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The Cheryl Math Problem

Zhuorb

over 9 years

How many of you actually solved it without googling for a solution?

http://puu.sh/hh1Te/054b3c6fc0.jpeg

Did you?

1st try

Googled shamelessly

deletedover 9 years

I deserve a national medal for my work in this thread in Math and Art

deletedover 9 years

Yes I read above posts and people were squandering

deletedover 9 years

i like the bit where u wrote 'this is isn't really difficult', lol. u seem unsure, shivv

deletedover 9 years

Peta says

Shivv says

this is isn't really difficult guys, like the only only issue is people failing to interpret that Albert just outed that arbitrarily

- albert says words
- the fact that he knows immediately that it can't be bernard means he doesn't have a month with a unique date so you can rule out may and june
- then when bernard says he figured it out that means he must have one out of 15, 16, 17 as the 14's are eliminated due to not being unique
- then when albert figures it out we know it's june 16 and not the two august dates since he wouldn't be able to work it out in that case.

thank u

You're wrong lol

Yes! Typo

deletedover 9 years

it blew up because it's about 2 dudes chasing a girl + it is confusing like women

Jaleb

over 9 years

Because it was on a high school math contest. http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/04/15/science/a-math-problem-from-singapore-goes-viral-when-is-cheryls-birthday.html?_r=0&referrer=

deletedover 9 years

idk why people even say this is a math problem, it's a stupid logic problem. i would've gotten it on my first try but instead of eliminating the whole months based off what the first guy said I omitted specific dates which screwed me up. After I saw the answer i went back and did it.

Jaleb

over 9 years

Peta says

If there were a June 16 then the real answer wouldn't be reachable anyway.

It still would be dismissed through statement 1

Weed420

over 9 years

Shivv says

this is isn't really difficult guys, like the only only issue is people failing to interpret that Albert just outed that arbitrarily

- albert says words
- the fact that he knows immediately that it can't be bernard means he doesn't have a month with a unique date so you can rule out may and june
- then when bernard says he figured it out that means he must have one out of 15, 16, 17 as the 14's are eliminated due to not being unique
- then when albert figures it out we know it's june 16 and not the two august dates since he wouldn't be able to work it out in that case.

thank u

july 16th

deletedover 9 years

ya it would, it'd make no difference

deletedover 9 years

oh ok lol

Peta

over 9 years

If there were a June 16 then the real answer wouldn't be reachable anyway.

Peta

over 9 years

Shivv said June 16 and the answer isn't June 16. I said he was wrong because I remembered there being June 16 as an actual answer, which isn't true.

deletedover 9 years

peta it wouldn't make a difference if there was a june 16th bro

Peta

over 9 years

People are literally trying to argue that August 17 is a legitimate answer because they can't admit to themselves that they made a mistake on a problem that is hardly even a measure of intelligence. It's a logic puzzle.

Jaleb

over 9 years

I remember seeing this before the internet blew up about it. It's strange people are going wild about a high school contest problem.

Peta

over 9 years

Oh I misremembered there being a June 16.

Jaleb

over 9 years

Peta says

Shivv says

this is isn't really difficult guys, like the only only issue is people failing to interpret that Albert just outed that arbitrarily

- albert says words
- the fact that he knows immediately that it can't be bernard means he doesn't have a month with a unique date so you can rule out may and june
- then when bernard says he figured it out that means he must have one out of 15, 16, 17 as the 14's are eliminated due to not being unique
- then when albert figures it out we know it's june 16 and not the two august dates since he wouldn't be able to work it out in that case.

thank u

You're wrong lol

Damn that typo of a month means he is wrong. Gg

Weed420

over 9 years

trolled

deletedover 9 years

well he's not really but he's dumb

Peta

over 9 years

Shivv says

this is isn't really difficult guys, like the only only issue is people failing to interpret that Albert just outed that arbitrarily

- albert says words
- the fact that he knows immediately that it can't be bernard means he doesn't have a month with a unique date so you can rule out may and june
- then when bernard says he figured it out that means he must have one out of 15, 16, 17 as the 14's are eliminated due to not being unique
- then when albert figures it out we know it's june 16 and not the two august dates since he wouldn't be able to work it out in that case.

thank u

You're wrong lol

Peta

over 9 years

I got the wrong answer most people got, reread it, and got the right answer pretty quickly. It's actually really simple; it's just a matter of whether you have practice with logic puzzles.

deletedover 9 years

It was easy, I just used logic instead of math.

deletedover 9 years

it was really easy. i pretty much just read the answer reading this thing

hedger

over 9 years

This was really easy...

Only problem was misreading the question and trying to solve possibilities for Albert being given the day or the month, when I didn't realise it said which one was given the day/month until a second reread.