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| 20 Nov 2013 03:56 PM |
a stick and a stone costs $1.10 the stone costs $1 more than the stick how much does the stick cost? |
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Abby1515
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| 21 Nov 2013 02:38 PM |
| The rock is worth $2.10 and the stick is worth $1.10? |
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| 21 Nov 2013 02:46 PM |
| both the stick and the rock cost $1.10 so no |
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| 21 Nov 2013 05:28 PM |
however, you said "the stone costs $1 more than the stick" so you're contradicting yourself |
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| 21 Nov 2013 05:45 PM |
no im not both the stone and the stick (together) cost $1.10 the stone costs a dollar more than the stick. you guys are not getting it. |
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| 21 Nov 2013 06:01 PM |
give you algebra
let s = stone let r = stick
Given: s + r = 1.1 r + 1 = s
given answer right there if you solve the equations |
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| 21 Nov 2013 06:07 PM |
no youre not 1.1 + 0.1 doesn't equal 1.1 |
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manbon64
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| 21 Nov 2013 06:10 PM |
| Is this a paradox? (A never ending question) |
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manbon64
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| 21 Nov 2013 07:26 PM |
Stick = 10 cents. Stone = $1.
Am I right? |
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| 21 Nov 2013 11:39 PM |
| None, I can just go find a stick! |
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| 22 Nov 2013 06:38 AM |
| Ten cents is a dollar twenty |
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| 22 Nov 2013 06:39 AM |
It's 5 cents XD I'm only 11 years old and got this XD 10 sticks HILARIOUS Sorry if i sound like a bully XD |
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Deadi0
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| 22 Nov 2013 02:17 PM |
What doesn't concern me is that an 11 year old figured that out.
What concerns me is that the explaination.. It's giving my brain a nuclear meltdown. |
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| 22 Nov 2013 08:20 PM |
XD you guys just saw the question a different way and thought 10 cents right away. You saw the $1.10 as $1.00 (thinking one dollar more) and $0.10 (thinking the cost of the lowest item in this case, a cheap stone. |
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