The Mysterious Ampersand
If
2 & 5 = 16,
9 & 2 = 83,
7 & 1 = 62,
What is the answer to the following? 6 & 6 = ?
This problem was originally the 7th Bi-Weekly Puzzle on Shufflenet
The answer is 57.
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1 solution
The answer is 57. One less than the first number becomes the tens digit, and the second number increased by one becomes the ones digit of the answer.