Answer: The Answer Is Not What You Think

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This black-background math puzzle is designed to stop the common quick guess. Parentheses and multiplication must be handled first.

Answer: The Answer Is Not What You Think

The Answer

The correct answer is: 8.

Here is why

  1. 6+2=8
  2. 4脳8=32
  3. 40-32=8

Why people miss it

People often subtract from left to right too quickly and forget to solve the parentheses first.

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