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Attention math all math nerds!

post #1 of 5
1/8/12 at 8:48pm
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I have been thinking about this for a few days and I can not seem to come to a definite conclusion. 

 

Here it is: 

 

Count on your fingers the numbers 6 through 10. 

 

How many is it? 

 

Now what is 10 minus 6? 

 

Now, explain why I got five for the first question and four for second? 

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post #2 of 5
1/8/12 at 9:10pm

You counted 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 on the first.  The second, you did the math.

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post #3 of 5
1/8/12 at 9:39pm
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I suck at math. Lol. 

 

I barely got though calculus and advanced physics in college. Don't know how I did it. 

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post #4 of 5
1/9/12 at 4:21am

When subtracting, the starting number is not counted as a unit.  When counting objects the starting and ending numbers are included.  This is why so many people have a difficult time providing the start & end dates of a 14 day vacation - the difference in dates is only 13 and yet it involves 14 days.

 

Interesting you bring this up as even the most math proficient have made this error during a translation and rotation problem involving differential equations with abstract algebra as applied toward quantum events.

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post #5 of 5
1/9/12 at 8:39am

I love this joke, and use it liberally...

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