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Which is why I indicated that it would be a misreading of the problem. The original problem is a little ambiguously worded. You could say "one of their numbers
by bena 2y ago
Which is why I indicated that it would be a misreading of the problem.
The original problem is a little ambiguously worded. You could say "one of their numbers is the sum of the other two" and it would be a little clearer.
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- thaumasiotes 2y ago> The original problem is a little ambiguously worded. No it isn't. If it said "the sum of any two of the numbers is equal to the third", that would be a contradiction. What it says is "the sum of two of the numbers is equal to the third".
- bena 2y agoI have three items. Buying two of the items gets you the third for free. The implication is any two. It’s ok that it’s ambiguous. It happens. In most cases, we clarify and move on. There’s no need to defend it.
- thaumasiotes 2y agoWhy look for ambiguity that isn't there?
- refulgentis 2y agoThere's a certain mind that either doesn't realize they're sidestepping the problem and turning it into a editing review, or realizes it, and doesn't understand why it seems off-topic/trivial to others. What's especially strange here is, they repeatedly demonstrate if you interpret it that way, the problem is obviously, trivially, unsolvable, in a way that a beginner in algebra could intuit. (roughly 12 years old, at least, we started touching algebra in 7th grade) I really don't get it. When I've seen this sort of thing play out this way, the talking-down is usually for the benefit of demonstrating something to an observer (i.e. I am smart look at this thing I figured out; I can hold my own when the haters chirp; look they say $INTERLOCUTOR is a thinker but they can't even understand me!), but ~0 of that would apply here, at least traditionally.
- bena 2y agoOne often doesn't look for ambiguity. It is there. It is fine.