Comment on Kid gave a reasonable answer without all the math bullshit

RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  The question literally says “Marty ate more pizza”. It’s a foundational fact that you’re given as a part of the problem. If the answer was the say “Actually, no he didn’t” then you might as well answer “No, he actually at 1/6 of his pizza”.

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• Artemis_Mystique@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  no way “marty ate more” with the information given.

  that is the ‘Expected’ answer

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  • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    So this is sort of a true/false math problem given to us, the viewer, out of context.

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    • infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      How is that possible?

      “False”

      🤷‍♂️

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      • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        By stating the answer given by the problem is wrong, and “showing the work” to demonstrate why it’s wrong.

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• GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  reasonableness

  This is likely a question about some topic on reasonable questions and answers, rather than a maths question.

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  • humorlessrepost@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    If I saw two people order different sizes of pizzas, my mind wouldn’t be blown, and nobody would consider the situation unreasonable.

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    • GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Except it never mentions the size of the pizzas. That’s something you are adding to the situation.

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• remon@ani.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  No. Within the parameters of the question it IS possible and the kid gave the correct answer.

  A small fraction of X can have a bigger absolute value then a large fraction of Y when X is suffienctly larger then Y.

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