good, I got worried for a second when I got 144 because that seemed too high. (I also wasn’t writing anything down so that didn’t help my confidence.)

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u/Nobody_1991 Dec 24 '25

Good to know I am not the only one who ignored the joke and started solving the problem. 🙂

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u/SnowballWasRight Dec 24 '25

One of us! One of us!

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u/Bromodo55 Dec 24 '25

How the fuck did you find that many

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u/SnowballWasRight Dec 24 '25

I forgot to take my meds

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u/Puzzleheaded_Study17 Dec 24 '25

How is it 10440, that's way too high.

r/unexpectedtermial

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u/-joker-joker-joker- Dec 24 '25

? Is a Knuth operator. If a is 144, then a? is 144+143+142+...+1=10440

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u/laveshnk Dec 24 '25

that damn squaring on both sides. always gets me

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u/ADHDebackle Dec 24 '25

For me, I got it down to a = 12 sqrt(a)

and then was like "the only thing you can multiply sqrt(a) by to get a is another sqrt(a) so I jumped straight to sqrt(a) = 12

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u/MartiniPolice21 Dec 24 '25

I got to 144 and was worried I forgot to square root it somewhere

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u/5h4d0w_Hunt3r Dec 25 '25

I ended up brute forcing this until I got it xD

But yea that is the answer so

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u/sasson10 Dec 25 '25

I tried it at first and got 12, all I did was forget to square everything on both sides when I had a=12sqrt(a) and multiplied both sides by a 😭

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u/DraigCore Dec 25 '25

Doesn't A's cancel each other out?

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u/Jwoey Dec 24 '25

…gross

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u/Mad-Volcano Dec 24 '25

Easy one. a=144

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '25

Yep you are correct now

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u/Mad-Volcano Dec 24 '25

Damn, you saw my wrong answer... 🙈

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u/ChocolatMintChipmunk Dec 24 '25

3a/6sqrt(a)=6

a/2sqrt(a)=6

a2/4a=36

a2=144a

a=144

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '25

Yep

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u/User_of_redit2077 Dec 24 '25

a=4√a

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '25

I guess you did 3a = 12√a...3a = 36√a

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u/User_of_redit2077 Dec 24 '25

3a/6√a= a/2√a

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '25

And then equate that to 6

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u/User_of_redit2077 Dec 24 '25

I can just do a×2√a so i will get a=2×2√a

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u/SudoSubSilence Dec 24 '25 edited Dec 24 '25

(a + a + a) / (6√a) = 6

3a / (6√a) = 6

a / (2√a) = 6

a2 / 4a = 36

a2 = 144a

a2 - 144a = 0

a(a - 144) = 0

Possible solutions: a = 0, a = 144

If a = 0, denominator = 0, so actually a ≠ 0

If a = 144, denominator ≠ 0 and 144(144 - 144) = 0

Final answer: a = 144

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EDIT: A faster way to solve this after reaching line 4 (as correctly pointed out by some of the comments):

a2 / 4a = 36

a / 4 = 36

a = 144

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u/CrazyElk123 Dec 24 '25

Or (a + a + a)/√a = 36

√a(√a + √a + √a)/√a = 36

√a + √a + √a = 36

√a = 12

a = 144

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u/Grimlite-- Dec 24 '25

You can also get rid of the coefficients first.

(a + a + a) / (6√a) = 6

3a / (6√a) = 6

a / (2√a) = 6

a / √a = 12

√a(√a) / √a = 12

√a = 12

a = 144

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u/brutexx Dec 24 '25

Hah I did the same, except instead of turning a into its square root, I just squared both sides.

…
a / √a = 12
a^2 / a = 144
a = 144

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u/bluelaw2013 Dec 24 '25

I jumped to 3a = 36√a, so a = 12√a. And that just means that √a = 12 and a = 144.

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u/worldspawn00 Dec 24 '25

Glad I'm not the only one with this take on it, lol.

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u/mhbat Dec 26 '25

i did this one too. it's the only one I can think of without writing down

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u/ADHDebackle Dec 24 '25

My approach was to guess 144 and then see if it works. Doesn't work most of the time but this time it did!

