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The answer is 42 but the answer is also 14.

1 + 5 x 8 + 1 = 42.

1 + 5 = 5 + 1

1 + 8 = 8 + 1

1 + 5 x 1 + 8 = 14

5 + 1 x 1 + 8 = 14

5 + 1 x 8 + 1 = 14

1 + 5 x 8 + 1 = 42

1 + 5 x 8 + 1 = 5 + 1 x 1 + 8 = 14|42

14 = 42

14 / 3 = 42 / 3 = 4.667 = 14

4.667 = 14

14 / 14 = 42 / 14 = 1 = 3

1 = 3

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Your logic is flawed.

Multipliers always come before aditions, so your notation leads you awry.

Technically 1 + 5 x 8 + 1 should be written:

1 + (5 x 8) + 1 = 42

Your other calculations are that, OTHER calculations and NOT reinterpretations of the orgiginal, so 1 != 3

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