(January 27, 2010 at 6:00 pm)Dotard Wrote: If you're offering these up as math problems then present them as such. Presented as they were they appear as 'trick' questions.
I never said it was a math question. It has a basis in maths (binary counting), but the question itself is lateral.
Quote:As you say, open ended. You say "OF COURSE it has to be simple..." well then my 'solution' of handing the worker a segment and having him break off the change is the simplest and does not violate the implied rule "If you are only allowed to make two breaks in the gold bar..." as YOU did not break it, he did. Just as "correct" as the correct answer.
Well that would have worked if I hadn't qualified my statement when you offered this the first time:
Tiberius Wrote:No. To put it another way, the bar can only be broken into three pieces...ever. You have to work out a payment plan over 7 days so that you give him the same rate of gold a day.
Quote:Jeez I love being difficult.
I can tell. You also seem to like being wrong too...very odd.
