Interesting Problem 2 (2 Viewers)

[math man]

there are 4 sub parts, so one numerical answer has no possible way of answering all four questions

 

[cutemouse]

Here is a variation of that problem.

1=5
2=17
3=9
4=21
5=?

Find '?'.

 

[math man]

2 hours 45 minutes.

This ain't a maff problem. Though Math Man sneakily didn't claim it to be a maff problem. You had me fooled with "programmers" that it was something to do with binary.

Clue 2: Eddy currents.

Maff man, you should post that letter question trolololol.

this is a maths problem, it is about deducing the pattern which is something you obv need to speed up on

 

[nightweaver066]

Here is a variation of that problem.

1=5
2=17
3=9
4=21
5=?

Find '?'.

5 = 3 ?

 

[math man]

5 = 3 ?

no 5=1 duh, it is defined in the question as that ;P

 

[nightweaver066]

no 5=1 duh, it is defined in the question as that ;P

LOL. That makes sense.

 

[Carrotsticks]

But A = B doesn't mean B = A

 

[mirakon]

But A = B doesn't mean B = A

Why not

 

[math man]

i was just trolling..obv cute mouse wouldnt put such a question if the ans was so trivial

 

[Carrotsticks]

Why not

All cats have 4 legs.

Therefore all 4 legged animals are cats =)

 

[mirakon]

i was just trolling..obv cute mouse wouldnt put such a question if the ans was so trivial

Lol I actually thought that was the solution but apparently not. Need some time for this one, im stumped atm

 

[Carrotsticks]

I have a feeling that due to the general pattern of such 'tricky' questions having such 'simple and obvious' solutions, the answer was intended to be 1.

 

[mirakon]

All cats have 4 legs.

Therefore all 4 legged animals are cats =)

Thats not really the same situation though. That has to do with cats being a subset of the set of 4 legged animals, not that cats=4 legged animals

 

[mahli]

Fuck yea, beat the pre-school children. The key I think is to recognise and then 'forget' what differentiates us from the kiddos; the recognition of an equation.

 

[Carrotsticks]

Thats not really the same situation though. That has to do with cats being a subset of the set of 4 legged animals, not that cats=4 legged animals

Haha I posted this exact same argument a while ago to see if anybody was smart enough to see what was wrong with it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_biconditional

 

[mirakon]

Um 5=13?

 

[mirakon]

Haha I posted this exact same argument a while ago to see if anybody was smart enough to see what was wrong with it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_biconditional

Wow haha sounds kinda wordy. Seems like an interesting read though

 

[cutemouse]

i was just trolling..obv cute mouse wouldnt put such a question if the ans was so trivial

Haha, yeah it was meant to be trivial.

In my year the "smart" people took ages to do it, whereas the "dumb" people took like 2 minutes to figure it out... lol

 

[Peeik]

OMG finally....took me probably about 5 hours all together to get it but im not even sure i have the right reasoning ...