3rd grade math

[Janit]

N-OS X-tasy! wrote:
[quote=Janit]
[quote=N-OS X-tasy!]
There is no point in speculating about what the problem should have stated.

Maybe not to you, but for technical editors such investigation is part of the job description. It is also the necessary foundation for creative science.

Or are you just annoyed that I provided the probable solution to a problem you declared to be "unsolvable."
Good god.

Let me be clear: There is no way for ANYONE here to know what the problem was actually intended to say or what the intended actual solution is. Any speculation to that end is just mental masturbation and has zero value in helping to determine the intended actual solution.

I'll say it again: The problem is unsolvable as presented. If you want to impress me, solve the problem as presented. Otherwise, you've provided nothing. You think any of us here couldn't come up with a dozen different "probable" solutions?

If I'm annoyed with anything, it is your apparent lack of comprehensive reading and critical reasoning skills.
Good god indeed! Do you mean to be throwing down the intellectual gauntlet? Are we to meet on the dueling field in the mists of dawn, and cast our mighty diploma-sheathed javelins at one another? Followed by our school rings propelled out of slingshots? And so on until one or the other of us falls? Or can we settle it by simply comparing the length of our SAT scores?

I understood perfectly well what you were saying.

What I disagree with is your facile dismissal of the value of well reasoned speculation, especially since OP's original question was "What am I missing?"

I will be curious to see what the teacher actually says.

[bazookaman]

Ok kids. Settle down.

Forgot to ask little girl about it last night. Will check this AM.

[bazookaman]

Spoke to the wife this AM. Nothing from the teacher. We've noted things before and not gotten feedback so it's not unexpected.

[space-time]

Maybe not to you, but for technical editors such investigation is part of the job description. It is also the necessary foundation for creative science.

that is interesting, I agree

Or are you just annoyed that I provided the probable solution to a problem you declared to be "unsolvable."

I think this is what pushed his buttons. the problem is unsolvable as presented.

[rjmacs]

Who pissed in y'alls cornflakes?

[N-OS X-tasy!]

space-time wrote:
Maybe not to you, but for technical editors such investigation is part of the job description. It is also the necessary foundation for creative science.

that is interesting, I agree

It might be interesting -- if this were more than just a third grade math homework assignment. Perspective, people, please!

space-time wrote:
Or are you just annoyed that I provided the probable solution to a problem you declared to be "unsolvable."

I think this is what pushed his buttons. the problem is unsolvable as presented.

You guys are cracking me up. Why would I be annoyed that the problem is unsolvable? I don't give a shit! It's like a light bulb - it either works or it doesn't. If it doesn't, toss it aside and move on to the next one! Don't spend a ton of time discussing why the light bulb should have worked or what changes could be made to get it to work - just get a new light bulb!

[Rick-o]

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