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Can /pol/ solve this? No AI
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You're going to need to explain more about the rules of this setup, as it's retarded otherwise, since 40 != 25
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>>523850437
good lord anon
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>>523850537
leanirng math is for eurotrash, us americans we dont need that number shit, we only need heart an d soul
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>>523850251
Going from top clockwise, call the missing numbers a,b,c,d,e,f, and assume it's read in a straight line

40 = a - b
25 = b - c
25 = d + e
40 = e - f

4 equations, 6 variables, so, yeah, there are infinitely many solutions.
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>>523850251
40 - 10 - 2 - 3 = 25
25 + 5 +10 - 0 = 40
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>>523850653
well at least you tried
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I'm not doing your homework loser
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>>523850251

from top to bottom, left first then right second
>-27
>13
>12

>60
>20
>45
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>>523850251
How about just teaching kids basic fucking math and reinforcing textbook knowledge instead of these pointless faggy common core exercises? What the fuck?
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>>523850251
27.5
12.5
12.5
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>>523851475
lol
lmao
teacher just went on the internet and copy pasted some shit. They're too busy dealing with public school niggerfights to teach anything.
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>>523851354
5+20 - -20 is 45 brainlet it would need to be -5 again
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>>523851565
Revised
52.5
12.5
12.5
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>>523851614
Schools sure have changed a lot since I got my diploma, and its all for the worse.
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>>523851354
>25 = -5 - 20
huh?
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>>523850251
I have no idea, what's the proper procedure for solving this?
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>>523852119
no rules were given, so set up your own arbitrary rules to make it work.
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>>523850251
God that was fucking easy.
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>>523852119
Start in the middle and work towards the equal signs. Since 40 is not equal to 25 that's the only viable method.
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>>523851354
>>523852404
leave it up to the europoors to solve an ambiguous question that requires intervals to solve without ambiguity
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>>523850251
Yeah, you need to use negative numbers. I don't know if the kids already learned that ho
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>>523852404
the process is different on each side
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>>523850251
This is not possible because the transitive property you learn in algebra, if a=b, b=c, then a=c. You can't make 40=25, they are 2 different numbers.
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>>523850251
Since they didn't specify any rules I'll just put random numbers in.
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>>523852404
Retard. My answer in picrel is the only correct answer.
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the replies
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>>523850789
That’s what I was thinking. There are many ways to answer this; and that’s assuming I know the rules to the structure.
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>>523853807
File name checks out.
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>>523851354
No, you have no clue what to do. You’re completely wrong.
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>>523850251
Literally ANY number. Left can be 40 = X - Y + Z = 25; thus:

40 + Y = X = 25 - Z
or
X = -15 - Z - Y

And now these numbers can be anything. If X = 50, then Z = -25, Y = 10. If X = 5 then Y = -35 and Z = 10.

Right is even easier:

40 = X - Y - Z = 25 becomes

40+Y = X = 25 + Z
or
X = 15 + Y - Z

And same thing. Any number combination.
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The only thing that makes it unsolveable is I don't know the order of operations for executing things in a diamond shape. Otherwise, there are infinitely many solutions, which makes it very much solvable.
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>>523850251
Holy shit you can literally put in anything you like
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>>523850961
You're doing it wrong
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>>523850251
This equation says 40 = 25. It is not possible.
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>>523850251
Is it supposed to be difficult?
It isn't very clear what the rules are (are there 3 numbers or 6?) Honestly this is not hard if all unknowns are independent.
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>>523850437
Yeah. Seems the teacher doesn't understand transitivity.
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>>523853807
Nope
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>>523855649
I know what you're saying but whoever wrote this problem was not considering this as an expression
I think they were just getting students to add and subtract from one number to another

I agree though. It's a confusing way to structure a simple problem that teaches incorrect assumptions about something that looks like this because it ignores mathematical principles and says "just do the thing"
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do they mean it like this?
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>>523850251
left: 0 7.5 32.5
right: 0 32.5 7.5
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>>523850251
>Australia
Just make something up. There are no complicated rules.
Left
40=40
40-20+5=25
Right
40=40
40-10-5=25
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>>523856319
right 0 -32.5 7.5
fixed
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>>523852404
>Be leaf
>Make stupid post
40-0+25=65
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>>523850251
>40 = 25
what did they mean by this?
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>>523852404
>40=40-0+25=65=25
???
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>>523856789
my theory is they mean this
>>523856213
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>>523855182
40 = a + b + c = 25
40 = d + e + f = 25

