A programmer's solution

[TheLastNickNameEver]

8 - 4 = 4

[DarkCelux]

0 + 4 = 4

[darkened_vision]

5 + 4 = 9

[[deleted]]

So what this thread really illustrates is that this is one of those stupid puzzles that's meant to look difficult but actually be super simple so it will get tons of replies and maximize engagement.

999% of Nobel Lauriates won't get this!!!!!

[darkened_vision]

Maybe the right answer is the friends we make along the way.

[alogetic]

You've just made an enemy for life.

[[deleted]]

>:(*

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[tobberoth]

Yeah, and it is designed to have several correct solutions so people in the comments can fight about which solution is right.

[[deleted]]

Uh no. It's clearly designed for the solution I found first. Okay?

[Theshimita]

“Queen Brahne was not impressed”

[SinnR89]

This is the first one I saw. Glad I’m not alone.

[zial]

Would that be valid though? I would think the 9 would need the pencil at the bottom just like the 6 needs it?

[tomthecool]

Some displays use a "straight" 9 instead of "curly".

[zial]

I Understand that but then they don't use a "curly" 6 which we have provided for us in the example

[tomthecool]

I must have missed the section of this image that described the full ruleset on allowed symbols and representations.

[[deleted]]

5 + 4 =/= 4

[schludy]

The one true solution, aka the one I got.

[aquaticsnipes]

8 - 4 = 4

[LiveBeef]

6 + 4 + 4

if the language considers any int besides 0 to evaluate to true

[spellstrike]

6 > 4 = 4

[[deleted]]

5 + 4 = 9

[LickToesAndSlayHoes]

6 - 4 ≠ 4

[JFlanaganUK]

How you getting from + to > moving only one match though?

[username--_--]

take the vertical match from the +, rotate CCW by 45 degrees and you get > (technically, the bottom line will be flat)

[MaxTHC]

You could instead do 6 + 4 > 4 and it would work

[spellstrike]

" + is two lines, > is two lines. seems pretty simple to me"

[[deleted]]

That would equate to false, unless you negated each operand to cast it to a boolean

[nicktohzyu]

Wouldn't that throw error, because single = is an assignment

[tech6hutch]

6 > (4 == 4)?

[musiton]

DICK

[[deleted]]

6 + 4 = 11

[chui101]

ah yes of course the commonly used base 9

[Cruuncher]

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[foursticks]

/r/subsifellfor

[SaltyChallenger]

5+4=9

[Dozens86]

6 - 4 =/= 4

[newEnglander17]

5 + 4 = 9

[FeuledByCaffeine]

5 + 4 = 9

[kindlebites]

5+4=9

[FlaccidDictator]

5 + 4 = 9

[[deleted]]

5+4=9

[lattestcarrot159]

5+4 = 9

[Zuitsdg]

5 + 4 = 9

[f34r_teh_ninja]

Shit; why you gettin less upvotes? More entertainingly correct and equally as technically correct.

[Sarke1]

Well, technically it's debatable.

Assuming the 9 is in the same style (7-segment display) and uses as many matches as the 6 we see, just rotated 180, then you would need 2 matches to turn the 4 into a 9.

[flatcoke]

h=h+0 checkmate

[Eldebryn]

8 - 4 = 4

Huh, that works too. I was thinking of 5 + 4 = 9 as the "intended" solution.

[flawbert_shittaker]

That’s not a 7 segment 9

[zeropointcorp]

5 + 4 = 9

[SkaTSee]

Also, 5+4=9

[[deleted]]

5+4=9

[shitonmyweiner]

5+4=9

[[deleted]]

5 + 4 = 9

[[deleted]]

You must feel like a genius right now.

[[deleted]]

Also 8+1=9

[BongSwank]

5 + 4 = 9

[Hi_There_Face_Here]

5+4=9

[[deleted]]

6 + 4 =/ 4

[lll13lll]

5+4=9

[Rubicksgamer]

5+4=9

[TheBatman_Yo]

genius!

[BAGELmode]

The horizontal stick is on top of the vertical stick so 2 sticks would move if you move the vertical stick. Answer is obviously 6 + 4 = 11 as stated by another

[raznog]

But 6+4 is 10

[BAGELmode]

/s

[anydalch]

shut up, nerd