Question Number 184384 by Shrinava last updated on 05/Jan/23
Commented by Rasheed.Sindhi last updated on 05/Jan/23
$$\mathrm{0}? \\ $$
Commented by Shrinava last updated on 05/Jan/23
$$\mathrm{how}\:\mathrm{dear}\:\mathrm{ser} \\ $$
Commented by Rasheed.Sindhi last updated on 05/Jan/23
$${Is}\:{this}\:{correct}\:{answer}? \\ $$
Commented by Shrinava last updated on 05/Jan/23
$$\mathrm{Dear}\:\mathrm{ser},\:\mathrm{I}\:\mathrm{don}'\mathrm{t}\:\mathrm{know}\:\mathrm{the}\:\mathrm{answer},\:\mathrm{but}\:\mathrm{I}\:\mathrm{think}\:\mathrm{it}'\mathrm{s} \\ $$$$\mathrm{zero} \\ $$
Commented by mr W last updated on 06/Jan/23
$${why}\:{should}\:{you}\:{think}\:{it}'{s}\:{zero}?\: \\ $$$${actuall}\:{any}\:{value}\:{you}\:{give}\:{is}\:{correct}\: \\ $$$${or}\:{wrong},\:{since}\:{there}\:{is}\:{no}\:{unique}\: \\ $$$${solution},\:{even}\:{though}\:{the}\:{guy}\:{who}\: \\ $$$${created}\:{this}\:{question}\:{expects}\:{a}\: \\ $$$${special}\:{value}\:{as}\:{correct}\:{answer}.\: \\ $$$${therefore}\:{this}\:{is}\:{more}\:{a}\:{game}\:{to}\: \\ $$$${guess}\:{what}\:{a}\:{strange}\:{guy}\:{expects}\: \\ $$$${rather}\:{than}\:{serious}\:{mathematics}.\: \\ $$$${so}\:{when}\:{you}\:{don}'{t}\:{know}\:{the}\:{answer},\: \\ $$$${it}\:{doesn}'{t}\:{mean}\:{you}\:{are}\:{bad}\:{in}\: \\ $$$${mathematics},\:{because}\:{there}\:{is} \\ $$$${no}\:{answer}.\:{it}\:{only}\:{means}\:{that}\:{you} \\ $$$${can}'{t}\:{see}\:{or}\:{guess}\:{what}\:{that}\:{strange} \\ $$$${guy}\:{expects}. \\ $$$${mathematically}\:{it}\:{is}\:{to}\:{find} \\ $$$${F}\left(\mathrm{48},\mathrm{40}\right)=?\:{when}\: \\ $$$${F}\left(\mathrm{16},\mathrm{64}\right)=\mathrm{7} \\ $$$${F}\left(\mathrm{56},\mathrm{24}\right)=\mathrm{3} \\ $$$${F}\left(\mathrm{96},\mathrm{32}\right)=\mathrm{12}. \\ $$$${the}\:{number}\:{of}\:{answers}\:{is}\:{the}\:{number} \\ $$$${of}\:{surfaces}\:{z}={F}\left({x},{y}\right)\:{which}\:{pass}\: \\ $$$${through}\:{three}\:{given}\:{points}.\: \\ $$$${we}\:{know}\:{that}'{s}\:{infinitely}\:{many}! \\ $$$${more}\:{than}\:{the}\:{number}\:{of}\:{atoms}\:{in} \\ $$$${the}\:{whole}\:{universe}!\:{so}\:{it}'{s}\:{not}\:{a}\:{shame}, \\ $$$${when}\:{i}\:{can}'{t}\:{pick}\:{up}\:{exactly}\:{that}\:{atom}\: \\ $$$${which}\:{that}\:{strange}\:{guy}\:{thinks}\:{of}\:{in}\: \\ $$$${his}\:{mind}. \\ $$
Commented by mr W last updated on 06/Jan/23
$${i}'{m}\:{just}\:{repeating}\:{what}\:{MJS}\:{sir}\:{has} \\ $$$${said}\:{for}\:\approx\infty\:{times}\:{about}\:{questions}\: \\ $$$${like}\:\mathrm{1},\:\mathrm{2},\:\mathrm{3},\:\mathrm{4},\:\mathrm{5},\:? \\ $$
Commented by Frix last updated on 06/Jan/23
![The answer is 42 [The Hitchhiker′s Guide to the Galaxy]](Q184430.png)
$$\mathrm{The}\:\mathrm{answer}\:\mathrm{is}\:\mathrm{42} \\ $$$$\left[\mathrm{The}\:\mathrm{Hitchhiker}'\mathrm{s}\:\mathrm{Guide}\:\mathrm{to}\:\mathrm{the}\:\mathrm{Galaxy}\right] \\ $$