Math Association Quiz

[Jeremiahcp]

Actually I agree with Scott C. The three bundle banana and the single coconut half are unknown variables. Simply because two variables look similar does not mean are. X and X bar represent two completely different concepts.

 

[savagewind]

I answered that I don't know.
But that was before I saw the problem to solve!
Then I got 16.

I got 16 also but I suspected there was something up with that like what's-his-face said.

 

[Revoltingest]

I got 16 also but I suspected there was something up with that like what's-his-face said.

So you don't check out coconuts closely anymore either?

 

[savagewind]

It's a trick coconut.

 

[savagewind]

When you do the math, it is too easy. Offering a too easy puzzle is silly so I quessed at 16 without really caring if I got it wrong and I suspected that I got it wrong. And, guess what? I was right!

 

[Neo Deist]

Actually I agree with Scott C. The three bundle banana and the single coconut half are unknown variables. Simply because two variables look similar does not mean are. X and X bar represent two completely different concepts.

Don't feel bad for being like 90% of the rest of the world.

Only 10% of the population will observe the coconut half and banana trio, and add accordingly.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

14.

 

[The Hammer]

Using the example below, calculate the answer:

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That means you!

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[Neo Deist]

Go away facebook spam...

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I don't use Facebook.

 

[lovesong]

The answer can't be determined from the provided information. Folks are making false assumptions about the meaning of the pictures used as variables in these equations. Take this for example:

X + X = 8
Therefore, X = 4

This implies that 1/2 X = 2.

The fact that the variable "X" = 4 does not imply that the variable represented by the symbol "/" = 2, nor does it imply that the variable "\"= 2. Note that if you put these two symbols together, they form an X.

Think about it.

Don't be salty!

 

[Shadow Wolf]

X + X = 8
Therefore, X = 4

This implies that 1/2 X = 2.

The fact that the variable "X" = 4 does not imply that the variable represented by the symbol "/" = 2, nor does it imply that the variable "\"= 2. Note that if you put these two symbols together, they form an X.

Think about it.

Visually, the last equation does imply 1/2 of C and 3/4 of B, while the whole A is part of the equation. There is really no other reason it would have been one coconut shell instead of two, and three bananas instead of four.

 

[savagewind]

We do not know why the apple is whole and each banana is whole but the coconut is halved.