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Again, thanks to Olga Karkalas for this full rendition that results in the answer for the Math Problem shown on the wall of the Ferrin's Hill Cemetery crypt.
3 stars = 2 skulls. Therefore, 1 star = 2/3 skulls.
4 hanged men = 6 stars (hanged men are referred to as men below).
Replacing the stars with the skulls yields: 4 men = (6 x 2/3) skulls or 4 men = 4 skulls or 1 man = 1 skull.
5 skulls = 2 men + 1.5 stars + 18 flames.
Replacing the men with the equivalent number of skulls gives us:
5 skulls = 2 skulls + 1.5 stars + 18 flames or
3 skulls = 1.5 stars + 18 flames.
We know that 1 star = 2/3 skulls.
Replacing the stars with skulls in the long equation, we obtain:
3 skulls = (3/2 x 2/3) skulls + 18 flames, which reduces to 3 skulls = 1 skull + 18 flames.
2 skulls = 18 flames. 1 skull = 9 flames.
? flames = 3 men = 3 skulls.
Replace skulls by flames.
? flames = (3 x 9) flames.
? is 27.
