Solve Addition Pattern: From 40+40=80 to 41+41

$40+40=80$

Use the above equation to help solve the following problem:

$41+41=\text{?}$

To solve $41 + 41$, notice that it can be related to $40 + 40 = 80$ by adding one to each of the constituent numbers $40$. This can be expressed as:

$41 + 41 = (40 + 1) + (40 + 1)$.

Breaking it down, we have:

• $40 + 40 = 80$
• Add $1 + 1$ to this result, which is $2$.

Thus, the total becomes:

$80 + 2 = 82$.

Therefore, the sum of $41 + 41$ is $\textbf{82}$.