CACAWA:
For #15K, I need someone to mathematically​ find x if

0 ÷ 0 = x

Using mathematical methods pls.

AkinPhysicist:


Solution
Using simple logic: Imagine the animals all raise one leg. When this is done, there will be a total of 80 – 28 = 52 legs visible. Then imagine each of the animals raising a second leg, then there will be 52 – 28 = 24 legs left. Since the chickens have only two legs, all the 24 legs must belong to the rabbits. Now since the rabbits have already raised two legs, then each of the rabbits must be contributing 2 legs to the 24. Therefore there are 24 divided 2 = 12 rabbits. Therefore, since there are 28 animals in total, then there are 28 – 12 = 16 chickens.

Format mathematics method:
Let X be the number of Chickens and Y be the number of Rabbits. Here is the formal mathematical approach.
X + Y = 28 (1)
2X + 4Y = 80 (2)

Multiply eq.1 by 4:
4X + 4Y = 112 (3)
Subtract eq.2 from eq. 3:
2X = 112 – 80 => 2X = 32 => X = 16 therefore Y = 28 – 16 = 12.

CACAWA:
Abi o.

inschool:

let me give a little proof....
now..0/0=[100-100]÷[20(10-10)]=(10^2-10^2)/[20(10-10)]=[(10+10)(10-10)]÷[20(10-10)]=(10+10)/20=20/20=1
Note: there are infinitely many solutions..

inschool:
cacawa I want to be like you wen I grow up...

StarBukola:
Where is naturalwaves now

CACAWA:


Ahhhh you would have got my #15k, but you won't.

What you did is absolutely correct, but for mathematical expediency, you need to have use a letter say, "Let Y be any number such that Y€R

So if you had used y Instead of 10, you would still have got that proff correct, but it will be a valid proof, not just for "10" but for all real numbers y. Now, you made that clear in your last sentence, but in maths, it has to be part of the proof.

You are good bro.

I was going to use the method of Limits

CACAWA:
hahahahahha big man like you

kelvinreality:


Please why do other figures disqualified and only 8 and 7 was accepted?

hernandson:
if u were my maths teacher back in secondary school maybe I wouldn't have been a sociologist I swear down. would be going for my dream course in engineering

AkinPhysicist:


Baba na yawa - I am sure you are holding it down as a sociologist. Thanks for the compliment.

CACAWA:
if the answer was meant to be a decimal, the counting method would fail.

That is exactly why the ITERATION method was introduced as. Avalid mathematical method for "Counting". The only difference is that it counts by itself until it gets to the actual answer and it stops.

The iteration method is not just any "creative" solution either, it was developed using the Fibonacci sequence.

Now, here is what would work ;
Go on your calculator and type :
0+1=
Ans



Now, type :

(15*Ans) - √(Ans(Ans+15)) =

Now keep pressing the "=" key until the answer stops changing.

It will stay as 49.

That is iteration. Again that doesn't tell you if there are other solutions.

So to find all other solutions, you need to find out the first derivative, equate to zero, fond its roots, and the iteration process in another direction Way from the first.

hernandson:
from science to social science haven't really been easy buh am doing just fine,and its not a compliment its a fact bro...still have the regret in me till today

naturalwaves:

I did not see the thread on time. When I got in, it had been solved.

AkinPhysicist:


I feel ya. Its unfortunate that math education (especially primary and secondary level) is nothing but rigid rote learning and memorization; camming formulas and punching numbers into calculators. This is why some many students run away from math. However, its never to late to pursue you dreams. Just one life to live.

CACAWA:
if the answer was meant to be a decimal, the counting method would fail.

CACAWA:

That is exactly why the ITERATION method was introduced as. Avalid mathematical method for "Counting". The only difference is that it counts by itself until it gets to the actual answer and it stops.

CACAWA:

The iteration method is not just any "creative" solution either, it was developed using the Fibonacci sequence.

CACAWA:

Go on your calculator and type :

CACAWA:

0+1=
Ans



Now, type :

(15*Ans) - √(Ans(Ans+15)) =

Now keep pressing the "=" key until the answer stops changing.

It will stay as 49.

CACAWA:

That is iteration. Again that doesn't tell you if there are other solutions.

CACAWA:

So to find all other solutions, you need to find out the first derivative, equate to zero, fond its roots, and the iteration process in another direction Way from the first.

AnnaGray:


I don't get this, if a chicken raises two legs, then it falls down. Poor chickens.

hernandson:
if u were my maths teacher back in secondary school maybe I wouldn't have been a sociologist I swear down. would be going for my dream course in engineering

peacettw:
Lol. Anytime I find a puzzle whose solution is attached to a prize. I do the following.

1. Copy the entire puzzle and paste in Google search

And voila, the answer is back in a less than a minute enabling me to solve this puzzle and win the prize way ahead of my competitors.

This is the link to the solution already solved in 2001.

http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/57511.html

Same puzzle, different variables. Notice the winner of this puzzle used exactly the same steps.


You are welcome.

@op ,Next time, find the time to create your own puzzles otherwise your account will be drained faster than the time it will take to solve the puzzle.

naturalwaves:

You are being unnecessarily childish and sentimental on this thread. The Akin guy should have known that such solving methods is archaic and unacceptable in maths. How can he use trial and error method to solve that question? What if the solution is something like 120 or more? Will he keep on counting till he gets there? He knows exactly what CACAWA wants but decides to be clever by half and you are just buttlicking him and trolling cacawa unnecessarily.

AkinPhysicist:


Madam - not every1 is a dishonest cheat like you. Some of us value intellectual honesty

hernandson:
lol, 1.haven't even finish my first degree,because of strike and stuff,still in my finals...then my math background was too poor,school didn't have a further math teacher and math teachers got pregnant,lost the baby,the year we should write waec,and she wasn't even got...even though there are special center and stuffs,I will just end up been a wack engineer and its gonna affect my bsc in it and even the society at large if I become one

Vorpal:


This is funny to me sha, despite I topping maths in my class, I still couldn't pursue engineering. Because all of the maths guru I knew back then who studied engineering ended up working in financial institutions. Why? The tertiary education was all theory and no practical. That was how I went the financial way without wasting time.

The only few peeps who were lucky, were those who studied outside naija.
Or just go to technical school.
Baba, the end game as far as nigeria is concerned is to make that money. Abi Dangote Na engineer?

inschool:
Akin might be a little good but he need to improve....moreover I still doubt he typed the solution with reasoning in three minutes...except if he was reading the questions as it was being
typed by youngmillonair

AkinPhysicist:


You have given a concise expo of the problem with Nigerian education. If you have the means get out of the country and chase your dreams. Otherwise, find a path to make lots of money and use some of that money to promote good math education in Nigerian schools.