Tracey fucked around and found out

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• luthis@lemmy.nz ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  What?

  Tracey takes 4 from Rachel. Tracey now has 4, or 1 quarter, Rachel has now 12, or 3 quarters.

  Tracey asks for the remaining quarter.

  …what ‘remaining’ quarter?

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  • Abyssian@lemmy.world ⁨49⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    The quarter wasn’t about candy, Rachel slings all types of dope.

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  • thermal_shock@lemmy.world ⁨50⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    A quarter is 25% of anything. If she has 12 left, 25% is 3.

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  • AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    OK, start with 16 and she takes 4, so you have 12 left.

    Now of that 12 she wants a quarter of them, 1/4 x 12 = 3.

    Add that 3 to the 4 she took at the start and you have 7 total.

    The wording makes the question confusing.

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  • cantaloup@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Maybe it’s like Tracey ends up with 4 chocolate bars and ¢25

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  • miseducator@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yeah, should be something along the lines of “… asks for a quarter of the remaining chocolate bars”. Or maybe not. Who knows?

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  • dalekcaan@feddit.nl ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    This sounds like some SAT “make questions harder by making them more confusing” bullshit.

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    • Shizzymcjizzles@fedinsfw.app ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      That shit drove me insane. You’d think they would vet the questions better. I spent more time trying to understand what it was they wanted solved than actually solving it. Once that was clear finding the answers took no time.

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  • rustydrd@sh.itjust.works ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It’s a trick question. Tracey purposely asks for “the remaining quarter”, which is inherently unclear. She then exploits Rachel’s confusion to run off with all 16 chocolate bars.

    People like Tracey should be behind bars (pun not intended).

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  • SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    While we are at it, the teacher needs a slap too.

    That was obviously the correct answer.

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• ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Which one is “she?”

  “The” remaining quarter?

  Was this from an 1865 voter registration test?

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  • Nikko882@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It may feel like those should be from 1865, but those tests were only outlawed in 1965. It was not that long ago.

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  • rustydrd@sh.itjust.works ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Illustrating once more that “English” is to “language” what “Pluto” is to “planet”.

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• itrealgood@mander.xyz ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Who? Rachel or Tracey?

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• Johanno@feddit.org ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  A slap is correct.

  Then follow up with the unclear task.

  First answer is 16 - 4 = 12 12 /4 = 3 3+4=7

  However it could also mean that 16/4 =4 and then 4+0 =4

  Or you could also understand that Tracey wants 3 quarters so she would have 12

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  • capt_wolf@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It does say “remaining quarter” which is definitely meant to be a quarter of what’s left. With word problems, you generally follow the order the statements are made. So your first assumption is correct. 16-4=12 Rachel is left with twelve bars, which we need for the next part of the statement.
    12/4=3 Tracey asks for a “remaining quarter” and thus takes three. 4+3=7 Tracey now has 7 bars.

    It’s just a terribly phrased sentence. Appropriately worded and still coded correctly, it should say something like:

    Rachel has sixteen chocolate bars. Tracey takes four from her and then asks for a quarter of what remains.

    How many bars does Tracey now have?

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• qualia@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  16-4 = 12

  12/4 = 3

  4+3 = 7

  So the answer should’ve been a slap and 7 bars.

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  • taiyang@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    That solution assumes it’s a quarter of the remaining bars. How is worded, it could be 4 more bars she wants, making it half the bars at that point.

    It’s badly worded, and deserves a slap.

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  • dadGPT@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    1 slap for 7 bars is a deal

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  • voidsignal@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    After giving the slap I take all the bars. So long, loser.

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  • yermaw@sh.itjust.works ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The Eminem Solution

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• Antares@fedinsfw.app ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Why did Rachel have 48 chocolate bars?

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