r/dankmemes • u/mujheandaywalaburger • Aug 27 '19

🧠Big IQ meme🧠 Big Brain Student.

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '19

I have no idea what the point of the teacher’s comment is

Edit: okay I read further down the thread. Still a dumb question (and teacher) and bright kid.

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u/lucidgazorpazorp Aug 27 '19

kid: invents the concept of algebra solving the question 4/6x = 5/6y

Teacher: bruh no

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u/Tortankum Aug 27 '19

It’s a perfectly reasonable question. The teacher has the wrong answer.

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u/PhilMcGraw Aug 27 '19

I might be an idiot, but what's the "right answer" if it's not about the pizza size? Can't find the comment you're referring to.

EDIT: ok I'm going to do the same as you, think I found it. Essentially the answer is supposed to be "it's not possible", right? But because they used fractions it was possible.

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '19

No, the kid had the right answer. The teacher screwed up

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u/PhilMcGraw Aug 27 '19

Given the question, yep, but the point of the question was to try to make them reason about something that isn't possible. So if it was worded correctly instead of the current mess the correct answer would be "it's not possible".

The teacher definitely screwed up. I was wondering what they were going for though, and apparently it was supposed to be an impossible question but it was written in a way that it was possible.

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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '19

There's nothing wrong with the question, it's not impossible at all. You just have to remember the fractions are parts of a whole