The puzzle before you has gone particularly viral because it left many users confused. It was posted on the social network TikTok, on an account that frequently shares puzzles and personality tests. The question may be a bit tricky for quite a few of you, but if you concentrate long enough, you might manage to arrive at the correct answer.
Before you is an incorrect equation, 72+12=-24, made up of 29 matchsticks. You must move one matchstick to change the equation and arrive at a logical solution. The answer is at the bottom of the article.
Note that there may be several solutions to the equation; we will present only one solution.
Did you succeed? Even if not, it’s okay. The answer is before you.
You need to move one matchstick to change the equation. Which matchstick? Move the top matchstick of the digit 7 and attach it to the minus sign (-) before the number 24 at the end of the equation. By doing so, we transform the digit 7 into the digit 1 and the minus sign (-) into a plus sign (+). With this change, we get the correct equation: 12+12=+24.