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Re: Need help with my algebra problem!!!! [Re: Cannabischarlie]
#8070547 - 02/25/08 10:30 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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it's to get you to think critically, not to be practical.
the testmaker probably couldn't think of a good real-life example to relay the concepts that they are trying to test over/teach..
if you want to be practical, go to technical school.
Suck a dick. This question is not practical and if the testmaker cant think of a real life example that is BETTER THAN THIS FUCKING NONSENSE then he should not be writing said test.
I think critically, therefore I think the question is complete nonsense, I overlooked the simple math to show that this is a ridiculous question.
I have never seen such an illogical question on any math test. There has to be about a billion different things that could be used that make more sense than this.
Thats what happens when uneducated people write questions for education.
The same people who thinks all slaves in america where black.
The same that think "aids" is caused by a magical virus called HIV.
The same that think that Christopher Columbus, and Italian man called the people he encountered "Indians" because he though he was in India, despite that in 1492 that India was called Hindustan, and that he would not call them anything based on the english version of said country regardless, and that for some illogical reason, the name stuck for 600+ years. (he called them Indios/Indians because "In Dios" means "in god" in Italian/Spanish (he was funded by the Spanish)
With your mindset, no wonder the facts get skewed.
Maybe you have to drain the pool in order to clean it.
Also, I've seen much, much less logical math problems.
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Re: Need help with my algebra problem!!!! [Re: Cannabischarlie]
#8070548 - 02/25/08 10:31 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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math isnt about practicality its about exercising ur brain
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Re: Need help with my algebra problem!!!! [Re: Coaster]
#8070568 - 02/25/08 10:35 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Maybe you have to drain the pool in order to clean it.
True, but if that where the case, why would you continue to pump more water into it at the same time?
I have seen plenty of questions that would never really come up in real life, but nothing that is just stupid like this.
If the water in your bathtub was filthy, you would drain it all and THEN start to fill it. you wouldn't do both.
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yeah, she's funny and somewhat interesting. not a beauty queen, but not bad lookin. i'd feel quite honored to fuck janine garofalo. -tiny_rabid_birds
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Re: Need help with my algebra problem!!!! [Re: Coaster]
#8070576 - 02/25/08 10:38 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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math isnt about practicality its about exercising ur brain
you mean your?
Ur doesn't have a brain, Ur was an ancient city in Southern Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq), located near the mouth (at the time) of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers on the Persian Gulf and close to Eridu.
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we could all use a little more sunshine.
yeah, she's funny and somewhat interesting. not a beauty queen, but not bad lookin. i'd feel quite honored to fuck janine garofalo. -tiny_rabid_birds
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Re: Need help with my algebra problem!!!! [Re: Cannabischarlie]
#8070589 - 02/25/08 10:41 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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dude, you are an asshole.
sounds like you just wanted to rant on someone.
i agree with what you said except for the 'suck a dick' and the 'with your mindset' part.
i clearly wrote that they are trying to teach concepts, not information, that's why they didn't use a good real-life example.
you can't honestly say you've never seen a bad real-life example?
have you ever taken any statistics class? how about any physics class?
give me some great examples from their test questions that can be applied practically and i'll give you five shrooms..
at least stop being a fucking dickhead.
or.. propose a better question that would test the same concept. if you can i'll give you five shrooms.. that's all the incentive that i got over the internet.
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Re: Need help with my algebra problem!!!! [Re: Cannabischarlie]
#8070597 - 02/25/08 10:43 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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math isnt about practicality its about exercising ur brain
you mean your?
Ur doesn't have a brain, Ur was an ancient city in Southern Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq), located near the mouth (at the time) of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers on the Persian Gulf and close to Eridu.
http://www.google.com/search?q=ur&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
omg you can use google!
dont fuck with coaster, asshole. if this was an english forum i would understand, but it's shroomery. you're just lookin to piss people off. no rationalizing with you.
so YOU eat a dick, neuca.
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Re: Need help with my algebra problem!!!! [Re: Cannabischarlie]
#8070602 - 02/25/08 10:44 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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"I have never seen such an illogical question on any math test."
Well then, you haven't taken enough math tests ! After awhile you get numb to the ridiculous nature of the word problems and just start hunting for the numbers and relationships. Filling/emptying problems are critical to teach such high level math as differential calculus, for example. And yeah, some people actually use this math...granted only 1% or so of the population. I haven't had to use it for awhile...
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Re: Need help with my algebra problem!!!! [Re: Engineer]
#8070616 - 02/25/08 10:45 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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thank you sir. an educated and articulate person speaks!
you ever taken stat? some of the most useless shit..
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Re: Need help with my algebra problem!!!! [Re: im_on_a_boat]
#8070679 - 02/25/08 10:56 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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drkrobotnik ur avatar is fucking awsome lawlz i want a white pill, a yellow one, and some of the red hahahahahah i want that goat as my waiter rofl
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Re: Need help with my algebra problem!!!! [Re: im_on_a_boat]
#8070688 - 02/25/08 10:58 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Yes, but I don't consider statistics totally useless. I mean, I could watch sitcoms instead . How is this for a possible "real life" version:
The torrential downpour will cause your basement to fill up (toppling your FC's) in 30 hours. The sump in the corner can be used to empty the basement in 45 hours. If the basement is 2/3 filled, the rain is unabating, and the sump pump is humming, how long will it take for your mushrooms to drown?
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