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Use three twos in three different ways so the second answer is twice the first answer and half the third answer?

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Use three twos in three different ways so the second answer is twice the first answer and half the third answer. You can put add, take, times or divide between the twos. e.g. 2/2+2=3

posted Jul 29, 2017 by anonymous

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answers could be 0.5, 1 and 2
eg
2/(2x2)=0.5, 2-(2/2)=1 and (2+2)/2=2

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(2-2)x2=0,
(2-2)/2=0 and
2x(2-2)=0

answer Sep 18, 2018 by Salil Agrawal



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