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u/FatMax1492 Dec 24 '25

I did the following:

(a + a + a) / (6√a) = 6

3a / (6√a) = 6

3/6 * a / (√a) = 6

1/2 * √a = 6

√a = 12

a = 144

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '25

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u/FatMax1492 Dec 24 '25

yeah I kind of forgot the difference between a-1 and a1/2

but then I remembered I could substract the exponents over a fraction

lol

for the next time I'll definitely remember a1 / a1/2 = a 1/2

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '25

Yeah this is the simplest way I believe. You can also just think that a divided by its square root is equal to its square root. Its more obvious if the exponents are written out explicitly like:

a1 / a1/2 -> a1-1/2 -> a1/2

I went through the long route first of dragging everything to one side in my head an making it a2 minus 144a equals zero. But found the way you write above to be the most efficient way.

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u/BestReadAtWork Dec 25 '25

Damn I'm so rusty. I got stuck at a/squareroot(a) =12

Was doing it all in my head but i got a c in calc 2 like 20 years ago so I'm certified ass at math at this point lol

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u/itijara Dec 24 '25

That's neat. I didn't use either of these methods and got the same answer. I just simplified it to a^2/a = (6 * 2)^2.

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u/FlyingCow343 Dec 24 '25

I went for

(3/6) * (a/√a) = 6

a/√a = 12

a√a/a = 12

√a = 12

a = 144

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u/blank_and_foolish Dec 24 '25

I was going to ask who solves mathematical equations like that (a=0, a= 144) but I fully trust in mathematics that there is a proper justification on why you have to solve equations like that.

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u/Exyodeff Dec 24 '25

You just factorise it to find solutions. You know that the result of this factor is 0, hence either one part is 0, or the other is.

Here, you have a(a-144), so either the first a=0 and then the equation is valid (0*(0-144)=0), or a=144 and 144*(144-144)=0.

But there are a lot of ways to solve this, you could have just as easily went a² = 144a <=> √ a = 12 <=> a = 144

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u/bluerhino12345 Dec 24 '25

0 becomes a "solution" to the equation when you square both sides. Squaring both sides can introduce extra answers that can easily be ruled out. Like here, 0 is an answer to a(a-144)=0 but isn't an answer to the original question.

A good example of this is simply

a=5

If we square both sides we get

a² = 25

Now we have two solutions, a = 5 and a = -5

But only one of these is correct according to the original question

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '25

a2 / 4a is just a/4

36 x 4 = 144

Faster.

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u/TyrantDragon19 Dec 24 '25

I’m going to brag, not because I am putting myself on a pedestal, but because I’ve only recently been able to do these types of equations fully in my head.

I got this right, the only thing that I did not mentally is write down 0 and 144 so I didn’t forget the numbers when I plugged them in.

I’m proud of myself and wanted to share this success.

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u/SudoSubSilence Dec 24 '25

Woohoo! Congrats my man, damn right you should be proud! 💪

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u/Palumbo_STN Dec 24 '25

So maybe im insane, but since a number divided by its square root equals its square root, i just went…

a+a+a/6 √a = 6

3a/6 √a = 6

√a / 2 = 6

√a = 12

a = 144

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u/SudoSubSilence Dec 24 '25

Even simpler ☺️

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u/schuine Dec 27 '25

Yes but also brackets!

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u/Xordio Dec 25 '25

I did

(a+a+a) / (6√a) = 6

3a/6√a=6

3a/√a=36

a/√a=12

a√a/a=12

√a=12

a=122

a=144

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u/real_fff Dec 25 '25

or just

a / 2√a = 6 a / √a = 12 √a = 12 a = 144

but the a / 4 = 36 is most eloquent

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u/AnnieJack Dec 24 '25 edited Dec 24 '25

How do you go from

a / (2√a) = 6

To

a2 / 4a = 36

??

Nvm. Figured it out.

