Re: ******* TRY THESE SCI.MATH **********
From: The Ghost In The Machine (ewill_at_sirius.athghost7038suus.net)
Date: 01/27/05
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Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 14:00:10 GMT
In sci.logic, |-|erc
<H@r.c>
wrote
on Thu, 27 Jan 2005 16:37:10 +1000
<35rgifF4oru17U1@individual.net>:
> "The Ghost In The Machine" <ewill@sirius.athghost7038suus.net> wrote in
>> >> Here's a modified blackboard.
>> >>
>> >> **********
>> >> * 2
>> >> * 45
>> >> * 3
>> >> *
>> >> * sum on the board = _50_
>> >> *
>> >> *********
>> >
>> >
>> > What is the sum of numbers on the blackboard?
>> >
>> > Herc
>> >
>>
>> 100.
>>
>> Did you want to introduce additional data? :-)
>>
>
> So why did you put "sum on the board = 50"
> Is sum on the board well defined?
Is it?
You asked for the sum of the numbers on the blackboard.
50 is one of the numbers.
Ask the question correctly and you might get somewhere,
especially since the board may have been partially
erased.
Is 1/3 part of {.3, .33, .333, ...} ?
>
> Herc
>
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