Guest Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 (First puzzle, dont be too harsh :]) 1+1=3. Explain Hint : Try to bend it a bit 1.4 can be rounded down to 1. so 1 (1.4) + 1 = 2.8. 2.8 rounds to 3!! =.= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 akaslickster Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 1&1 could say 11 (eleven -8)ha ha ha . Maybe I look> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 akaslickster Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 I think bending it is not legal in riddle land. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 I think bending it is not legal in riddle land. oh lol ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 (First puzzle, dont be too harsh :]) 1+1=3. Explain Hint : Try to bend it a bit 1.4 can be rounded down to 1. so 1 (1.4) + 1 = 2.8. 2.8 rounds to 3!! =.= 1,4=1,if we count ''till the decimal point,hence 1,4+1,4=2,8,which is equal to 3 if we round 'till to the decimal point. Not suare i explanted o'k,I hope you got the idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 1,4=1,if we count ''till the decimal point,hence 1,4+1,4=2,8,which is equal to 3 if we round 'till to the decimal point. Not suare i explanted o'k,I hope you got the idea. I've always heard the joke "2+2=5 for high values of two." This is true, and can be applied here. 1+1=3 for high values of 1! I suppose you could say 1.49999+1.49999=2.9998, and when you round those values for display, it appears to be 1+1=3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 I've always heard the joke "2+2=5 for high values of two." This is true, and can be applied here. 1+1=3 for high values of 1! I suppose you could say 1.49999+1.49999=2.9998, and when you round those values for display, it appears to be 1+1=3. a=b a^2 = ab (a^2) - (b^2)= ab - (b^2) (a+b)(a-b) = B(a-b) (remember FOIL) a+b = b b+b = b 2 = 1 3 = 1+1 How is that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 1+1 = 11... what you talking about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 a=b a^2 = ab (a^2) - (b^2)= ab - (b^2) (a+b)(a-b) = B(a-b) (remember FOIL) a+b = b b+b = b 2 = 1 3 = 1+1 How is that? That's it! Definitive PROOF that 1+1=3! (Nevermind the division by zero) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 That's it! Definitive PROOF that 1+1=3! (Nevermind the division by zero) Ah, I have had math teachers and even one professor miss the division by zero at first glance... they of course found it by looking a lot harder.... But you got to love my answer.... It is better than the original IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 There is a similiar question out there somewhere that goes "In Mathematics, When does 1 not equal 1?" the Answer is when working with fractions, particular thirds..... 1/3 = .333333.... (since I can not do the line over the 3) 2/3 = .666666.... (same as above) ---- 1 = .999999............ Scary..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 Everyone's answer is too mathematical. I'm a math teacher, and I tell this one to my kids in the middle of May every year. 1 + 1 = 3 on prom night, when you don't bring protection with you. So, it's a delay of nine months between the addition and the resultant, but it's true! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 21, 2008 Report Share Posted July 21, 2008 a=b a^2 = ab (a^2) - (b^2)= ab - (b^2) (a+b)(a-b) = B(a-b) (remember FOIL) a+b = b b+b = b 2 = 1 3 = 1+1 How is that? Sure that works, if you ignore the fundamental rule of mathematics. <_< (a+b)(a-b) is not equal to b(a-b) (Not to mention, that doesn't really have to do with FOIL.) b(a-b) = ab-b^2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 21, 2008 Report Share Posted July 21, 2008 This riddle is not math..... <_< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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