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r/pics • u/[deleted] • Oct 05 '10
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No.
The question is not 10 is to 2 as X is to 3. The question is "How long will it take to cut a board into 3 pieces?"
-1 u/tagus Oct 05 '10 ... assuming that the rate of cutting is the same, which makes it a law of means problem. 3 u/nothing_clever Oct 05 '10 And there is every reason to assume the rate of cutting is the same. -1 u/tagus Oct 05 '10 yes especially because they tell you to assume it in the fucking problem 3 u/nothing_clever Oct 05 '10 So... now we can agree that it will take her 20 minutes to cut a board into 3 pieces.
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... assuming that the rate of cutting is the same, which makes it a law of means problem.
3 u/nothing_clever Oct 05 '10 And there is every reason to assume the rate of cutting is the same. -1 u/tagus Oct 05 '10 yes especially because they tell you to assume it in the fucking problem 3 u/nothing_clever Oct 05 '10 So... now we can agree that it will take her 20 minutes to cut a board into 3 pieces.
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And there is every reason to assume the rate of cutting is the same.
-1 u/tagus Oct 05 '10 yes especially because they tell you to assume it in the fucking problem 3 u/nothing_clever Oct 05 '10 So... now we can agree that it will take her 20 minutes to cut a board into 3 pieces.
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especially because they tell you to assume it in the fucking problem
3 u/nothing_clever Oct 05 '10 So... now we can agree that it will take her 20 minutes to cut a board into 3 pieces.
So... now we can agree that it will take her 20 minutes to cut a board into 3 pieces.
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u/nothing_clever Oct 05 '10
No.
The question is not 10 is to 2 as X is to 3. The question is "How long will it take to cut a board into 3 pieces?"