problem solving

I have learnt in my brief time here that people on this forum are generally speaking much more cleverer than I :P, so I am hoping someone can help me out on this one. (one of my clever friends sent it to me and i have not been able to figure it out and i feel kinda stupid)

IF:
2+3=10
7+2=63
6+5=66
8+4=96

THEN:

9+7=??? ???

It looks like the patern is

a) add the 2 numbers
b) multiply the answer by the first number

so 9+7 = 9x(9+7) = 144.

Mintaka

2+3 = 5 x 2 = 10
7+2 = 9 x 7 = 63
6+5 = 11 x 6 = 66
8+4 = 12 x 8 = 96

Therefore
9+7 = 16 x 9 = 144

I have to confess, I was emailed this previously, and I just googled it at the time. So I knew the formula before I started.

Yay! Thanks. ;D
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