[Rhodes22-list] How Smart Are You?
Slim
stevenalm at comcast.net
Tue May 1 18:30:11 EDT 2007
Mike,
You're right--they're too vague as to what they're really asking and the
word "last" is ambiguous. I say throw that question out so my score is 10
for 10.
Slim
On 5/1/07 4:44 PM, "Michael D. Weisner" <mweisner at ebsmed.com> wrote:
> Slim,
>
> I also answered 90 minutes! After reviewing the original question:
>
> "A doctor gives you three pills telling you to take one every half hour.
> How many minutes would the pills last?"
>
> one must ask if we have enough information to answer the question. Do we
> know how long the pills take to dissolve, metabolize or "last"? What
> constitutes "lasting" to a pill? There are so many unknowns that I must now
> change my answer to "Don't know", since we truly do not have enough
> information to draw a proper conclusion.
>
> Mike
> s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
> Nissequogue River, NY
>
> From: "Slim" <stevenalm at comcast.net> Tuesday, May 01, 2007 3:09 PM
>
>> It said I got 10 of 11 but they made a mistake! They say the 3 pills last
>> 60 minutes. That's wrong. The first pill lasts 30 minutes, the second
>> pill
>> lasts 30 minutes (60 total) and the third pill lasts 30 minutes (total 90)
>>
>> The question is how long the pills last, not how much time it takes to eat
>> them.
>>
>> Slim
>>
>> On 4/30/07 2:27 PM, "Peter Thorn" <pthorn at nc.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>>> How many can you get right?
>>>
>>> Take this advice ...
>>> Be sure and think before you answer. Have fun, and pass it on to
>>> others.....
>>>
>>> Click here: How Smart Are You?
>>> <http://www.mikescomputerinfo.com/inteltest.htm>
>>>
>>> PT
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