In this puzzle, number written on every triangle equals the product of numbers written on three bottom triangle. Also every number must be a positive Integer greater than 1.
And A + B = 4 5 ,
You need to find the value of 2 5 C A − 1 B − 2 .
Example for how this puzzle works is given here:
For the triangle with vertex at bottom, it works as follows:
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Then A = 4 5 − 5 = 4 0 ⟹ C = 1 2 × 1 6 × 5 = 9 6 0
The answer is 4 0 9 6 0 = 2 4 .
I think the letters A and B must be switched in the equations.
B is the product of three triangles below it, so B = 2 * 4 * A = 8A. B = 8A is correct and A = 8B is not.
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Label the missing triangles D , E , and F , as shown below:
Then 2 E D = 1 2 and 2 E F = 1 6 , which simplifies to E D = 6 and E F = 8 . Since every number is a positive integer greater than 1 , E must be a factor of 6 and 8 and greater than 1 , which means E = 2 . Since E D = 6 and E F = 8 and E = 2 , D = 3 and F = 4 .
We also know that 2 A F = B , and since F = 4 , B = 8 A . We are given that A + B = 4 5 , and substituting B = 8 A gives 9 A = 4 5 , which means A = 5 . Since A = 5 and B = 8 A , B = 4 0 .
Since C = 1 2 ⋅ 1 6 ⋅ B and B = 4 0 , C = 7 6 8 0 .
Therefore, 2 5 C A − 1 B − 2 = 2 5 ⋅ 7 6 8 0 ⋅ 5 − 1 ⋅ 4 0 − 2 = 2 4 .