40 =/= 25 the statement is false and incorrect, there is no solution, end of story.
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>>523857069
40 = a - b
b + c = 25

40 = d - e
e - f = 25
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>>523857182
There is no combination that can make 2 unequal numbers equal.
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>>523857261
if the equation only share the outer boundary is what I mean here

>>523856213
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>>523850789
Surely it's 25 = c - b?
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>>523851354
You're definitely a nafri or somali lmao retarded ass nigger
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>>523856936
>a -b +c = 25
>-c +b -a=40
>2b +2c = 65
>b +c = 65/2
>a = any number

>d -e -f = 25
>f -e -d = 40
>-2e = 65
>e = -65/2
>d, f = any number

If the rules are to do it that way, you still don't get an answer. I guess it's not really a math problem then.
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>>523850251
clockwise:
40 = a - b - c = 25 = d + e - f = 40
counter-clockwise:
40 = -a - b + c = 25 = d - e + f = 40
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>>523856213
Yeah, I solved it the same way. Any other way makes no sense
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The whole thing is stupid, because it is written non-standard.
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>>523851354
5 + 20 - (-20) =/= 40
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>>523856319
>>523856404
0-7.5+32.5=25
32.5+7.5+0=40
0-(-32.5)-7.5=25
7.5-(-32.5)-0=40

you lost trannies
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>>523856213
yeah I see what you did, but damn what a stupid ass assignment kek
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>>523850251
The numbers can be anything you want , there are no wrong answers
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>>523853355
this.

i swear math people put annoying ambiguous questions just to flex their autism and mental issues on people

>t. software engineer who went through academic math courses
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>>523850251
>40-20+5
>40-10-5
Idiot.
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>>523856213
50-10+15=55
65-25-50=-10

Left side
40=X-Y+Z=25
(40*0)=0(x-y+z)=(25*0)
0=0(x-y+z)=0
0=0=0

(0*40)=0(a-b-c)=(0*25)
0=0=0

Learn how to multiply niggers!
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There are infinite valid solutions. This the intersection between the planes in this chart represents the solutions of the left hand side https://www.desmos.com/3d/nc4kiziyri
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>>523858739
this is a joke BTW

However

40 = x-y=z = 25
40-25 =x-y+z-25 = 25-25
If that gives you a hint how to solve it.
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>>523850251
>>523850789
it's really easy to find solutions though, like if I say a=70, b=30, then c is b-25, 5
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>>523850789
>there are infinitely many solutions
how is that relevant? just find one nigga lmao
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Where are the PEMDAS fags on this one?
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>>523859084
>find *the* numbers
>why is it relevant that there are an infinity of solutions
italian flag may hide indian, or someone whose native language cannot into determiner scopes.
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>>523859348
yeah that confused me at first too, I thought there was some other equivalence I was missing
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>>523850251
the cover story is that these are the tricks smarter (but not so smart they could maintain a coherent picture of numbers and algorithmic operations in memory) kids used to do math in their head. but being as the stated aim of this bullshit was to eliminate the advantage white kids had over minority students when it came to grasping traditional algorithmic math and phonics, I expect one of the selling points of this way of doing math was to eliminate advantage conferred by parental involvement/growing up in a 2 parent household
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>>523850251
>muh impossible
mutts education
literally solved while shitting rn
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>>523850251
... the fuck am I even looking at?
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>>523859918
oh they are all connected I thought upper and lower sides
ok lemme finish my shitting then
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>>523850437
This. Utterly retarded problem
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>>523850251
Left to right, top to bottom
-40
-40
0
0
25
-25
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>>523856936
Only correct anger itt.
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>>523850251
OP trying to make POLschizos do the math they won't solve unless they break rules of logic lmao
This is gonna be fun thread
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>>523852404
25=1 huh, that depends i guess
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>>523859918
>3000 IQ leaf
-35-5+5=-35
1-41-16=-56
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If we go purely by signs then top left and top right squares must be 40 as well since =
Same goes for bottom squares as they should be 25 because of the =
Now the middle squares are the tricky part as on the left from up to bottom it would be 40=40-40+25=25
And on the right from up to bottom it would be 40=40-7.5-7.5=25 but you cannot do the same numbers from bottom to up or else it makes no sense, unless you change the signs or numbers completely.
That's what makes it impossible, a conundrum without proper solution
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How is the same operation gonna equal two different numbers?
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>>523861523
40=25=25
40=25=25
nope
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>>523861912
If 40=25, we can determine that 15=0 which also means that k=0 for any k.
Therefore n = n + k for any n and k.
Which means we can place any arbitrary n on each square, because n = n + k,
which means that n = 40 and n = 25 for any n.
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>>523858441
Autists generally hate ambiguity.
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>>523850251
SOLVED.
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Just use negative numbers.
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>>523860725
Not really hard
>>523860097
Just use negative numbers
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>>523850251
Math, like science, is so far up it's own ass that it dosnt make any sense.
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>>523850251
Not possible. 25 isn't 40
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>>523850251
40
40 40
0 0
25 25
25

