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The trickiness is that it was a part of a set of easy questions. You have 3 same numbers x x x, then change two of them, and ask what's the third y y ? It seems
by Etherlord87 4y ago
The trickiness is that it was a part of a set of easy questions. You have 3 same numbers x x x, then change two of them, and ask what's the third y y ? It seems obvious it's y again.
Of course if you have some experience with math (apparently more experience than kids in school have), it's immediately apparent it's a multiplication and the product doesn't scale linearly… But I can imagine myself still answering this incorrectly just because I have no incentive to be careful and I'm in a state of mind to just answer the question quickly. Though while reading the article I solved it, in memory.
- still_grokking 4y ago> The trickiness is that it was a part of a set of easy questions. You have 3 same numbers x x x, then change two of them, and ask what's the third y y ? It seems obvious it's y again. OK… That's all? I start to see the problem. But I'm not going to write what my conclusion is as this would get likely down-voted into oblivion. (I was actually expecting down-votes already just for asking but still wanted to understand what the issues here is as I honestly don't see any "tricky part" in the "puzzle" at all.)