Late response but here
>>37323162
I don't get why people have to use algebra to do this, you can just see the pattern
1 * 4 = 4 *1 = 4
2 * 4 = 8 * 2 = 16
3 * 4 = 12 * 3 = 36
>>37323162
i c what u did there op & i couldn't give 36 fucks
>>37323365
using logic like that the answer could also be 64
4^1=4
4^2=16
4^3=64
>>37323520
Yeah, I suppose he is essentially saying the what is given is NN X NN where N is some integer and the result of that expression is (N^2)*4 which does really account for how NN X NN was written.
I like OP's way of looking at it. The other way of looking at it is thinking of "11" as some variable in two dimensions. Two dimensions being, the face value of the numbers shown, and the value that they have to make the original expression given true.
i.e.
>11 X 11 = 4
>("11")^2=4
>"11"=2
...
>22 = 2* 11
>"22" = 2 * "11"
>"22" = 2*2
>"22"=4
>4*4 = 16
...
etc.
>>37323629
fridge break anon?
>>37323520
Nope because 1 * 4 which is an abbreviation of 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 makes more connections
There are 4 numbers so you add them
Following the logic it would be
1^4 not 4^1 which doesn't fit the pattern
>>37323666
Wait, my computer ate some of my words
>...saying that what is given...
>...which does not really account...
wait, what are we talking about again?
>>37323680
Beautiful
1^4=1
2^4=16
3^4=81
Wait, what were you saying?
>>37323726
>>37323680
Wait, I got it; I'm going to sleep now.
I'm too tired to read and type and do everything else.
>>37323726
>1^4=1
Right, it breaks the pattern. If it fit the pattern it would equal 4
>>37323666
the truth shall set you free ... just saying
11 x 11 = 4
1+1 x 1+1 = 4
3+3 x 3+3 = 36
>>37323162
Did you notice that 16 is a direct square from 4? Maybe its a sequence of squares...
Wacky equalizing, it also could be something like
2 x 2 = 4
4 x 4 = 16
16 x 16 = 256
>>37323788
you left out 2 + 2 anon
>>37323788
This is the closest thing to an answer this bullshit puzzle will ever have.
You could also say that:
If a*a=b, then a=sqrt(b).
11*11=4, so 11=sqrt(4)=2
Same for 22*22=16: 22=sqrt(16)=4
Assuming that 11+22=33, it follows that 33=6.
33*33=6*6=36
This only makes the assumption that there's a logical connection between the three, which is necessary for this to be solvable.
11*11=121... 1+2+1=4
22*22=484... 4+8+4=16
33*33=1089... 1+0+8+9=18
So yeh this is the asnwer...
>>37325060
seems legal anon