What is with this question? like wow?

Question

Every station on th e reailway system sells tickets for travel to every other station. Some new stations were added. 46 sets of additional tickets were required. How many new stations are there? How many stations were there originally?

Answer 1

That's crazy, but I would try something like 46+x or 46 times x. You should see the probem I have tonight in geometry. Stupid math it never makes sense.