I’m not a mathematician (if you are, please send some tips to
improve this post), but I saw an interesting math problem going
around the internet and I felt like posting my solution. This
the the problem as I first saw it: Everyone seems to have solved
this problem looking for a function that relates the two
numbers. I actually tried to solve the problem assuming the
numbers were actually equal to each other (more on that later),
but most people seem to have solved for a function that relates
the numbers. Let’s try looking for a function first. A simple
solution If you’re looking for a simple pattern, you may notice
the numbers on the left are increasing in increments of one, and
the numbers on the right by increments of 11. Mind the gap,
though, we’re solving for 117 instead of 116. Following this
pattern we’ve increased by 2 on the left and should therefore
add 22 on the right. So the answer is 79. This is just a simple
linear regression, so you can solve it to find a formula you can
use for any number: 1 2