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Your job is to create a simple sum that adds up to 12. You
have to use the same number three times and you cannot use
the number 4

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Your job is to create a simple sum that adds up to 12. You have to use the same number three times ..

Answer / arun

@Pinks
There is not mentioned in the question that exactly how many times we have to use addition operator i.e (+), it says you have to create a simple sum, that means addition must be present there but at the same time, it also doesn't restricts us to use any other operator like (*) or (/)

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Your job is to create a simple sum that adds up to 12. You have to use the same number three times ..

Answer / arulmurugan.c

in binary
01100=12
01100=12
10011=-12
.............
01100=12
.............

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Your job is to create a simple sum that adds up to 12. You have to use the same number three times ..

Answer / wapnil

4+4+4=12

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Your job is to create a simple sum that adds up to 12. You have to use the same number three times ..

Answer / anil

0.5+0.5+0.5+1.5+1.5+1.5+2+2+2

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Your job is to create a simple sum that adds up to 12. You have to use the same number three times ..

Answer / anil

6+2+2+2

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Your job is to create a simple sum that adds up to 12. You have to use the same number three times ..

Answer / amith

3*3+3=12

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Your job is to create a simple sum that adds up to 12. You have to use the same number three times ..

Answer / saffy989

3+3+3+1+1+1=12

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Your job is to create a simple sum that adds up to 12. You have to use the same number three times ..

Answer / akshay dhar

the actual anser is 2^2+2^2+2^2

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Your job is to create a simple sum that adds up to 12. You have to use the same number three times ..

Answer / robert

3+3+3=9

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Your job is to create a simple sum that adds up to 12. You have to use the same number three times ..

Answer / karthika

Hi murali,when u use 3! it includes two too...
so ur answer exceeds the condition...

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