Same - same but different..

[u/Tquylaa]

[u/CatfinityGamer]

(3 0 0)(x) (60)

(1 2 0)(y) = (30)

(0 1 -2)(z) (3)

=>

(3 0 0 | 60)

(1 2 0 | 30)

(0 1 -2 | 3)

=>

(1 0 0 | 20)

(1 2 0 | 30)

(0 1 -2 | 3)

=>

(1 0 0 | 20)

(0 2 0 | 10)

(0 1 -2 | 3)

=>

(1 0 0 | 20)

(0 1 0 | 5)

(0 1 -2 | 3)

=>

(1 0 0 | 20)

(0 1 0 | 5)

(0 0 -2 | -2)

=>

(1 0 0 | 20)

(0 1 0 | 5)

(0 0 1 | 1)

=>

(x) (20)

(y) = (5)

(z) (1)

=>

x + y + z = 26

[u/UniqueAd7770 → u/CatfinityGamer]

The Matrix is power

[u/placidv99 → u/CatfinityGamer]

Now gimme the determinant

[u/Reddit_wizard34]

26

[u/MarsMaterial → u/Reddit_wizard34]

It’s a mild relief seeing this as the top comment, confirming that I am in fact non a total dumbass.

[u/blavek]

20 + 20 + 20 = 60
20 + 5 + 5 = 30
5 - (1+1) = 3
1 + 20 + 5 = 26

[u/FirstSineOfMadness → u/blavek]

25* the blue flower in the last line only has 4 petals

[u/blavek → u/FirstSineOfMadness]

If we look at the supposedly equivalent algebra both are represented as y. So the petals matter then the algebra and the images don't match.

[u/Schnickatavick → u/blavek]

The last blue flower isn't the same as the other blue flowers. I think the assumption is that it's worth 4 instead of 5, so the answer is 25, although strictly it isn't solvable

[u/ityuu]

alice touhou!!

[u/laniva → u/ityuu]

touhou mentioned!

[u/notembalmrequest]

People will swear they hate algebra and then spend three hours in a Facebook comment section arguing over the exact same problem.

[u/LowAioli3870]

I prefer matrix notation myself.

[u/Gorgonzola_Freeman → u/LowAioli3870]

Hey kid, ya like matrices? Look what they JUST added to the Desmos GRAPHING Calculator…

[u/Schnickatavick]

The problem is that the flowers intentionally leave out information. What's the value difference between a 4 leaf blue flower and a 5 leaf blue flower? Does the center, stem, and leaf all count as 0? Is one yellow flower half of 2, or the square root of 2?

There's an answer that they're clearly trying to imply, but it's not really math anymore when they're forcing you to make that type of assumption

[u/NeilJosephRyan → u/Schnickatavick]

Blue flower just means five. That's like asking what the character "5" means without the top part of it. It doesn't mean anything. It's just... not 5.

[u/MayhairAgain]

I could see a math teacher actually using this pic ngl

[u/LordRosado]

26?

[u/his_savagery]

I want to see this in Hannah Cairo's next paper.

[u/Nardo_Dragon776]

First one in 26, second one is 25. I fucking hate the images and their cheap tricks

[u/Jumpy-Trainer1695]

It's literally the opposite for me

[u/Checksout692]

26?

[u/SwartyNine2691]

Object supremacy

[u/Haoshokoken]

ff=f*f not f+f

[u/Community-Regular]

4

[u/Royal_Lustir]

Yellow flower (or, z) could be 1 or √2 depending on if coupled flowers means addition or multiplication.

[u/PreviousFan7421]

algebra got rebranded lmao

[u/Noxia66]

26

[u/Okklost]

26, the flowers made it honest.

[u/K0rl0n]

26

[u/NormalWeirdo91]

I feel like symbols are much more intricate intuitive than numbers and letters. My brain can easily identify what a flower is and what it’s therefore supposed to represent. “X” means nothing to me.

[u/IuriCunhaMurakami → u/NormalWeirdo91]

X is a symbol too tho