A harder problem...one for GoT

[daryn]

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Alright if sum of answers to all other questions = 0 could the answer to Q1 be say 5 (5 = 5+0)?

aloiz

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no.

[GuyOnTilt]

Edit: Nevermind.

[aloiz]

yes.

Not a reoccuring sequence. Let me rephrase the clarification. Answer to question 1 = Answer to question 1 + sum of all other numerical answers NOT INCLUDING QUESTION 1

Now does 5 = 5+0 satisfy that?


aloiz

[daryn]

no.

[daryn]

if the sum of all the other questions is 0, then the answer to #1 is zero, not 5.

[jwvdcw]

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yes.

Not a reoccuring sequence. Let me rephrase the clarification. Answer to question 1 = Answer to question 1 + sum of all other numerical answers NOT INCLUDING QUESTION 1

Now does 5 = 5+0 satisfy that?


aloiz

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well then why did you specifically type 'including this one' next to it??

[aloiz]

That was supposed to make it clearer. If it had just been the sum off all numerical answers someone would have inevitably asked if that included the answer to question 1. It does.

aloiz

[aloiz]

Yes 0 is a possiblity, and so is 1,2,3...
a = a + x
where a = answer to question 1
x = sum of answers to all other question not including question 1


Now let's do some basic algebra. Subtract 'a' from both sides and we get x = 0. So what can you conclude from q1?? All other numerical answers have to add up to 0.

aloiz

[daryn]

i agree. also, a = 0.

[GuyOnTilt]

No daryn, he's right.

Let's say the sums of all the other numerical questions besides Q1 add up to zero. Then we could make Q1 anything we wanted. It still could not be negative because of Q8, and I believe it would still have to be the largest numerical answer possible because of a combination of other questions, but it could be, say 36. 5 other numbers that add to zero plus 36 = 36. No need to repeat. It works. We both thought it had to be zero or infinity first because after we added it to itself, it woudl turn out to be something different and then it would be incorrect, but in this case it isn't; it's the same number and therefore an acceptable answer.

I still have issues with this quiz and think there is an error unless Q10 can have both a numberical answer and a T or F answer, in which case I have a solution for all answers.

Could you PM me your solutions aloiz so I can see if they get around the contradictions I'm finding? I'm done trying this quiz the way it's currently worded.

GoT