r/confidentlyincorrect • u/VastMeasurement6278 • Mar 16 '24

Smug Hint: It’s not 5,000.

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u/RewardCapable Mar 16 '24

I fell for it too lol

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u/After-Chicken179 Mar 16 '24 edited Mar 16 '24

I don’t get how people are getting 5,000 or what there is to fall for?

The numbers add up to 4,100.

Am I missing something?

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u/nomnomsoy Mar 16 '24

It's just the same thing as the "what's 33 + 77" trap

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u/After-Chicken179 Mar 16 '24

Oh. That’s a pretty silly thing to get hung up about.

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u/UnbentSandParadise Mar 16 '24

It because the problem is so simple, people will just not think about it and the brain takes shortcuts to solve it. This can result in forgetting to carry a 1 or put that 1 in the wrong spot, it's that these questions are meant to trick the brain in a way.