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Did you solve it? The pals that broke the internet, ten years on

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Cheryl may have thought of 1 and 2 ( 1 x 2 = 2 ), or 3 and 4 ( 3 x 4 = 12 ), or 8 and 9 ( 8 x 9 = 72 ) So the sum a + b could be 3 , 7 , 17 etc. Bernard cannot know with 100 per cent certainty the value of a +b.

The only time Bernard can know the sum is when the last digit is 1 or 9 .

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