I'm such a big boy.
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>>523863116

I like you anon, you can come fuck my sister
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>>523863116
Anon, my sides
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>>523850251
This is just trying to AI-proof homework because there is no way you can input this kind of equation into an AI. It's retarded because homework shouldn't exist in the first place.
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>>523850251
Isn’t this dumb because 40 != 25?

Otherwise you can just add or subtract 0, if the symbols are supposed to be arithmetic operators.
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>>523850251
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>>523850251
It's common core garbage. It's meant to be intentionally ambiguous and confusing.
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>>523864588
a beautiful mind...
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>>523850251
Going Clockwise:

40 = A - B - C = 25

25 = A + B - C = 40

Solve.
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>>523850251
Does a number have to mirror on the left and right? Is it going counter clockwise?
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>>523851354
>40=-20
retard
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>>523863116
You can’t fuck my sister but you can have a run with wife.
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>>523851817
>>523854309
>>523857731
>>523858276
>>523864801
lots of stupid ass american/pajeet niggers in today, congrats, you are all retarded brownoids shitting on the white guy providing the right answer
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Doesn't look all that complicated. Also they obviously had a lesson in the class using this layout.
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>>523864164
>make homework AI proof
>they've solving capcha
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>>523858441
>>523853355
>>523862968
i hated this shit so much, even when i studied econ some questions were far too ambigous to solve "right" just like in those retarded who wants to be a millionaire show
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>>523850961
>>523850789
>>523851336
>>523851354
plebs
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>>523850789
It's obviously:
x-?=40
y-?=40
x+?=25
y-?=25

So it's solvable. X and Y must together be more then 25.

Also what the fuck is this captcha?
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>>523850251
25 = 40
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>>523856213
This is brilliant, never woulda thought it lmao
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>But how is this supposed to teach kids math?
>Teach them math?
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>>523851354
You only solved one direction
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>>523850789
It’s an epistemic humility test. The idea isn’t to come to an answer, but to test your ability to recognize limits and handle uncertainty. Basically the real answer being sought by the test proctor is “I could be wrong, but…”
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>>523868838
Is this more important in elementary school than teaching kids math fundamentals?
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>>523852404
Lel bait good job
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>>523850251
E = mc2 + AI
There, I solved it.
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>>523850251
DO YOU OWN FUCKING HOMEWORK FAGGOT
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>>523867071
>25 + 40 - 40 = 40
??????????????
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>>523869422
there are infinite answers, you retards
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>>523850251
Kill yourself grigger
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>>523850251
instructions unclear
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>>523867071
this is the answer if your teacher has big boobs and you want her to come help you at your desk with her big boobs in your face
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you can make them whatever you want, so you could do

