Fun With Maths: Select 3 Pool Balls to Get the Sum of 30

Have some fun with numbers while solving this simple math riddle with pool balls.

Select 3 balls and put them into the circles such that the sum of the numbers on them should be 30.

Apparently, only 2% of the people who attempt this riddle are able to actually solve it within 2 minutes.

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If you see the given numbers you will understand that it is impossible to get an even number as the result when you add 3 odd numbers. So we need at least 1 even number to get the total of 30.

Rotate the 9 to make it a 6 to get an even number and then you can get the sum of 30 as shown below;

13 + 11 + 6 = 30

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