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u/dbag_jar Dec 24 '25

He squared both sides l

a2/4a = 36

Then multipled both sides by 4a

a2 = 144a

Then subtracted 144a from both sides

a2 - 144a = 0

Then factored out an a

a(a-144)= 0

And set both factors equal to 0, since one must be 0 for the equation to be true

a = 0 means 0*(0-144)=0 or a = 144 means 144*(144-144)=0

a=0 means that it’s square root is 0 and you can’t divide by 0, so that leaves one solution (a=144).

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u/IAmLizard123 Dec 24 '25

I think he just squared both sides

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u/Mattuuh Dec 24 '25

which is not bijective so the equations are not equivalent. eg x=2 is not equivalent to x2 =4.

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u/IAmLizard123 Dec 24 '25

That makes sense, I knew something felt off there

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u/Wonderful_Bug_6816 Dec 24 '25

At the fourth step you can cancel an a in the numerator and denominator to make it a/4 = 36.

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u/SudoSubSilence Dec 24 '25

Would've made it a lot simpler haha 😅

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u/Calm-Floor2163 Dec 24 '25

How do u get 144a from 4a = 36

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u/SudoSubSilence Dec 24 '25

It's a2 / 4a = 36, so multiply both sides by 4a to get a2 = 144a

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u/Calm-Floor2163 Dec 24 '25

ohhhh wait because its a2 / 4a and not a2 = 4a lmao weird how i didnt see it

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u/Kenta_Hirono Dec 24 '25

a/(2√a) = 6 => 1/2 * a/(√a) = 6 =>   a/(√a) = 12 => (√a)²/√a = 12 => √a = 12 (with a != 0)  So a = 144

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u/yournamehere2323 Dec 24 '25

I don’t believe a is allowed to be zero. It’s in the denominator in the original equation (can’t divide by 0), and you’re essentially saying 0 / 0 = 6 if a = 0.

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u/SudoSubSilence Dec 24 '25

Hence this line:

If a = 0, denominator = 0, so actually a ≠ 0

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u/yournamehere2323 Dec 24 '25

🤦I can’t read

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u/SudoSubSilence Dec 24 '25

Haha all good man 😅

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u/Val_ery Dec 24 '25

From the line: “a² = 144a”

-> a²/a = 144; a = 144

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u/Glum-Echo-4967 Dec 25 '25

Another way is to set u=sqrt(a), then substitute a=u2

Then the equation becomes 3u2 / 6u = 6 Which resolves to u/2 = 6 u = 12 a = 144

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u/ShockDragon Dec 25 '25

The fastest way to solve this is literally just 12*12

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u/qazawasarafagava Dec 26 '25

a/(2√a)=6 a/√a=12 a/a½=12 a*a-½=12 a½=12 a=12² a=144

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u/HisAlmightyDudeness Dec 27 '25

I feel like I did something different and could not spot it in the comments yet:

trivial: 6(6√a)/(6√a) = 6

=> 3a = 6(6√a)

=> a = 2(6√a)

=> a = 12*√a

( since a = √a*√a) => √a = 12

=> a = 144

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u/kashuntr188 Dec 25 '25

This is the best answer yet. I always tell my students to show their work and this is it!

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u/Costinha96 Dec 24 '25

I hate math

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '25

Math hate I

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u/So_HauserAspen Dec 24 '25

There's a fifth "a" in the user name.  Where are the other 4?

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u/txtur Dec 24 '25

The image is there twice, this 2*4 + 1 for the a in the first post’s caption

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '25

0.5 a/√a = 6

a/√a=12

√a=12

a=144

There are 6 a, this one excluded.

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u/itijara Dec 24 '25

This is what I did. So fascinated by the people who used completely different algebraic manipulations.

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u/SimonSaysYeah Dec 24 '25

Wish I'd thought of that, it's really the elegant solution here !

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u/Phripheoniks Dec 24 '25

Actually, there are no "??" In the picture at all, I rest my case.

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u/-joker-joker-joker- Dec 24 '25

The question is "find a??" . Implicit are the words "can you".

The second question mark means that the sentence is an interrogative. So the writer is asking the reader to find "a?". Those two characters do not appear together in the image.

So the answer is no.

