Here's the question for May 8th from the AMS Daily Epsilon of Math Calendar. For those unfamiliar with the calendar, the answer is always the day of the month. Looking for imaginative solutions is the aim.
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in reply to Suat Ayöz • • •6 = (a/c)-1 = (a-c)/c = 18/c
--> c = 3
(a+b)+c = 5+3 = 8
not really seeing that many ways to do this; seems to be more a matter of which steps you can leave out and still have it make sense.