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re: Math Problem: Saw this on FB and now I'm depressed
Posted on 11/18/16 at 11:11 am to OneMoreTime
Posted on 11/18/16 at 11:11 am to OneMoreTime
DAS BOOT!
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Posted on 11/18/16 at 11:11 am to Salmon
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don't know about y'all, but in the engineering/science world, we make assumptions all the time
it isn't wrong to make assumptions
In the engineering world, I would actually agree with LNCHBOX.
If this problem were on a Linear Algebra test, I would stick with undefined, or at least show how the double mug mathematically relates to the other variables as a final answer. Not all math problems are solvable, nor are they meant to be.
Posted on 11/18/16 at 11:11 am to OneMoreTime
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See the artist rendering below
That's good shite
Posted on 11/18/16 at 11:12 am to ell_13
Just want to say that this is why I love a good math thread on the OT. 20 pages of bickering with 80% of the replies being intelligent, even if they're wrong, 15% of the replies being the 60 and 70 idiots, and 5% of the replies being LNCHBOX doing his thing.
Posted on 11/18/16 at 11:12 am to NYNolaguy1
quote:And as a former Linear Algebra teacher, I'd give you a zero.
If this problem were on a Linear Algebra test, I would stick with undefined
Posted on 11/18/16 at 11:12 am to NYNolaguy1
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Not all math problems are solvable, nor are they meant to be.
Yea... I don't think this facebook meme was meant to be included in that category...
Posted on 11/18/16 at 11:12 am to slackster
Pretty good assessment there.
Posted on 11/18/16 at 11:13 am to ell_13
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And as a former Linear Algebra teacher, I'd give you a zero.
Posted on 11/18/16 at 11:14 am to Salmon
How dare you
Posted on 11/18/16 at 11:14 am to slackster
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and 5% of the replies being LNCHBOX doing his thing.
Why am I the only one with a thing?
Posted on 11/18/16 at 11:15 am to ell_13
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And as a former Linear Algebra teacher, I'd give you a zero.
Well your problem sucks.
It doesn't define what space these equations are in, it introduces variables that are not defined, and it forces your students to make assumptions in order to arrive at a solution.
Posted on 11/18/16 at 11:16 am to larry289
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or (5 + 1) x 10 = 60
Or no parentheses, since the problem had none, and 5 + 1 x 10 = 15.
Posted on 11/18/16 at 11:16 am to NYNolaguy1
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Well your problem sucks.
Found pic of partially hidden mug:
Posted on 11/18/16 at 11:16 am to slackster
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Just want to say that this is why I love a good math thread on the OT. 20 pages of bickering with 80% of the replies being intelligent, even if they're wrong, 15% of the replies being the 60 and 70 idiots, and 5% of the replies being LNCHBOX doing his thing.
Posted on 11/18/16 at 11:18 am to LSUfanNkaty
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Why not?
cause they are just pictures... nothing further can be assumed. Do you know the fl oz of the mugs or anything at all? no, you see pictures.
Posted on 11/18/16 at 11:18 am to LNCHBOX
You argue for the sake of arguing. It's what you do in most threads in which you participate. It's your thing. This is your OT persona.
This post was edited on 11/18/16 at 11:19 am
Posted on 11/18/16 at 11:19 am to member12
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2 mugs = 2 because a burger is 5....not because there are two of them there.
and then the last picture is just a 1 mugger
Posted on 11/18/16 at 11:19 am to ell_13
Boom. Bulge theory confirmed
Posted on 11/18/16 at 11:20 am to NYNolaguy1
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That's solution you get with one assumption. With no assumptions the solution is undefined.
The solution that gets you "undefined" requires you to assume that a fricking FB meme is unsolvable because in a math problem involving hamburgers, bottles, and mugs, a picture of two mugs =/= 2 single mugs. Given the context of the entire situation, arguing the answer is undefinable is asinine.
Posted on 11/18/16 at 11:20 am to OneMoreTime
That's a shot glass and I kinda want one now.
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