No. 001 - Simple Addition [Written]

[reminded]

[It's about time to give this device a go. In neat, legible writing is simply the following:]

5 + 5 + 5 = 550

It appears I have my arithmetic out of sorts. However, it would be a shame to scrap the equation entirely. Can you help me correct it by adding a single straight line?

Comments

[voice]

[reminded]

You certainly may. As a matter of fact, there is another equation of mine that I made a mess of somewhere along the way:

8 + 8 = 91

I've grown rather fond of it. Unfortunately, the laws of mathematics demand that the equation be balanced. What can I do to balance the equation without altering it at all?

[written | voice] /late, sorry

[ofwesternwinds]

Um... give me a second.

[This one might take him a while. Rudy likes to think he's somewhat decent with his math, but that one has him stuck. Because it's easier, he writes the problem out in the journal to look over.

"8 + 8 = 91

8 8 9 1

8(8)

8 + 8 = 16 ?"

Messily, he writes (and crosses out) a bunch of stuff down, hoping there's something in this he might catch onto. And for a moment, he's stumped. How do you get ninety-one out of two eights? Changing it to multiplication wouldn't work, for one. Especially now that he remembers it's supposed to be unaltered.]

Eight added to another eight equals sixteen, wouldn't it?

[voice] not a problem!

[reminded]

[Layton reads through his progress with amusement.]

It would indeed. Now, if only my equation made as much sense.