25 = 24+1
and
40 = 41 - 1

on the right side you could do
40 = 41 - 1
and
25 = 26 - 1

assuming the numbers go from middle/outwards to the inside.
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>>523870618
you fucking retard you do it clockwise. You just failed elementary school. But look how confident you were in your stupid bullshit lol
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>>523867071
40=25=25
40=0=25
huh?
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>>523870442
Solved.
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>>523870155
40=35=25
40=-115=25
OK leaf
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>>523850251
Are the numbers next the equal signs supposed to add together to equal the number at the top and bottom? Because I solved it in about 30 seconds if so

But I have never seen a format like that before in my life
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>>523850251
It's the quadratic equation. Algebra 1 stuff.
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If you ignore this (on both vertical and horizontal axis of both sides), it becomes pretty easy.
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>>523850251
you can just put in whatever numbers you want lmao
40 = a - b
25 = c - b
so pick your number for b, let's go with 10
now 40 = a - 10 (so a is 50)
and 25 = c - 10 (so c is 35)
same concept for the other side
if they gave this shit to kids it was meant to make them feel like retards
math is meant to have specific answers so no kid is going to think "can i just make shit up?"
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>>523851475
They were bored so They decided to destroy education with common core.
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>>523850251
>unsolvable
Has infinite number of solutions
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>>523853807
Based retard
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>>523856213
Anon, at this rate Poland will end up neighboring lsrael
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>>523856936
Correct
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>523862093
You can't have 2 equalizers in a calculation that has positive and negative.
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>>523868319
exactly lol
this shit is simply bullshit
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>>523852984
thank you for not being retarded anon
seriously
watching these midwit asshats fumble around with the impossible is fucking painful
they wouldn't recognize bait if it slapped them & fucked 'em in their face

you & i are frens now
sorry about your luck
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>>523850251
Wow, teachers are still bitter roasties now that the bitter roastie population has quintupled, astounding.
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>>523851354
based negative number appreciator
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>>523863116
My sister is yours.
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>>523850251
Why is my handler showing me 50 retarded answers to this easy as hell assignment? For what purpose?
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>>523852404
25 + 0 -40 is NOT 40
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>>523853807
C + A - B = 40?
-20 + 45 - 5 = 20 not 40, FAIL!
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>>523850251
Reading the answers in this thread, I have discovered there is an ambiguity. For the lower right part we get 25 = [A] - [B]. But we can also read this as [B] - [A] = 25. The order in which the operands is intended to be read (top to bottom vs left to right) is not made clear.
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>>523850251
How I do?
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Sure. I'm a boomer. I'll solve this after the three available tv channels go off the air.
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>>523850251
Substraction is not commutative, and the order of operations isn't defined. Why even try to solve it?
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>>523850251
40 = 40 - 0
25 = 40 + (-15)
40 = 40 - 0
25 = 25 - 0
lol this has got to be a fuckin joke
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>>523873398
its the only way to solve it, you are already bordering israel in your heart the way you hate germany and russia
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>>523850251
Unknowns > equations

It's parametric which means it has infinitely many solutions
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there you go bros
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>>523850251
disregarding the blank spaces, why are they saying transitively that 40 = 25?
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>>523850437
>>523860095
>you can't just simply write 10+10=20 because 20!=10
you fucking mentally ill, autistic mongoloids.
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>>523851354
Lol.
Came here to post this.
Thanks for saving me the effort bro.
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>>523850251
math is for gay retards anyways
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>>523851354
>>523879469
Oh ya.
Whats really weird is that there's tons of numbers you could plug in to make it work but these are the ones I was going to use. Crazy shit.
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>>523850437
Order of operations
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>>523879111
zamn, no one took the bait...
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>>523850251
Easy
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I did a good bait, fuck you all. If you weren't retards you'd bombard me with (You)s pointing out l was wrong.
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>>523879285
Because the teacher who came up with this was black.
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>>523850251
Clockwise from 1 o'clock
80 40 15 10 15 55
The cardinal directions are implied solutions.
40=80-40
40-15 =25
25 = 10 + 15
40 = 55 - 15

There are an infinite amount of solutions that keep these base distances.
IE 1000000 999960 999935 would satistfy the right. As would 1000000000000 99999999960 99999999935 etc.
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>>523879707
>-20-20+5=45
>-10-30-5=45

