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Did you skip maths at school?

DavidDavid
edited October 2016 in Everything Random!

This is currently doing the rounds, and so many people are getting it wrong. What's your answer?



One of these answers (below) is right, the rest are the answers by others (and incredibly there were more but you're only allowed 10 options in these polls!)

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  • CharlieCharlie
    There is not enough information to get the correct answer unless you assume that the visual cues are correct.  If you replace them with variables you can't solve the equation...
  • DavidDavid
    edited October 2016
    I think you have overanalysed it.

    The clues are correct and provided you apply the rules of maths then you can solve it.
  • DavidDavid
    And BTW - I was wrong even tho I know the correct answer.
  • CharlieCharlie
    David said:
    And BTW - I was wrong even tho I know the correct answer.
    I am saying there is no correct answer because they are using pictures as variables.  A single horse shoe unless defined means nothing... 
  • MattMatt
    If there were brackets around the horse and the horse shoe, you'd get 42. With no brackets there can only be one answer.
  • CharlieCharlie
    3x=30
    x+2y=18
    y-z=2

    x=10, y=4, z=2

    a+10b=?

    You can assume from the pictures that:
    a=z/2 and b=y/2 or a=1 and b=2 so 21 but you have to make the assumption; a could equal 3000 and b=0... its just a trick to make you miss the change in variables...
  • DavidDavid
    Matt said:
    If there were brackets around the horse and the horse shoe, you'd get 42. With no brackets there can only be one answer.

    There can only be one answer because you must do maths in the correct order anyway (and my answer was wrong, but I answered with the original answer).
  • DavidDavid
    Charlie said:
    3x=30
    x+2y=18
    y-z=2

    x=10, y=4, z=2

    a+10b=?

    You can assume from the pictures that:
    a=z/2 and b=y/2 or a=1 and b=2 so 21 but you have to make the assumption; a could equal 3000 and b=0... its just a trick to make you miss the change in variables...

    The last statement is correct, the rest of what you said convinces me you are from another planet... =)
  • MarkMark

    I'm no maths genius, but with all the supplied answers being even, surely you couldn't have an odd number as the final outcome??



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  • CharlieCharlie
    It's also an order of operations "gotcha"...
  • MarkMark

    Only one horseshoe / boot.

    Master is tricksy ...

    Plus I didn't know to multiply / divide first.

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  • MattMatt

    I don't see two horseshoes. Think like a poster collector.

    Let's say person JC is selling two daybills that are the same. He sends you a pic of one on top of the second with the lower right corner not visible. Let's say they are worth $100 each in near mint condition, so he's asking $200.

    You want a pic of the second poster. He says nah, too busy feeding the dog.

    What would you do?

    Offer $100 for the top poster......

  • SvenSven
    Two posters collectors travelling to chicago...
  • theartofmovieposterstheartofmovieposters
    Mark said:

    Only one horseshoe / boot.

    Master is tricksy ...

    Plus I didn't know to multiply / divide first.

    Yeah, I just realized I got it wrong for that reason.  Too much of a hurry...should have taken a better look.
  • theartofmovieposterstheartofmovieposters
    Darn it  hubby got it right, straight off the bat!
  • SvenSven
    I thought 42 also given Bodmas rule

    What is BODMAS formula in maths?
    Together, these four rules give you BODMAS: Brackets, Orders (powers and roots), Division and Multiplication, Addition and Subtraction. When all your operations are the same level (for example, all division or multiplication), simply work from left to right.
  • DavidDavid
    BODMAS doesn't avoid the sneaky trap laid down which I only discovered after I came up with 42. Although I am sure a lot of people would get it wrong if the knew about the trap if they didn't know about BODMAS.
  • SvenSven
    Ahhh ok sneaky! 
    http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/simple-horse-algebra-question-left-8781091
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