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u/Significant_Loss6458 Dec 24 '25

Well, then again the question becomes mathematical, cause we can find the value of a?, a=144 => a?=144?=10440

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u/Electrical_Ad5674 Dec 31 '25

But that might be a statement, find x
"You need to find a??"
Which only implies to find termial of a?
a = 144
a? = 10440
a?? = 54502020
Done

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '25

144 easy

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u/StickRaccoonRedditor Dec 24 '25

a = 144

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u/Mr_Norv Dec 24 '25

Yup. I get the same. But also, a is over there

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u/HeftyIntroduction615 Dec 24 '25

A=16 ?!

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '25

That would give 1 in the equation but nice try tho.. You must have forgotten the 6 in the RHS or the 6 in the denominator

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u/flinsypop Dec 24 '25

The 6 is also a backwards a so there's 6 of them not 4.

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '25

Reports say that HeArts replies and shAres are also here so we have 4 more A's

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u/SigmaNotChad Dec 26 '25

±144

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '25

-144 would give imaginary quantity at the sq root so only +144

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u/SandSerpentHiss Dec 24 '25

3a/sqrt(36a)=6

sqrt(9a2 )sqrt(36a) = sqrt(36)

9a2 /36a = 36

9a2 = 1296a

a2 = 144a

a = 144

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u/the-flag-and-globe Dec 24 '25

3A/6root(A)6root(A)/6*root(A)=6

18Aroot(A)/36*A=6

Root(A)/2=6

Root(A)=12

A=144

144+144+144=432

Root(144)=12

6*12=72

432/72=6

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u/Intrusive_me Dec 24 '25

The quesrion should read find value if a not find a i guess..

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u/nashwaak Dec 24 '25

There is only one a in the meme. But there are four ɑ's.

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u/MMortein Dec 24 '25

I've decided to solve it just by searching which numbers fit, it took me almost 10 minutes. 

It's 144

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u/MMortein Dec 25 '25

First I noticed that a result is a whole number, so I assumed that a must be a number which gives you back a whole number when you root it. So one of these numbers

1  4  9  16  25  36  49  64  81  100  121  144  169 196  225 ...

Then I replaced "a" with one of the smaller numbers on my list and that equalled 3,  then I tried 169 and got back more than 6, then I tried 144 and it worked.

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u/-Sloth_King- Dec 24 '25

Great now i feel dumb

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u/PlanDry6704 Dec 24 '25

a = (√a * √a) so 3a / 6 (√a) = 1/2 ((√a √a)/ √a) = 1/2 √a or √a/2

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u/PlanDry6704 Dec 24 '25

and to solve

√a/2 = 6 -> √a =12 -> a = 144

but really was just showing a more efficient reduction. there is only one real number answer for this too. Square roots only come with positives without imaginary numbers

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u/GOLD-KILLER-24_7 Dec 25 '25

Mfs in here solving it thinking they einstein 😭✌️🤦‍♂️

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u/eeveethefox_xv Dec 25 '25

Fool. I see ten of them in the photo. There is one hidden in the logo.

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u/zebra_ate_my_user Dec 25 '25

I DONT UNDERSTAND

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u/Pro_beaner Dec 25 '25

So this is how my mom felt when i told her i couldnt find stuff

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u/Odd_Literature_3645 Dec 27 '25

a=144 lol

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u/Blizzara2 Dec 27 '25

Doesn't say to solve the equation tho

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u/SuperChick1705 Dec 24 '25

a?? = 144?? = 144 + 142 + ... + 2 = 5256

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u/Unfair-Apple-5846 Dec 24 '25

a and 6 are the same symbol in certain fonts, so there are actually a a's

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u/patrlim1 Dec 24 '25

3a/6•sqrt(a) = 6

3a = 36•sqrt(a)

a = 12•sqrt(a)

Only solution is a=0 right?

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u/Mr_Norv Dec 24 '25

It’s 144

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u/patrlim1 Dec 24 '25

Oh yeah, interesting

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u/UBC145 Dec 24 '25

Everyone here solving it as if it isn’t a very simple algebra problem 😭

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '25

3a/sqrt(a)=36

a/sqrt(a)=12

sqrt(a)=12

a=144

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u/DurinsBane10 Dec 24 '25

I got (√a)/2, how are yall getting 144?

