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Iverson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-03 05:03 AM
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14. ambiguity play?
Edited on Sat Aug-23-03 05:04 AM by Iverson
One could also interpret it this way:

2(1/2) x (7 1/2) = 7 1/2

Twice the half becomes a self-negating expression, a waste of time, almost like the brain teasers that we complete with relish.

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  -Brain teaser for smart asses Chuckup  Aug-22-03 08:15 PM   #0 
  - It's not seven and a half?  wtmusic   Aug-22-03 08:16 PM   #1 
  - that would be 4  GAspnes   Aug-22-03 08:16 PM   #2 
  - yeah, I'm with you  Capn Sunshine   Aug-22-03 08:18 PM   #3 
     - according  Your Highness   Aug-22-03 08:21 PM   #6 
  - Could be 10-1/2 too  wtmusic   Aug-22-03 08:20 PM   #4 
  - Ahhhhh!  Booberdawg   Aug-22-03 08:21 PM   #5 
  - Agreed, the answer is either 7.5 or 8  stunted evolution   Aug-23-03 05:25 AM   #16 
  - Hmm  ComerPerro   Aug-22-03 08:23 PM   #7 
  - uuhh.. maybe  ChoralScholar   Aug-22-03 08:46 PM   #8 
  - Who cares?  D__S   Aug-22-03 09:05 PM   #9 
  - Three and a half and a quarter. Three and a half and a quarter.  countfloyd   Aug-22-03 09:15 PM   #11 
  - How's this for a smartass answer? (R-rated so now you can guess...)  HypnoToad   Aug-22-03 09:15 PM   #10 
  - so what's the answer?  countfloyd   Aug-23-03 02:44 AM   #12 
  - Not that it matters much...  laconicsax   Aug-23-03 04:50 AM   #13 
  - ambiguity play?  Iverson   Aug-23-03 05:03 AM   #14 
  - The answer  Chuckup   Aug-23-03 05:16 AM   #15 
 

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