Troll Addition 1 + 1 + 1 or 1 + 1 + 1 + 1

Question

What do you get if you add 1 to 1 three times?

Note the tags for this problem are mathematics and lateral thinking...hmm

Oh yeah, and btw, the question title is kinda misleading...

that new edit kinda changed the meaning of the last phrase – lucidbrot Jan 08 '18 at 07:27 — lucidbrot, Jan 08 '18 at 07:27
@frarugi87 I like how the linked website states it twice – lucidbrot Jan 08 '18 at 14:53 — lucidbrot, Jan 08 '18 at 14:53

Preet · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-08T04:23:51.123

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As lateral thinking so:

Answer is: 2, doesn't matter how many times we add 1 to 1 result is always 2:P

edited Jan 08 '18 at 04:23

answered Jan 08 '18 at 04:15

Preet

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Ack, you beat me by seconds! – Phylyp Jan 08 '18 at 04:16
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That means we got same thinking:P lateral:) – Preet Jan 08 '18 at 04:17
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@phylyp this has got to be the fastest question answered on record :P – NL628 Jan 08 '18 at 04:18
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@phylyp lowkey refreshed the page and got two new answers – NL628 Jan 08 '18 at 04:24
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I propose "2 2 2" as the answer. :-) – Alex Jan 08 '18 at 16:07
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@NL628 Not faster than this one, though. 50 seconds (including scrolling and clicking and typing time). Wow! – ibrahim mahrir Jan 08 '18 at 22:31

score 23 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 08 '18 at 04:15

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That would be:

2, three times, wouldn't it?

Rationale:

The specific action is adding 1 to 1. Its not cumulatively adding 1.

answered Jan 08 '18 at 04:15

Phylyp

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I just looked through your profile and I realized that you got 250 points from my Troll Addition question and 160 points from my "Harrier Side of me one" wow :O – NL628 Jan 09 '18 at 20:57

score 10 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 08 '18 at 04:58

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I get...

... 7.

Could be...

... 1+1+1 = 3 (base 10) = 11 (base 2).

OR could be...

... 1+1+1+1 = 4 (base 10) = 100 (base 2).

And...

... 11 or 100 = 111 (base 2)
= 7 (base 10)

answered Jan 08 '18 at 04:58

humn

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the troller the answer the better :) have a look at the other answers for fun – NL628 Jan 08 '18 at 04:59
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Already had, just couldn't resist. Probably should've saved this solution for a puzzle of its own. – humn Jan 08 '18 at 05:01
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[and another] Congratulations on being hot! My hottest was "Finger that bad digit" until I changed its title. I hope your suspension is short, @NL628, you'll be fun live. And thank for whiskering a place to not go. Bye for now. – humn Jan 08 '18 at 05:16
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i like how Finger that bad digit is now a linked question ;) – NL628 Feb 14 '18 at 02:01

score 10 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 08 '18 at 06:37

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Come on guys, it's obviously

1111

answered Jan 08 '18 at 06:37

votbear

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lucidbrot · Answer 5 · 2018-01-08T14:51:58.853

The other answers seem more reasonable, but the programmer in me just instantly thought of this:

"What do you get if you add 1 to 1 three times?"
Read aloud: "add 1 2 1 3 times"
That is a function that looks like this:
f = (+1213)*, i.e. a function that takes some input number n and returns a new function that would add n*1213 to its own input number. So that new function is what I get if I "add 1 to 1 three times"

score 7 · Answer 6 · answered Jan 08 '18 at 07:24

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If you read it out phonetically...

...you can get 363

answered Jan 08 '18 at 07:24

Gieron

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score 6 · Answer 7 · answered Jan 08 '18 at 09:26

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I'm surprised this hasn't been said so far:

Answer is: 1 + 1×3 = 2

answered Jan 08 '18 at 09:26

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isn't that 4? idk – hyper-neutrino Jan 08 '18 at 15:03
@HyperNeutrino Read the title of the question again – Pierre Arlaud Jan 08 '18 at 15:11
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no but 1+1*3 evaluates to 4. If you're doing 1+1 3 times, then sorry but that has been said already (see accepted answer). – hyper-neutrino Jan 08 '18 at 15:44
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@HyperNeutrino Let me rephrase: troll question => troll answer :P – Pierre Arlaud Jan 08 '18 at 15:45

score 6 · Answer 8 · answered Jan 08 '18 at 10:19

This is my take:

The trolls of Terry Pratchett's discworld count "one, two, many". Then they continue with "many-one, many-two, many-many, many-many-one" and so on. So I'm going to say "many-one", as 1+1+1+1 is clearly the interpretation of "adding 1 to 1 three times".

JMP · Answer 9 · 2018-01-08T07:25:45.997

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Is it:

11, using concatenation

?

edited Jan 08 '18 at 07:25

answered Jan 08 '18 at 07:19

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add 1 to 1 three times
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you get 11 each time! – JMP Jan 08 '18 at 12:28
oh, I see now where you're coming from :) – Jan 08 '18 at 12:35
String concatenation, funny. Happens so often. – Thomas Weller Jan 08 '18 at 15:12

score 3 · Answer 10 · answered Jan 08 '18 at 17:25

The answer is

5

because

given that the question was tagged with mathematics it is clearly referencing one of the most popular online mathematics references: The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences® and as most mathematicians know the first three elements in the sequence with the index "1 to [sic] 1" (aka A000121) are 1, 2, and 2. Adding these up yields 5.

score 3 · Answer 11 · answered Jan 08 '18 at 17:39

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I'm a little surprised no one mentioned:

112

because

1 added to (one three times) 111 = 112

Similarly, it could be

4

because

1 + (1 + 1 + 1) or 1 + (1 * 3), with each term in parentheses being "one three times"

answered Jan 08 '18 at 17:39

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score 2 · Answer 12 · answered Jan 08 '18 at 16:11

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(Add one to one) three times so (1+1)x3=6

answered Jan 08 '18 at 16:11

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Troll Addition 1 + 1 + 1 or 1 + 1 + 1 + 1

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