Interesting as the X Y problem may be, problems should lead to intelligent questions as that is also how people determine whether others are intelligent or not.

The real answer is whether or not we have taken the time to think about the actual problem.
“If I had an hour to solve a problem I'd spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and 5 minutes thinking about solutions.” ― Albert Einstein

As we see today many will jump to buy a mobile phone with gazillions of mega pixel cameras, one should also consider that the human eye can really only see about 7 million colors or 7 mp.