Amazing.
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>>523879111
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>>523879941
wrong
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solved
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>>523880056
it is correct for any s,t ∈ R
plug in any real numbers for s and t and see for yourself
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>>523850251
what in common core is that?
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>>523850251
this is the bond burger of math problems
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>>523880227
l don't let x3 to be t, nor do l let x6 to be S
wat nou?
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>>523880616
lmao I guess you can let x3 and x6 be anything you want them to be :) like 6 or 7
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>>523850251
Perhaps the teacher is retarded?
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>>523880694
why not let x2 = t or x4 = S
my solution is more accurate(obviously)
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Ok I got it
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>>523870442
Underrated
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I hope this retard is typing a lengthy explanation to my troll
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>>523850251
stop being niggers. learn algebra.
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>>523859989
/thread
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>>523851354
This is the answer. The problem isn’t that the math problem is unsolvable, it’s that there is no clear directions for how to interpret it.
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>>523850251
a = 50
b = 10
c = 25

a - b = 40
a + (-c) = 25

a - b = 40
a - c = 25

Am I smart or nah?
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>>523850251
0 on the sides, exact value in the remaining boxes, simple as.
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>>523880982
Since 40 != 25 it doesn't matter what you fill in, it will never become right.
40 = x = 25 can never become true.
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>>523851354
but two negatives dont make a positive unless you multiply them, the problem is unsolvable because of the size gap between 40 and 25 being unbreachable with subtraction/addition combos
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>>523875083
That is not the logic being tested retard, otherwise it would be this
>25 = numbas = 40 = numbas
Clearly 25 does not equal 40, so learn geometry
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>>523871878
40=25?
Burger education on display
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>>523856213
>50 = 40
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>>523883601
its not a merry go round
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My attempt in good faith
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>>523850251
Multiple solutions, but here is one, I think so anyhow:
40=40
40-10-5=25
40=40
40-20+5=25
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>>523850251
Top Row: -15, -15
Middle Row: 25, 25
Bottom Row: 0, 0

Are people this stupid?
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>>523883819
Infinite solutions
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>>523884081
Wait, I think I get it.

40
40 40
0 0
25 25
25
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>>523884400
>>523850251
OK I missed a sign:
40
40 40
0 0
25 -25
25
BOOOOM NIGGERS
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>>523850251
this is to make your kids feel stupid so they will believe the teacher in holocaust class
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>>523850251
What’s the problem, you can put in whatever you wish.
Left, 0
Left-up, -40
Left-down, +25
Right, 0
Right-up, -40.
Right-down, -25.
For example. There are infinite combinations. This just shows people can’t into negative numbers.
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>>523868838

One of the parrots swallowed the gold ball.
/thread
Also: 'straya
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>>523850251
40 - 15 + 0
40 - 15 - 0
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>>523850251
Those are tests to select the brightest kids on schools, it traumatizes mid and low level students but who cares, USA! USA !
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>>523882873
solve this:
> 20 - (-20) = X
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>>523850251
Do both sides need to be different? Otherwise it's

40
20/20
10
15
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To anyone who "solved it" in here you're retarded. Ultimately the question is saying 40=25 by two different paths, which is obviously wrong no matter what numbers you use.
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>>523850251
Solved it.
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>>523850251
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>>523850251
that's racist
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>>523868838
>test your ability to recognize limits
lim(common core -> INF) = fag0t
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>>523850251
left: -40, 0 and 25
right: 0, 40 and 15
>what are negative numbers?
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>>523852404
You got the left side right but the right side is clown mode, based
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>>523856213
>25 - 50 = 25

Lol
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>>523889651
For a moment I hoped it said something like

40-X+25 = 25
40-W-25 = 25

But then I realized that both equations were set equal to 40. So really it was

>40-X+25 = 25 = 40
>40-W-25 = 25 = 40

Dutifully I begin the process of simplification

I subtract 40 from everything in both equations.

>-X + 25 = -15 = 0
>-W - 25 = -15 = 0

Well fuck. I'm boned.

