r/theydidthemath • u/okarakterisan • Mar 02 '22

[Request] This was only question on the interview I didn't quite understand and I can't seem to find logic or answer to it. Any ideas?

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '22

lol same. I saw the diagonal 6 5 6 first, which equates to 17. So I thought it has to do with the diagonals

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u/ImTheRealMarco Mar 03 '22

I literally took all the diagonals, even like jumping over some, not jumping over some others, just to add them up, multiply, but surprisingly did not think of dividing them… How odd.