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25 Responses to “A good attempt when you don’t know the answer”
Yeah, saves a lot of pissing about too and you have time to score the chicks while the nerds get their pocket protectors in a tangle arguing about where X is and using up and the extra punctuation keys on the keyboard.
It might get a probe to slam into Mars at 14,000 miles per hour guys but the slide-rule doesn’t pull the babes.
February 27th, 2007 at 12:25 pm
Don’t laugh it is NCEA at its finest.
Vote:February 27th, 2007 at 12:28 pm
Don’t laugh it is NCEA at its finest.
Vote:February 27th, 2007 at 1:18 pm
Just out of interest, what is the correct answer to that question anyway?
Vote:February 27th, 2007 at 1:54 pm
42
Vote:February 27th, 2007 at 2:00 pm
a^n + nab + b^n
Vote:February 27th, 2007 at 2:02 pm
Murray’s answer was the best though.
Vote:February 27th, 2007 at 2:18 pm
Reminds me tenuously of a John Wayne story – when he played the roman centurion at Christ’s crucifixion in The Greatest Story Ever Told…
His line “Truly, this man is the son of God”.
First take, he delivered the line exactly as he delivered all his lines, the audience would mentally fill in the subsequent “Pilgrim…”
The director said “More awe Duke, more awe!”
Wayne had another go, identical to the first. The director cajoled “More awe!”
The Duke thought about it, told the boss he had it sussed., the director called “Action!”
The Duke sombrely entoned: “Awww… truly, this man is the son of God!”
Vote:February 27th, 2007 at 2:31 pm
Sorry to be a nerd but Peter S your answer is only correct if n=2.
The answer is more complex and is something like:
The sum of (nCr)*a^(n-r)b^r where r goes from 0 to n and nCr is the binomial function.
Vote:February 27th, 2007 at 3:27 pm
Murray, I hear that’s the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything
Vote:February 27th, 2007 at 3:52 pm
Rocket Boy,
Correct. I’m waaaay rusty on solving the equations.
I suspect, in hindsight that what they were looking for was something like
(a+b)^n
= (a+b) * (a+b)^n-1
= (a^2 + 2ab + b^2) (a+b)^n-2
etc.
it depends on the Maths level that the question was aimed at.
Vote:February 27th, 2007 at 4:09 pm
I think i will stick to running my printing press, UM wheres the on button and how do you run the toach screen
Vote:February 27th, 2007 at 4:36 pm
Is that the teacher’s writing in the top RH corner?
I can make out “Very” and “Peter”, but what is the other word? “Funny?” “Furry?” “Fanny?”
Hope this person doesn’t teach handwriting.
At least I can read what Peter wrote.
Vote:February 27th, 2007 at 4:37 pm
http://www.robmonroe.net/upload/2007/1/24/elephantintheway.jpg
Vote:February 27th, 2007 at 4:41 pm
Another fave is the one where the geometry question said “Find x”, so they drew a circle round the x in the diagram and said “there it is!”
Vote:February 27th, 2007 at 4:48 pm
“Another fave is the one where the geometry question said “Find x”, so they drew a circle round the x in the diagram and said “there it is!”
Ha ha! I saw that somewhere only yesterday.
Vote:February 27th, 2007 at 5:47 pm
i never seen anything likes it
Vote:peter brilliant
February 27th, 2007 at 11:30 pm
Yeah, saves a lot of pissing about too and you have time to score the chicks while the nerds get their pocket protectors in a tangle arguing about where X is and using up and the extra punctuation keys on the keyboard.
It might get a probe to slam into Mars at 14,000 miles per hour guys but the slide-rule doesn’t pull the babes.
Vote:February 28th, 2007 at 12:32 am
There was the University Philosophy exam where one 25% question was ‘what is courage’.
The student answered with two words.
THIS IS
Vote:February 28th, 2007 at 8:47 am
I’d have passed him for pure innovation.
Vote:February 28th, 2007 at 5:46 pm
bn±1, b=2,3,5,6,7,10,11,12
Vote:March 1st, 2007 at 11:53 am
Razorlight said: “There was the University Philosophy exam where one 25% question was ‘what is courage’.
The student answered with two words.
THIS IS”
You forgot the punchline… the student got an A+
Vote:for the essay.
April 6th, 2007 at 11:26 am
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