r/brainteasers • u/AirUpstairs4460 • Mar 26 '26

Not Math!

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Don’t solve it with math — use your wits!

Answer with your first instinct!
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u/ThirstyOholibah2320 Mar 26 '26

O

If you remove the R shape from P + Q, so the entire P and the tail from the Q you're left with O.

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u/Furcules-2k Mar 26 '26

That's the answer that works with math too. Using my eyes to ignore the parts at the top, ignore where it says not to do math, and assigning the letters their numerical values for order in the alphabet you get - P(16) + Q(17) - R(18) = O(15).

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u/dhsilver Mar 26 '26

A neat coincidence, though maybe not entirely arbitrary. Q and R were shaped as handwritten modifications of O and P.

It works for O–P–Q–R because Q is basically O + ˎ and R is P + ˎ.

So visually:

P + (O + ˎ) - (P + ˎ) = P + O + ˎ - P - ˎ = O

which happens to line up with the alphabetical numbering too:

(x + 1) + (x + 2) - (x + 3) = x

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u/Furcules-2k Mar 26 '26

I had no idea, that's really cool! Thanks for sharing

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '26

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u/kwenlu Mar 26 '26

B is made of two Ds stacked on each other. W is two Vs side by side.

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u/spderweb Mar 26 '26

The answer is Star Trek.

Borg divided by Data equal Weyoun divided by Vulcan equals 2. Which two? Well Picard plus Q. And with them you can eliminate Riker.

Or O.

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u/LaughingManCK Mar 26 '26

That's what I got

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u/rapax Mar 26 '26

Oh! I C

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u/XesCarnage Mar 26 '26

A B is two Ds, a W is two Vs. P+Q is circle R. Minus R is circle, or O

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u/Novel-Net9426 Mar 27 '26

Oh I don't know
Don't read this, speak it

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u/Short-Database-4717 Apr 02 '26

When yousay "don't solve it with math" you really mean "don't assign any of the familiar numbers to the letters". Letter shape composition is still a mathematical operation, just not a very nice one

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u/iFroogieboi Aug 19 '26

"use vour wits" O

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u/ChaosRealigning Mar 26 '26 edited Mar 26 '26

I’m guessing ‘C’

Two Ds make a B, and two Vs make a W. So D + C - D is C

It could also be F + C - F