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I seem to be locked in a mind fog here, help.

7. John likes 400 but not 300; he likes 100 but not 99; he likes 3600 but not 3700. Which does he like?
900
1000
1100
1200

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John has a strange fetish for the square of any base 10 number.

Why someone would have that particular fetish is beyond me http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

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Good God I have grown dumber!!!!! My Last score was 148 this time my IQ score is 142. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

I slowly turning into a moron!

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Don't worry, it's just a seasonal mind oscillations http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

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Don't feel bad man. I took Calc in High School, got a decent score on the Advanced Placement test for it, so I didn't have to take it in college. Got as far as Calc 3 in college.

That was about six, maybe seven years ago. I'm going back for a managment degree now (been laid off in March each of the Last three years, time to get out of IT), and I took a placement test to figure out what I could get out of for the program.

I tested into pre-clac.
What the frack!?!?

Math and me, we used to be close.
*holds up two fingers crossed*
I'm so ashamed, I've let time come between us.

Not that I need any more math for this program but, really, what happened to my skills, yo?

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">20*20 =400
10*10=100
60*60=3600

30*30=900...

edit : sigh....

[ May 28, 2004, 08:54: Message edited by: Unknown_Enemy ]

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600 * 600 = 360000 ;p

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My GOD! Stupidy is spreading! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

I at least have an excuse, what say you all? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

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It is not my fault, I was born like that.

I'll put the blame on my parents !

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Still 900
That's the only proposed number which have an obvious square root as other liked numbers.

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Well, if you divide 3600 by the numbers, 400=9, 100=36 and 1200=3, which is three numbers that are divisable by 3.

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Even though it has been explained to me now, I still do not understand. This is the only question that gave me a challenge in the test.

0.0625 = 1/16th Was the other, but I figured it out. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

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so whats the answer to the question ? which number does he like, too, and why ?!?

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John likes "perfect squares" which are numbers whose square root is a whole number. Of the available answers, only 900 is a perfect square (30 x 30).

Slick.