sas was right all along

[BrilloPad]

Can you solve the 50 cent maths exam question that is dividing the internet? - Telegraph

A maths exam question for high school students about a 50 cent piece has created a debate online after complaints it was too difficult. Australian students sat the VCE Further Maths exam ...

I suppose the kids would know how to google the answer...

[LondonManc]

Got it right. Go me.

[WTFH]

Um, if they can't solve that, they shouldn't be doing maths.


Old school way:
360deg/12 sides = 30 degrees per side, so the side is 30 degrees off vertical. as is the one opposite. That gives you 60 degrees.


Alternate way:
At horizontal the coins are 180deg apart, at vertical they are zero. there are 3 sides between horizontal and vertical. 180/3 = 60




Correct way:
50 Cent is a rapper. Some people think rap should begin with C.
Everyone is 6 degrees of separation from Kevin Bacon.
mmm bacon.
Most people can only eat 8 slices of bacon at breakfast, but not 50 Cent. He can eat 10.
10 slices of bacon each one separated by 6 degrees = 60 degrees.

[vetran]

Correct way:
50 Cent is a rapper. Some people think rap should begin with C.
Everyone is 6 degrees of separation from Kevin Bacon.
mmm bacon.
Most people can only eat 8 slices of bacon at breakfast, but not 50 Cent. He can eat 10.
10 slices of bacon each one separated by 6 degrees = 60 degrees.

[LondonManc]

Um, if they can't solve that, they shouldn't be doing maths.


Old school way:
360deg/12 sides = 30 degrees per side, so the side is 30 degrees off vertical. as is the one opposite. That gives you 60 degrees.


Alternate way:
At horizontal the coins are 180deg apart, at vertical they are zero. there are 3 sides between horizontal and vertical. 180/3 = 60




Correct way:
50 Cent is a rapper. Some people think rap should begin with C.
Everyone is 6 degrees of separation from Kevin Bacon.
mmm bacon.
Most people can only eat 8 slices of bacon at breakfast, but not 50 Cent. He can eat 10.
10 slices of bacon each one separated by 6 degrees = 60 degrees.

That would be great but you'd actually get 54 degrees.

[VectraMan]

50 cent of people have below average maths ability.

Not me though. I got it right. Though I was confused by the picture having A. 12 degrees at the bottom.

[Forgotmylogin]

Um, if they can't solve that, they shouldn't be doing maths.


Old school way:
360deg/12 sides = 30 degrees per side, so the side is 30 degrees off vertical. as is the one opposite. That gives you 60 degrees.


Alternate way:
At horizontal the coins are 180deg apart, at vertical they are zero. there are 3 sides between horizontal and vertical. 180/3 = 60




Correct way:
50 Cent is a rapper. Some people think rap should begin with C.
Everyone is 6 degrees of separation from Kevin Bacon.
mmm bacon.
Most people can only eat 8 slices of bacon at breakfast, but not 50 Cent. He can eat 10.
10 slices of bacon each one separated by 6 degrees = 60 degrees.

Seems overly complicated. There's a better solution.

The question is multiple choice and includes a picture. If I look at the picture I can see that the angle is greater than 45, but less than 90 degrees. It looks like it's about 60 degrees, and that is an option.

[WTFH]

Seems overly complicated. There's a better solution.

The question is multiple choice and includes a picture. If I look at the picture I can see that the angle is greater than 45, but less than 90 degrees. It looks like it's about 60 degrees, and that is an option.

Your answer doesn't involve bacon.

[WTFH]

That would be great but you'd actually get 54 degrees.

That's only if you measure the angle between them.

[NotAllThere]

Internal angle of a docdecadon is 150°, so the angle in the picture is (180-150)*2 = 60°.