50% of harvard students got this question wrong
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5 cents for ball 1.05 bat.
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THIS
Here we go again
Peace,
You cats actually believe that all Harvard students were presented with this question?
You cats actually believe that all Harvard students were presented with this question?
We'd like to think so, but they'll make a heck of a lot more money than most of us anyway.
The website says:
"Why does the bat-and-a-ball problem have any significance?
If you answered 10 cents you are inclined to believe in religion. If you answered 5 cents you are inclined to disbelieve. Why? Because, according to research reported in the journal Science, the 10 cent answer indicates that you are an intuitive thinker, and the 5 cent answer indicates that you solve problems analytically, rather than following your instincts."
My little brain is struggling with this because I can't get beyond the ball being 10 cents plus a dollar more. However, I'll accept the answer being 5 cents for the ball.
I'm still an athiest though.
yeah, that is a stretch...., sounds like bullshat
$1 more
$1 + 0.1 = 1.10
$1 - 0.1 = 0.90 (not a dollar more)
$1.05 + 0.05 = 1.10
$1.05 - 0.05 = 1 (is a dollar more)
Proper equation to solve was give by @trstar
x=ball; y=bat; y=$1.00 +x
x + y = $1.10
x + (x + $1.00) = $1.10
2x = $1.10-$1.00
2x = $0.10
x=$0.10/2
x=$.05
x + y = $1.10
x + (x + $1.00) = $1.10
2x = $1.10-$1.00
2x = $0.10
x=$0.10/2
x=$.05
There lies your mistake. No where is it stated that all were presented with this question.
Think out the box and the answer's simple.
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