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In reply to the discussion: The Internet is losing its mind about this confusing pizza math problem [View all]anigbrowl
(13,889 posts)31. Yes, I am invested in helping you to understand this.
Being able to draw logical inferences correctly is such a useful skill that I feel obligated to help people who are having difficulty with it. It bothers me that the teacher in this story is wrong and is damaging the child's education by perpetuating his or her ignorance.
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GummyBearz
Mar 2016
OP
The student had a clever answer, but it seems the correct answer was "it's not possible"
arcane1
Mar 2016
#3
Yes, you are missing the key element, pizza is not a one size fits all and the teacher
Rex
Mar 2016
#61
No. The question as stated doesn't give the student that option; besides, if one pizza is larger,
tblue37
Mar 2016
#76
Wouldn't there be an answer key for a test like this that the teacher would be using? n/t
PoliticAverse
Mar 2016
#4
I get around such ambiguities by always ordering the largest pizza available and...
stone space
Mar 2016
#6
Luis got drunk and Marty bogarted one of his slices when he went for another beer
Major Nikon
Mar 2016
#12
The question was written incorrectly. How is this possible is the wrong question to ask.
haele
Mar 2016
#15
Sigh. We're talking about the same process here, just from different perspectives.
haele
Mar 2016
#44
About 50% overcast here in San Luis Obispo. From which I obviously conclude that
petronius
Mar 2016
#57
No it isn't, because the fact that pizza comes in different sizes is common knowledge
anigbrowl
Mar 2016
#26
But if the question was changed it would explicitly state that they are the same size.
DesMoinesDem
Mar 2016
#28
What the person you were responding to was discussing was changing the wording
DesMoinesDem
Mar 2016
#33
That information is not given, so the only possibility is that Marty's pizza is bigger.
Oneironaut
Mar 2016
#36
You should write a letter to the author of the article, I just copy/pasted it. n/t
GummyBearz
Mar 2016
#24
That Marty ate more pizza than Luis is part of the "given" in this problem.
Chiyo-chichi
Mar 2016
#35
For some questions (though not this one), "it's not possible" WOULD be the correct answer.
Jim Lane
Mar 2016
#62
A pizza bigger by more than the square root of the larger ratio over the lower ratio is correct.
Festivito
Mar 2016
#34
Since the problem didn't specify the size of the pizzas, the question is flawed.
Avalux
Mar 2016
#45
Marty's older than Luis. So he's been eating pizza longer. That's why he's eaten more!
struggle4progress
Mar 2016
#59