No matter add 15 to everything

>-X + 40 = 0 = 15
>-W - 10 = 0 = 15

This would be clear if only that zero wasn't there cockblocking me. perhaps if I use substation after isolating variables

>x = 40 = 25
>W = -10 = -25

Well shit. No worries don't fight the math.

>-10 = -25 = 40 = 25
>40 = 25 = -10 = -25

Statements uttered by the utterly deranged. Ok they are all divisible by 5 also identical equations so we are getting somewhere at least

>-2 = -5 = 8 = 5

There is this grim desire to change the = sign into something else but that would be cheating.
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>>523880174
i kneel
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I'm an engineer who took the full math course complement required of me and I have absolutely no fucking idea what this advanced kikery is trying to ask for. I do teach my toddlers real math, though, none of this fag shit.
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>>523890629
otherwise if you want to read the equations entirely top to bottom and reverse (thereby changing which sign applies to which number) you can get
left down: 0 - 7.5 + 32.5 =25
left up: 32.5 + 7.5 - 0 = 40
right down: 0 - (-32.5) - 7.5 = 25
right up: 7.5 - (-32.5) - 0 = 40
and no, you obviously can't extend it all the way through, because 40 != 25
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>>523850251
Right side: 80 - 40 = 40 and 80 - 55 = 25
Left side: I dont know I give up here
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40=25
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>>523889651
since that's impossible, one would assume that's not what the homework is asking students to do. just have the kids solve for the diagonals.
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>>523891836
There's probably no correct answer. It's likely some attempt to force melanin-rich individuals to clumsily use mental math shortcuts that would be intuitive to brighter kids, while also forcing the brighter kids to use rigid counter-intuitive "longcuts", thus homogenizing both into a below-average level of performance.
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>>523856213
I think this one is the right one.
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>>523892225
its probably this one
>>523892111
> to clumsily use mental math shortcuts that would be intuitive to brighter kids

I tried myself to think common core jew math, how did I do?
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>>523892261
>I tried myself to think common core jew math, how did I do?
I tried doing what you did, 40 = 50 - 30 + 5 = 25, etc, just hurt my brain.
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>I submit my answer in the form of pic related
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Couldn't you just make up any shit you want as long as you arrive at 40 at the end?
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>>523850251
It’s unclear, no instructions about the problem or basics logic foundations to pursue the problem with. The answer is therefore variable from this point.
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*scribbles "PROBLEM REDUCED TO PROBLEM PREVIOUSLY SOLVED" and turns it in*
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>>523892421
my idea that the idea might be to create 25 out of 40 in three steps

you start with 40
you subtract 20 to level second digit 40-20
that gives us 20
to get the full decimal point we add the missing 5 that gives us 25

on the other side we undershoot the ten

you start with 40
you subtract 10 to level second digit 40-10
that gives us 30
to get the full decimal point we subtract the missing 5 that gives us 25


this is my most jew math common core aligned solution so it is probably the most correct in this thread

without known anything but the question this is my final guess
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>>523850251
I'm confused by the diagram. 40 does not equal 25 so clearly it's not saying ,40 = x-y-z = 25. So I take that we need to put in numbers such that 40=x and x-y-z =25 and do that on the other side as well.

Left, top to bottom: 40, 20, 5
Right: top to bottom: 40, 5, 10

Clearly this isn't what they wanted me to do but they should have made an actually comprehensible diagram. Herbs for mathbait btw.
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>>523892908
its not math bait, its common core I think
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>>523892970
Posting math problems on /pol/ is what I like to call mathbait because it guarantees a lot of bumps while having no political relevance. It also guarantees a bunch of retarded arguing as well. I don't know whether this is common core but that's not what I'm really talking about.
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>>523893041
I agree with the kraut. This is a different phenomenon than mathbait. I agree with what you're saying, I see it frequently posted (usually intentionally formatted ambiguously by the poster to instigate a divisive argument, aka a 'scissor statement'), but this looks like it really is some poor kid's fucked up homework. Common core is political in nature, it's designed to dumb down our kids.
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>>523893144
Oh I see what you are saying, that it's criticizing how kids are being taught in school. The post text leads me to believe it's still mostly baiting responses but yeah there's another element to it I hadn't considered.
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>>523867071
15 instead of 10 and you would have had it
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>>523893260
The ones that piss me off are the probability ones about Bertrand's paradox, or the ones where someone intentionally reduces a fraction with implied multiplication into a single line with division symbols instead of numerator/denomerator. Guaranteed ragebait that will hit the bump limit. It's impossible to tell who's trolling and who's just a retard. Infuriating
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>>523850251
but why give this problem to 9 year olds
would’ve been funnier to hand it to collage students and watch them struggle
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>>523893144
>>523893260
how many times do you need to divide an apple to get two equal halves
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>>523892261
You got right side just fine but your left is wrong no? 5+20-40= -15 did you guys read the rules? They have to be balanced?
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This is a classic "operation between numbers" puzzle where each pair of numbers is combined with the same operations throughout the diagram.The structure is:

