Food for thought - A, B, C, or D?

[God of Thunder]

[Bugeater]

Imagine a 747 is sitting on a conveyor belt, as wide and long as a runway. The conveyor belt is designed to exactly match the speed of the wheels, moving in the opposite direction. Can the plane take off?

[cyborgtable]

Originally Posted by Bump

and 50% is the correct answer your professor/teacher gave you? What school is this?

University of Louisville, as well as my number theory professor at elizabethtown community college

[Bump]

Originally Posted by CoMoChief

my god are people this stupid?

the answer is 33.333% NONE OF THE ABOVE

paradox

and for you to call people "this stupid"

[Bump]

Originally Posted by cyborgtable

University of Louisville, as well as my number theory professor at elizabethtown community college

and they say the absolute correct answer is 50%? I'm pretty sure there are too many contradictions and it's a paradox. But I'm no professor.

[CoMoChief]

Originally Posted by Bump

paradox

and for you to call people "this stupid"

I just gave you the right answer.

YOU'RE THE DUMBASS!!!

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Bump

- my source is me, I scored 106% in college statistics, lol. The only class I ever got more than 100% in.

I'm not sure I trust the answer of someone who says they scored 106% in statistics.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by CoMoChief

None of the above

You have a 33.333% chance of guessing the right answer.

A&D - 25%
B - 50%
C - 60%

Even though there are 4 choices, 2 of them are the same answer, so really there are only 3 different answers to choose from.

The question has nothing to do with what the answers say other than the 2 that are the same (A & D), the numbers are there to confuse you. It has everything to do with the number of different answers you have to choose from.

There are 3 different answers ...25% 50% and 60% 100 / 3 = 33.333%

I concluded the same thing, with slightly different logic. Actually, it might be the same logic reworded.

If you assume that the answer is one of the three listed, then...

There's a 25% chance you pick Option A, which has a 33.3% chance of being right. .25*.33 = .08333 chance of being right.

There's a 25% chance you pick Option B, which has a 33.3% chance of being right. .25*.33 = .08333 chance of being right.

There's a 25% chance you pick Option C, which has a 33.3% chance of being right. .25*.33 = .08333 chance of being right.

There's a 25% chance you pick Option D, which has a 33.3% chance of being right. .25*.33 = .08333 chance of being right.

Your odds of being right = .08333+.08333+.08333+.08333 = .333333.

[Bump]

Originally Posted by CoMoChief

I just gave you the right answer.

YOU'RE THE DUMBASS!!!

I think you are the dumbass because that's not the correct answer. It's Russel's Paradox, fool.

[bench_cassel]

ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS PUT A DRINK IN MY HAND

[Chiefshrink]

He watched the movie 21

[Bump]

lol

[Dave Lane]

Originally Posted by -King-

The right answer is 42 which is none of the above.

42 is the answer to everything

[Dave Lane]

Originally Posted by Bump

I think you are the dumbass because that's not the correct answer. It's Russel's Paradox, fool.

Correct there is no answer because none of the numbers are correct

[kepp]

E) I have no intention of thinking this hard today