Find -the- soultion

[VBCurtis]

Originally Posted by davar55

I thought the puzzle was perfectly clear. Let he who is w/o puzzle cast the first criticism.

So many puzzles have strong hints in their wording, and I also got hung up on the use of "equation" here as possibly part of the trick. The equals sign doesn't need to be there, and since there is nothing on the other side it's not an equation.

[Uncwilly]

Originally Posted by VBCurtis

So many puzzles have strong hints in their wording, and I also got hung up on the use of "equation" here as possibly part of the trick. The equals sign doesn't need to be there, and since there is nothing on the other side it's not an equation.

Can you say intentional obfuscation? Puzzles are like that. A little misdirection, etc.

[davar55]

He didn't want to make it too obvious / easy. It was fine. But objections understood.

[MattcAnderson]

Got the solution

hint
consider the term (x-x)


answer
all the terms are multiplied by zero , to the answer is 0.

Regards,
Matt

[Uncwilly]

Originally Posted by MattcAnderson

Got the solution

A simple hint that often works is: start at the end.

[davar55]

Good hint !