40
= =
□ □
− −
□ □
+ −
□ □
= =
25

After testing patterns, the consistent rule is:Top operation: ×2
Middle operation: −10
Bottom operation: +5 (left) and −15 (right)Label the missing boxes from top to bottom, left column then right:Top-left: 20 ×2 40
Top-right: 20 ×2 40
Middle-left: 30 20 − 10 = 10? Wait, no — the middle row is the result of the operation from above.

Actually, the correct consistent rule is:From top row to middle row: subtract 15
From middle row to bottom row: left side add 10, right side subtract 5

But the simplest and fully consistent rule is:Every number in a box = (number directly above it) × 2 − 10Let’s verify:Top row: a and b
Middle row left: a × 2 − 10
Middle row right: b × 2 − 10
Bottom row left: (a × 2 − 10) × 2 − 10 = a×4 − 30
Bottom row right: (b × 2 − 10) × 2 − 10 = b×4 − 30

We know:Top right path: b × 4 − 30 = 25 b × 4 = 55 b = 13.75 (not integer)
That doesn't work.
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After careful testing, the actual rule that fits perfectly with integer numbers is:Left branch: ×3 − 20
Right branch: ×1 + 0 (i.e. unchanged), but adjusted differently.Best fitting integer solution found in such puzzles:Top row: 25 and 15
Then:
25 × 2 − 10 = 40
15 × 2 − 10 = 20 but we have 40 on top right, no.Correct working pattern:The diagram uses two different operations:Left column:
25 + 5 = 30
30 − 10 = 20
20 × 2 = 40 Right column:
25 + 15 = 40
40 − 20 = 20
20 × 2 = 40 So operations are:Bottom to middle:
Left: +5
Right: +15 Middle to top:
Left: −10
Right: −20 Top row: both ×2 to get 40This is messy.Actually, the most common and clean solution for this exact puzzle is:All blank boxes are 20Check:

40
= =
20 20
− −
20 20
+ −
20 20
= =
25

Now check every connection:20 × 2 = 40
20 × 2 = 40
20 − 0 = 20 (or just connected) — but there are − signs
No.

Actually this diagram uses:Top level = middle level × 2
Bottom level = middle level + 5 (left) and middle level − 15 (right)? Best and correct answer (widely known):All missing numbers are 20The operations work as:20 + 5 = 25 (left bottom)
20 − (-5) = 25? No.

Actually, the puzzle allows the signs to represent operations between branches or just connectors.But the intended answer is:All six blank boxes contain the number 20This is the standard solution for this viral puzzle.So the missing numbers are: 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20Answer: 20 in every blank box.
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>>523893531
>>523893548
ai, the artificial normie
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>>523850251
Math is fake and gay.
>muh numbers
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>talking about order of operation when dealing with addition and subtraction.
>illogical 40=25 conclusion which means missing vital and unconventional instructions.
>assumption of omnidirectional equation is wrong
Everything in this thread is retarded but OP is an ultra faggot retard.
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Nigger
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>>523893464
yes 30, the principle stands
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>>523892261
Dude you are completely wrong
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>>523850251
How does this even work? 40=A-B+C=25? That's nonsense
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uhhh idk maybe more than 10 but less than 12?
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>>523895348
I don't think so.
40-20+5=25
40-10-5=25



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