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February 26, 2007 7:53pm by David Farrar

A good attempt when you don’t know the answer

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bobrien

Don’t laugh it is NCEA at its finest.
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February 27, 2007 12:25pm
bobrien

Don’t laugh it is NCEA at its finest.
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February 27, 2007 12:28pm
Peter A

Just out of interest, what is the correct answer to that question anyway?
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February 27, 2007 1:18pm
Murray

42
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February 27, 2007 1:54pm
Peter S

a^n + nab + b^n
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February 27, 2007 2:00pm
Peter S

Murray’s answer was the best though.
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February 27, 2007 2:02pm
llew

Reminds me tenuously of a John Wayne story – when he played the roman centurion at Christ’s crucifixion in The Greatest Story Ever Told…

His line “Truly, this man is the son of God”.

First take, he delivered the line exactly as he delivered all his lines, the audience would mentally fill in the subsequent “Pilgrim…”

The director said “More awe Duke, more awe!”

Wayne had another go, identical to the first. The director cajoled “More awe!”

The Duke thought about it, told the boss he had it sussed., the director called “Action!”

The Duke sombrely entoned: “Awww… truly, this man is the son of God!”
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February 27, 2007 2:18pm
Rocket Boy

Sorry to be a nerd but Peter S your answer is only correct if n=2.

The answer is more complex and is something like:

The sum of (nCr)*a^(n-r)b^r where r goes from 0 to n and nCr is the binomial function.
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February 27, 2007 2:31pm
Mark

Murray, I hear that’s the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything
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February 27, 2007 3:27pm
Peter S

Rocket Boy,

Correct. I’m waaaay rusty on solving the equations.

I suspect, in hindsight that what they were looking for was something like

(a+b)^n
= (a+b) * (a+b)^n-1
= (a^2 + 2ab + b^2) (a+b)^n-2

etc.

it depends on the Maths level that the question was aimed at.
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February 27, 2007 3:52pm
iwikiwi

I think i will stick to running my printing press, UM wheres the on button and how do you run the toach screen
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February 27, 2007 4:09pm
Mrs W

Is that the teacher’s writing in the top RH corner?

I can make out “Very” and “Peter”, but what is the other word? “Funny?” “Furry?” “Fanny?”

Hope this person doesn’t teach handwriting.

At least I can read what Peter wrote.
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February 27, 2007 4:36pm
lyndon

http://www.robmonroe.net/upload/2007/1/24/elephantintheway.jpg
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February 27, 2007 4:37pm
lyndon

Another fave is the one where the geometry question said “Find x”, so they drew a circle round the x in the diagram and said “there it is!”
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February 27, 2007 4:41pm
llew

“Another fave is the one where the geometry question said “Find x”, so they drew a circle round the x in the diagram and said “there it is!”

Ha ha! I saw that somewhere only yesterday.
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February 27, 2007 4:48pm
peterquixote

i never seen anything likes it
peter brilliant
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February 27, 2007 5:47pm
Murray

Yeah, saves a lot of pissing about too and you have time to score the chicks while the nerds get their pocket protectors in a tangle arguing about where X is and using up and the extra punctuation keys on the keyboard.

It might get a probe to slam into Mars at 14,000 miles per hour guys but the slide-rule doesn’t pull the babes.
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February 27, 2007 11:30pm
Razorlight

There was the University Philosophy exam where one 25% question was ‘what is courage’.

The student answered with two words.

THIS IS
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February 28, 2007 12:32am
Ms Klake

I’d have passed him for pure innovation.
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February 28, 2007 8:47am
crunch

bn±1, b=2,3,5,6,7,10,11,12
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February 28, 2007 5:46pm
mavxp

Razorlight said: “There was the University Philosophy exam where one 25% question was ‘what is courage’.

The student answered with two words.

THIS IS”

You forgot the punchline… the student got an A+
for the essay.
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