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A quick math question for you.
2009-11-12, 5:57 PM #1
Very simple, not a trick question.

A golf club and a golf ball cost $1.10 total. The golf club costs one dollar more than the golf ball. How much money does the golf ball cost?
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2009-11-12, 6:04 PM #2
i'm going to be rather embarrassed if i'm missing something...
2009-11-12, 6:05 PM #3
$0.05?
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2009-11-12, 6:07 PM #4
indeed
2009-11-12, 6:08 PM #5

A+B = 1.10
A = B+1
=> B + B + 1 = 1.10
2B = 0.10
B = 0.05
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2009-11-12, 6:14 PM #6
Originally posted by Vornskr:
i'm going to be rather embarrassed if i'm missing something...
ditto...
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Rbots
2009-11-12, 6:26 PM #7
Were you expecting something more?
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2009-11-12, 6:27 PM #8
0.05$ no tax, free if there's 10% sales tax
2009-11-12, 6:28 PM #9
how do i solve linear system
2009-11-12, 6:55 PM #10
I'll give this one to my 7 year old nephew and see if he can figure it out. I know anyone with even prealgebra experience could.
2009-11-12, 6:55 PM #11
Well yeah. That's the point.
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2009-11-12, 7:06 PM #12
I wanted to say .10 so bad. So bad.
2009-11-12, 7:18 PM #13
hey, dude, like... get this

what if you had a basis that was also a vector space
2009-11-12, 7:19 PM #14
Originally posted by Jon`C:
hey, dude, like... get this

what if you had a basis that was also a vector space


MINDFREAK
2009-11-12, 11:47 PM #15

$1.05 and $0.05

It's simultaneous equations for me. If I didn't suspect it was a trick question I'd have probably not gone to that effort though.
2009-11-12, 11:56 PM #16
i used matlab
2009-11-13, 12:34 AM #17
I just reinstalled Matlab on my XP VM. It's like returning to an old flame who stabbed you in the back. :ninja:

(actually, I just thought I'd see if I could get any use out of it at work. I doubt it though)
2009-11-13, 1:58 AM #18
doh
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2009-11-13, 2:40 AM #19
Whoa, golf clubs are that cheap? :eek:
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2009-11-13, 9:53 AM #20
Originally posted by Mort-Hog:

A+B = 1.10
A = B+1
=> B + B + 1 = 1.10
2B = 0.10
B = 0.05


That's what I did. I like math.
2009-11-13, 10:55 AM #21
Originally posted by Vin:
That's what I did. I like math.
No, you like algebra.

Analysis is math but nobody likes analysis.
2009-11-13, 10:58 AM #22
Originally posted by FastGamerr:
Whoa, golf clubs are that cheap? :eek:


Yeah, in Canadian dollars.

this joke doesn't make any sense
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2009-11-13, 11:11 AM #23
Originally posted by Jon`C:
No, you like algebra.

Analysis is math but nobody likes analysis.

allow me to reformulate:

no person likes analysis

and then by denying the antecedent, anybody who likes analysis is not a person
2009-11-13, 12:01 PM #24
Algebra isn't math? :(
2009-11-13, 3:29 PM #25
Congratulations on selecting the correct choice people (for those that did). If you want a certificate, I'll mail you one.
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2009-11-13, 3:32 PM #26
I want a certificate.
"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. " - Bertrand Russell
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2009-11-13, 3:38 PM #27
Post your address via PM. I'll send you one.

You math wizards deserve a prize
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2009-11-13, 3:57 PM #28
If I got it, it wasn't hard.
2009-11-13, 6:26 PM #29
That's what she said.

OHSNAP.
2009-11-13, 6:29 PM #30
That's it. No certificates for either of you.
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2009-11-13, 7:05 PM #31
Boo hoo.
2009-11-13, 7:11 PM #32
You are just unhappy because you are not getting a certificate.
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2009-11-13, 7:15 PM #33
I'll bet my account for a week that you were just planning on using a generator. If you send actual certificates that you made with your signature, then let me be banned for a week.
2009-11-13, 7:41 PM #34
What is the point of that
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2009-11-13, 7:55 PM #35
Originally posted by Tibby:
I'll bet my account for a week that you were just planning on using a generator. If you send actual certificates that you made with your signature, then let me be banned for a week.


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2009-11-13, 8:13 PM #36
how about this for good taste

you have 13 golf clubs. each golf clubs cost is a multiple of 13.00, and no two clubs have the same cost. you have an amount of gold balls equal to the sum of the cost of the golf clubs divided by 13. the cost of each golf ball is 0.13+0.13*number of purchased golf balls (first one costs 0.13, second costs 0.26, so on and so forth). If you spent 1368.38$, how many golf balls did you buy?

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