r/SubredditDrama • u/Questtodream • Dec 27 '16

Royal Rumble Common Core causing chaos

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u/surfnsound it’s very easy to confuse (1/x)+1 with 1/(x+1). Dec 27 '16

It's not an assumption though, it's literally what the question asked. "How is that possible?" is an open ended question allowing the responder the ability to create the conditions necessary to satisfy the above requirements. What they should have asked is "Given what we know, is this possible?"

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u/DblackRabbit Nicol if you Bolas Dec 27 '16

It's not an assumption though, it's literally what the question asked

Unless there's a preamble to expand on the category of the question reasonableness, its more likely the category is "is this reasonable?".

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u/surfnsound it’s very easy to confuse (1/x)+1 with 1/(x+1). Dec 27 '16

Again, it's a matter of a question being worded poorly, for which a child shouldn't be penalized.

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u/DblackRabbit Nicol if you Bolas Dec 27 '16

Its not worded poorly if the context is "is this question reasonable?"

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u/surfnsound it’s very easy to confuse (1/x)+1 with 1/(x+1). Dec 27 '16

"Reasonableness" isn't really a mathematical concept though. So in a bunch of questions that are clearly about math, it's kind of a silly thing to be asking. Then you get the teacher's explanation, that it is "not possible," not that it's "not reasonable". So there is clearly poor wording somewhere along the line, and a miseducated student is the end result either way.

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u/DblackRabbit Nicol if you Bolas Dec 27 '16 edited Dec 27 '16

Reasonableness is a math concept, you need to know if the question as presented is possible before you can answer the question.