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Comments on Puzzle #21108: #7 Tee Shirt Humor - Find X
By Norma Dee (norm0908)

peek at solution       solve puzzle
  quality:   difficulty:   solvability: line logic only  

Puzzle Description:

There it is

#1: kenzi03 (kenzi03) on Feb 14, 2013 [SPOILER]

I was thinking that I would actually solve for x... approx 12.73!
#2: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Feb 14, 2013 [SPOILER]
Expand the equation: x²(3x+5)

x² ( 3x + 5 )

x²__(__3x__+__5__)

x²___(___3x___+___5___)

x²____(____3x____+____5____)


(Just pretend the underlines are spaces... I tried three flavors of spaces and the parser stripped them all out.)
#3: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Feb 14, 2013
Good MNMoore. I've forgotten how. Something to do with the Pythagorean Theorem. (I think.)

You expanded it alright, Joe. :)
#4: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Feb 14, 2013 [SPOILER]
9 x the square root of 2 (I don't have a square-root key) :)
#5: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Feb 14, 2013
That looks much better Joe.:)
#6: Tom King (sgusa) on Feb 14, 2013
Fun puzzle, Norma!
#7: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Feb 14, 2013
Thanks, Tom.
#8: Kurt Kowalczyk (bahabro) on Feb 15, 2013
that's great! where can I buy one?!

been rolling on with the thurs night trivia with the sibs. a question from last night.... what's the only number that is twice the sum of its digits?
#9: Kristen Vognild (Kristen) on Feb 15, 2013
18?
#10: Kurt Kowalczyk (bahabro) on Feb 15, 2013
correct, ofc!
#11: Teresa K (fasstar) on Feb 16, 2013
Oh you guys are all so clever. :-D
#12: Andrew Schultz (blurglecruncheon) on Nov 17, 2019 [SPOILER]
/raises hand

Ooh! Ooh! I know the originator of this joke/meme!

https://wadeclarke.com/findx/
#13: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Nov 17, 2019
Thanks, Andrew.
#14: Joanne Firla (JoFirla) on Nov 17, 2019
Hahaha. I wonder if anyone has handed that in as an answer. I hope they got partial credit for creativity. Hahaha.
#15: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Nov 17, 2019
I would hope so, too. :)
#16: David Bouldin (dbouldin) on Jun 10, 2020
space test :)

(3x+5)
( 3 x + 5 )
(  3  x  +  5  )
(   3   x   +   5   )

found one that works (at least now)...that's Unicode 2001 (Em Quad)
:)
#17: BlackCat (BlackCat) on Aug 2, 2020
Unknown
#18: Steve (StevieB) on Aug 23, 2022
I have this t-shirt :D
#19: Andrew Schultz (blurglecruncheon) on Aug 23, 2022
I hope this doesn't fall under the realm of commercial links, but the originator of this image (stated above) has a Kickstarter for a text adventure he's writing that ends in under 24 hours. As noted above he's a friend of mine, and ... well, he missed out on the t-shirt royalties, etc.

And a couple of years' funding could help him write something he's meant to for a while.

So if anyone is into supporting Kickstarters, especially ones where funding's still up in the air, this may be a good one. But if not, no worries.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wadeclarke/andromeda-acolytes-a-state-of-the-art-sci-fi-text-adventure

Apologies to the admins if this cold-calling is out of line. I don't want anyone to feel obliged or pressured to donate. But the coincidence happened, and I didn't want the chance to pass by.

(ETA: the kickstarter was fully funded! Hooray! And thanks if anyone saw this and donated.)

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