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Old 03-22-25, 09:58 AM   #1
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Default Easy Math Problem

196-182*0.5 = ?



Of course the answer is 7!!


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Old 03-22-25, 11:09 AM   #3
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Is that how students learn maths at American public high schools?
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196-182*0.5 = ?
Of course the answer is 7
No it isn't lol
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No it isn't lol
Wasn't that the point of his posting?
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Old 03-22-25, 01:54 PM   #11
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Wasn't that the point of his posting?
Now you make me think
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Now you make me think

So, to solve the "riddle" (which isn't one, actually):


7!! = 1*3*5*7 = 105


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Indeed !!
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(196-182)*0.5 = 7

196-(182*0.5) = 105

But if you type directly on the calculator: 196-182*0.5 = 7
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(196-182)*0.5 = 7

196-(182*0.5) = 105
All of that is very true which goes to show that
196 - 182*0.5 does indeed equal 7!!
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