If 8x = 80, what is x? It is one of the most interesting equations I have ever come across. No, solution is not the problem, but because the possible outcomes are many. Let us see from various perspectives : Whole number assumption : 8x = 80, x = 80/8, so x = 10. Fractional assumption : 8x = 80, x = 80/8, so possible outcomes - x= 40/4 , x = 20/2 , x = 10/ 1 Using operators 8x = 80, x, =80/8, x= (4pow2)*5/((2pow2)*2) on more simplification, x =(4pow2)/(2pow2) Sherlock’s Deductions : 8x = 80 Sherlock : why would anyone leave a simple question like this?? These funny little brains. There is something i am missing, there must be some hidden message. 8 Ex = 80 The person might have 8 girl friends, (8 ex) and the amount he spent on them must have cost him 80 years of hard work. lol these humans. Eight Axe = Eighty, is the person a woodcutter and uses 8 axes?? no, then 80 becomes useless and the person must be clever enough to use all the signs. Dr. Watson, I need my patch right now, this is killing me, it is something very obvious, it's the game of the words. Eight Axe = AT I have seen this arrangement before, oh God where, whereee!! why can't I remember. Dr. Watson - Sherlock remember that artificial ring you bought from Axe road for Molly Hooper?? Sherlock - What did you just say?? Dr. Watson - Artificial Ring. Sherlock - No, after that. Dr. Watson - Molly Hooper. Sherlock - In between that. Dr. Watson - You seriously need those patches. Sherlock : 8 Axe = A T , clever boy *evil laugh* that equal to symbol actually means road,it's an address that contains 8, Axe and A T. *After searching his mind for 2 min* It's 8 Axe Rd, Bridgwater TA6, UK. Dr. Watson, you got something interesting for your blog, where is my deer hat.? It took a while for me to write this answer, and to think like Sherlock, pheww (-_-)’ Hope it helped , Thank you..!! EDIT : Thanks for the suggestions , Shalini and Hitarth..!! Edit 2 - one more SherLock’s deduction, Mohammad Yusuf's answer to What is the answer for 54-27+2? EDIT 3 - Dr. Watson just commented and told me that 'x' was actually 'zero' and that proves the equation, 8x = 80. https://www.quora.com/