This new lunch-themed emoji brain-buster has onlookers stumped.
The puzzle requires players to solve an emoji-based equation.
The veggie illusion first surfaced on TikTok, posted by user @puzzlegame21.
The first math problem shows three taco emojis that are added together to equal 60.
The second formula says that the amount of three salad emojis is 30.
The third line reveals three cucumber emojis added together totals 24.
The final equation is left for the viewer to solve and they must answer it within 20 seconds to demonstrate their smarty pants-ness.
The puzzle wants the person to determine the value of each emoji and one should use the prior equations to get the answer.
[Warning: Spoilers below]
The last line asks: “[Taco emoji] + [cucumber emoji] x [salad emoji] = ??”
Because all operations have been addition, players have stumbled thinking the final puzzle question is one of adding. The answer would then be 38, as each taco is worth 20, salad is 10 and the cucumber’s 8.
However, that is not correct, due to the multiplication symbol placed in the calculation.
Keep scrolling to learn the answer!
The answer to the math problem is 100.
How do you get there? One must first multiply the value of the cucumber (8) and the salad (10) — which comes to 80 — and then add the taco’s value (20) to that.
Were you able to figure it out?
Therefore, the question can be written as 20 + (10 x 8), then 20 + 80 = 100, according to the mathematical order of operations, PEMDAS.
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