• A Game Costs $1 Plus Half Its Price. How Much Does It Cost?
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[img]http://i56.tinypic.com/2ih0xuf.jpg[/img] If you answer this wrong, I pity your soul. Rate me dumb if you can't answer it.
what does this even have to do with anything $1.50
Even for a fast thread, this is horrible.
No matter what you answer, it will be incorrect.
2 dollars [editline]1st February 2011[/editline] i win give me moneys and or cookies
awesome thread
In terms of the details given strictly by the problem, $1.50. But if it was say a game that cost $49.99 for sale at $1.00 plus half its price the game would be $25.99.
[QUOTE=Apache249;27808818]No matter what you answer, it will be incorrect.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=ifaux;27808789]what does this even have to do with anything $1.50[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=KStyleAzure;27808822]2 dollars [editline]1st February 2011[/editline] i win give me moneys and or cookies[/QUOTE] Oh man, this is too rich.
regardless of what you say the answer will always be $1.50 the question states that the original price is and always will be one dollar, therefore the fact that it's "plus half its price" doesn't matter it's half of one dollar EDIT: or put it this way, if the game cost $1.50, and you'd add half its price, then the game wouldn't cost $1
[code] do game = 1 game = game + (game/2) print("the game costs " .. tostring(game) .. "$ dumbass question") end [/code] if your trying to be smart then THE ORIGINAL COST IS 1 DOLLAR :downs:
n = 1 + (1/2 * n) It's variable, and since you never specified a starting value, there is no actual value. Unless you read it as "(A game costs $1) plus half it's price," then it's $1.50. I read it as "A game costs ($1 plus half it's price)"
no it 2 dorrah [editline]1st February 2011[/editline] gib cookies
Stop stealing threads from 4chan. They're not funny there, and they are especially not funny here.
I swear I saw this exact same thread on /v/ yesterday.
[QUOTE=Kalkka;27809053]I swear I saw this exact same thread on /v/ yesterday.[/QUOTE] My point exactly.
The half its price is not recursive, so $1.50. Is this supposed to be a joke? 1.5 does not end up being 2.25 then 3.375 and so on.
1 dorrah plus half of price wat equivalent of other half?!?! it 1 dorrah 1 dorra = half 1 dorra plus 1 dorra equal 3 dorrah [editline]1st February 2011[/editline] my logic is strongest
Stack Overflow.
1.25?
3?
Surely it's 1.50? [editline]2nd February 2011[/editline] Or 50p?
Keep /b/ shit in /b/.
$1,000,000,000.
Fallacious question bros.
[QUOTE=robmaister12;27808994]n = 1 + (1/2 * n) It's variable, and since you never specified a starting value, there is no actual value. Unless you read it as "(A game costs $1) plus half it's price," then it's $1.50. I read it as "A game costs ($1 plus half it's price)"[/QUOTE] It's a simple equation, you doofus. :eng101: n = 1 + (1/2 * n) n - (1/2 * n) = 1 1/2 * n = 1 n = 2 [editline]2nd February 2011[/editline] That's the only possible answer. If the game really costs $1, then saying that it costs its own price plus half its own price would simply make no sense at all. There is only one interpretation possible.
:20bux:
If a game leaves the store at 10AM traveling at 80mph, what time does it arrive in Bangkok?
Paradox
Would the answer be infinite due to the undefined variables, and the limitless combinations of numbers and values you can put together?
[QUOTE=Apache249;27808818]No matter what you answer, it will be incorrect.[/QUOTE] A bag of chips costs $1, plus 15% of it's cost in tax. It costs $1.15. The game costs $1.50. [editline]2nd February 2011[/editline] i win
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