• Klear@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    You introduced a lie as part of the problem

    There is no lie or contradiction in the problem, what are you smoking? The kid’s answer is exactly correct.

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      They’re not on about the kids answer. They’re talking about the teacher saying Luis ate more. How? It literally says in the question Marty ate more.

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        what does this even teach the kid about statements by authority? that it’s all lies and trust nobody?

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      Marty ate more than Luis, that was she lie, in the problem not the answer. That’s if the teacher is saying the answer isn’t right.

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        The teacher didn’t write OR understand the question. It’s about reasonableness - that is, not just mindlessly solving math. The solution is that Marty’s pizza was bigger, so 4/6 of that was more than 5/6 of Luis’, smaller pizza.

        There is no lie. The teached is just dumb. Or more likely overworked, but wrong nontheless.