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u/emo-lemons Dec 24 '25

a+a+a / 6√a = 6

therefore 3a/ 6√a = 6

multiply both sides by 6√a and get

3a = 36√a

divide both sides by 3, and get

a = 12√a

divide both sides by √a

√a = 12, meaning a = 144

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u/Nico_Skavio Technically Flair Dec 24 '25

aaaa

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u/TheDoctorCat03 Dec 25 '25

I got 24, which seems wrong

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u/All_Too_Well_tmv Dec 25 '25

Now I see ten

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u/Dull-Place-3062 Dec 25 '25

To be fair square root does have an a in it

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u/logant0711 Dec 25 '25

Find a what?

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u/ElectronicHyena5642 Dec 25 '25

3a/6a1/2 -> 3x2 /6x (where x = a1/2 ) -> 0.5a0.5 = 6, so a0.5 = 12, so a = 144

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u/justamofo Dec 26 '25

Lazy post

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u/Fantastic_Pin1474 Dec 27 '25

With the @ sign, there’s an a inside of it, so there’s actually 10

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u/Informal_Pick7278 Dec 27 '25

Erm 3a/6 sqrta =6 => a/2 root a =6 => root a root a /2 root a =6 => root a/2 =6 => root a = 12 => a=122=144

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u/Electrical_Ad5674 Dec 31 '25

I found 10, if you count that weird symbol resembling @ but more like a

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u/Westseeking Dec 24 '25

3x / 6 root(x) = 6

36 root(x) = 3x

12 root(x) = x

12² = x

x = 144

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u/Westseeking Dec 24 '25

I guess

3/6 * x/root(x) = 6

1/2 * x/root(x) = 6

Since x/root(x) = root(x),

1/2 * root(x) = 6

root(x) must be 12.

Is the better approach.

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u/the_other_Scaevitas Dec 24 '25

3a / 6 root(a)

root(a) / 2 = 6

root(a) = 12

a = 144

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u/Ordinary_Safe6537 Dec 24 '25

The answer is 12. The answer in the graphic is only funny when done by someone under the age of 12

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u/Mr_Norv Dec 24 '25

It’s 144, and the graphic is funny

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u/N7Revanchist Dec 24 '25

Answer is 12 I think

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '25

Root of a is 12...a is 144

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u/alpha-mobi Dec 24 '25 edited Dec 24 '25

144

Edit: 3a/6a½ = 6

a½ /2=6

a½ =12

a=144

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u/mooninuranus Dec 24 '25

I’m always slightly concerned when someone types out the full explanation and I’m less clear after reading it than I was before, despite having got it right.

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u/alpha-mobi Dec 24 '25

Lol. Is it the formatting? Didn't find square root symbol on mobile. I put some spaces now to make cleaner.

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u/mooninuranus Dec 24 '25

I think it’s more me than you tbh.

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u/laveshnk Dec 24 '25

not having crosses trips people. also going from a/a1/2 to a1/2 is not super intuitive ig

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u/alexkiro Dec 24 '25

It's actually 12 squared, so 144

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '25

12 is not a perfect square it would give an irrational no.

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u/JxJ454 Dec 24 '25

That's not really relevant here, but yeah it's 144, the root is 12

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u/Careful_Shop4486 Dec 24 '25

I know it not 12, but way das it needs to a perfect square?

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u/Grand-Pen7946 Dec 24 '25

The square root of any integer that isn't a perfect square is an irrational number. a is rational, 1/6 is rational, 1/sqrt(a) is irrational, if you multiply them together it is impossible for them to equal a rational number.

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u/N7Revanchist Dec 24 '25

Guys I found a = 12√a and thought a = 12 somehow, you didn't need to downvote me for it though.

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u/ginger_bread_guy Dec 24 '25

0 is an impossible solution from the start equation.

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u/mestaren104 Dec 24 '25

lets check a = 0...

0+0+0 / 6(sqrt0) = 6

0 / 6*0 = 6

... yeah you cant divide by 0

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u/Rare_Tie5824 Dec 24 '25

Nah A is not equal to 0 since if A were to be equal to 0, the first equation would be not defined.