Re: TIB: American High School Math Exam thingy...
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Re: TIB: American High School Math Exam thingy...
In a message dated 2/16/00 4:49:58 PM Eastern Standard Time,
KeysDezes@aol.com writes:
> The answer to the second one is 1/2. As much as I enjoyed that one, I
> preferred the coffee-milk problem. Everyone in a family has an 8 ounce
cup
> of coffee and milk (both in quantities > 0). One person fills his cup
with
> 1/6 of the total amount of coffee used and 1/4 of the total milk used.
How
> many people are in the family? It's elegant mathematics. I could tell
you
> the answer, but it's more fun to watch you sweat : )
Scratch that. It's not 1/2. I'm sure glad I figured it out after the test
and not during the test. I left that one blank : )