CHAOS 1.1 is part of the CHAOS series, an acronym that stands for Crazily Haunted Artithmetic Operation System. And the word crazy stands for very strange, unusual, unpredictable, nonconforming, odd, weird or just mad.
So forget the traditional method of solving arithmetic operations. This problem requires thinking outside the box. CHAOS series is made up of puzzles and riddles and not traditional maths. Mathematics in URAIMSIA, an Armchair Treasure Hunt Book, is something like Alice in Wonderland. So follow the white rabbit (your imagination) and enter the hole (thinking outside the box).
By the way, Jakim Vyzov is part of my pen name and a cyphered puzzle too. So you have to decode it to realize its real meaning. My whole pen name got 5 part, so Jakim Vyzov is just 2 of 5 parts. The rest of my pen name – the other 3 parts of 5 – is going to be showed when the book will be available for sale.
Solve the following problem if you can:
X – (1/2 + 1/2) = 4
By Jakim Vyzov
As you see, the second problem of the CHAOS Series is an equation with fraction.
But remember: this is not a traditional mathematical problem so that you have got to think out of the box.
Solving it through the traditional method:
X – 1 = 4
x = 4 + 1
x = 5
But this is not the answer in CHAOS series cause you got to think outside the box to solve it. So there is a second answer. Just think and search for it.