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You are on your way to rocket space camp for junior mathematicians on planet Funkotron when your shuttle alters it's destination due to heavy space traffic. So you wind up going to math systems camp for junior rocket scientists on planet Mellowsphere. You are only prepared for a visit to Funkotron though and have no clue how Mellowspherians calculate. Luckily your camp buddy had a little cheat sheet. In Mellowspherian Math the following are true:

2+2=12

5-3=62

3x4=61

6/3=83

So, in Mellowspherian math, what is 1-3?

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I'll le someone ele figure this - very close to one I was setting, otherwise quite tricky!

I got 18 as well.

I'll show the math I used...

5 - 3 = 62 --> Add the two digits and square their sum; then subtract (from the square) the result of the problem (as if it were an Earth-math problem, i.e., 5 - 3 = 2) ...

so (5 + 3)^2 – (5 - 3) = 8^2 - 2 = 64 – 2 = 62.

Similarly, (1 + 3)^2 – (1 – 3) = 4^2 – (-2) = 16 + 2 = 18.

Is that how you did it?

As for the others, briefly…

2+2=12 -->

(2 + 2)^2 – (2 + 2) = 4^2 – 4 = 16 – 4 = 12

3x4=61 -->

(3 + 4)^2 + (3 x 4) = 7^2 + 12 = 49 + 12 = 61

6/3=83 -->

(6 + 3) ^2 + (6/3) = 9^2 – 2 = 81 + 2 = 83

Interesting puzzle, itachi-san.

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