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In reply to the discussion: The Internet is losing its mind about this confusing pizza math problem [View all]arcane1
(38,613 posts)51. How does "Reasonableness" apply in that context?
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The Internet is losing its mind about this confusing pizza math problem [View all]
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