The Formula
The key to the formula is given by the name of the puzzle: the "rose" is the center dot which appears only on the 3 and 5 faces of a die, while the "petals" are the dots which surround the center dot. Therefore the numeric result can be calculated by counting 2 for each 3 face and 4 for each 5 face. In the example above, there is one 5 and one 3 face, so the result is four plus two, or six.
Read more about this topic: Petals Around The Rose, Puzzle Play
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“My formula for greatness in human beings is amor fati: that one wants to change nothing, neither forwards, nor backwards, nor in all eternity. Not merely to endure necessity, still less to hide it—all idealism is mendacity in the face of necessity—but rather to love it.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
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—Alicia F. Lieberman (20th century)