You's Stupid

What is 9 + 10?

I only have 10 fingers!!

Use those toes of yours.

9 + 10 = 10 + 9

9 + 10 = 15 + 4

lim x -> 9 f(9) = 9 + 10

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You's Stupid

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I think you might be on to sumptin.

Well, the answer is 21 of course.
(Kid's a bored genius and gave the answer in "base 9" without breaking stride <g>)

Olaf

Base...9?

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Originally Posted by SJWhiteley

Base...9?

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Ok, hint: Hex is "base 16", Binary is "base 2"

Olaf

Latin for nine is non as in nonagon. ninesided.
So I guess base 9 would be a non base. :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzVXbeASRiQ

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Originally Posted by Schmidt

Well, the answer is 21 of course.
(Kid's a bored genius and gave the answer in "base 9" without breaking stride <g>)

Olaf

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Originally Posted by Schmidt

Ok, hint: Hex is "base 16", Binary is "base 2"

Olaf

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I see you're saying the "presumed" dad is asking, giving the numbers in base 10, and the kid is answering in base 9.

I was thinking it from the other perspective, being 9 can't be in base 9, so the kid is thinking the question is asked base 12, and is answering in Base 10 for the dad.

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Originally Posted by passel

I see you're saying the "presumed" dad is asking, giving the numbers in base 10, and the kid is answering in base 9.

I was thinking it from the other perspective, being 9 can't be in base 9, so the kid is thinking the question is asked base 12, and is answering in Base 10 for the dad.

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Whatever works - perhaps most of us just want him desperately, to be right... ;)

Olaf

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Originally Posted by Schmidt

Ok, hint: Hex is "base 16", Binary is "base 2"

Olaf

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Hint: Base 2 doesn't contain the 'symbol' 2, base 16 doesn't contain the symbol '6', so does base 9 contain the symbol '9'?

;)

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Originally Posted by SJWhiteley

Hint: Base 2 doesn't contain the 'symbol' 2, base 16 doesn't contain the symbol '6', so does base 9 contain the symbol '9'?

;)

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<sigh> - he answered 21 - and the symbols '21' do not contain any 9.

So he could have meant his answer as being from base 3 onwards.

Olaf

Hey he was half way to 42 and that's a number of truly epic proportions...

It's all about the base, bout that base...

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Originally Posted by Gruff

Latin for nine is non as in nonagon. ninesided.
So I guess base 9 would be a non base. :)

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So does that mean being able to think in base 9 is just non sense?

Is this one of those threads where people only post when they're high ?

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Originally Posted by szlamany

So does that mean being able to think in base 9 is just non sense?

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Dunno... we never saw all his fingers...;)

Olaf

Well, everybody avoided saying 19. So, given this group, everybody immediately jumped to an assumption of the question that resulted in ANY answer other than 19, because 19 is "just what they'd be expecting us to do".

All questions are contextual. If the context isn't provided, then nearly any answer is right in some context. Occam's Razor would hold that 19 is the most right answer for the initial question.

Occam's Bong would hold that Niya had the most right answer on this one.

buzz kill

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Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker

Occam's Bong would hold that Niya had the most right answer on this one.

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Do I get a prize ?

I am so disappointed ... all this talk about base and not one all your base reference... NOT ONE!

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There. Now all is right with the universe.

-tg

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10+9 = 119

Because:

a = 10
b = 9

c = abs(a - b) * 10^(abs(floor(ln(a+b))) + a + b

Example:

c = abs(10 - 9) * 10^(abs(floor(ln(10+9))) + 10 + 9
c = 1 * 10^(abs(floor(2,94439)) + 19
c = 1 * 10^(abs(2)) + 19
c = 1 * 10^2 + 19
c = 1 * 100 + 19
c = 119

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Originally Posted by Justa Lol

10+9 = 119

Because:

a = 10
b = 9

c = abs(a - b) * 10^(abs(floor(ln(a+b))) + a + b

Example:

c = abs(10 - 9) * 10^(abs(floor(ln(10+9))) + 10 + 9
c = 1 * 10^(abs(floor(2,94439)) + 19
c = 1 * 10^(abs(2)) + 19
c = 1 * 10^2 + 19
c = 1 * 100 + 19
c = 119

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