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Old 10-20-2013, 09:50 AM  
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Originally Posted by beaner View Post
@timlover... lol

The answer/pattern has already been posted. The pattern is the square of each divided.

Randy, pleasure speaking with you today and we are going to fuck things up!
I don't think you read what I wrote. I wasn't disputing the answer.

There are multiple ways to come up with answers in math. Multiple ways to express it. You have to understand clearly what is given, what conditional boundries exist, and what is expected as a result.

It's a good exercise to practice precision in comprehension and finite expression. Which is why most people find math difficult...

If you're asked to screw in a light bulb and you're given a hammer as a tool. It doesn't mean pick up the lightbulb and screw it in with your hand. The objective isn't to get the light bulb screwed in. It's how to utilize the hammer.

In this pizza example. If the purpose was to simply divide the squares, there would be no damn purpose for the chart that was given.....because it serves absolutely no purpose for that method you suggest. You need none of that data. So obviously that data is given for a reason. That would mean the objective and solution is to find a method that utilizes the data from the chart under normal math principles....not complex forumulas like area of a circle...etc...

This is a math exercise in comprehension and how to use a data set. Not an exercise in figuring out the areas of circles using formulas...
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