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Reapist  4 stars
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Some freshman from Trinity Hall Played hockey with a wonderful ball; Two times its weight Plus weight squared, minus eight,
Gave "nothing" in ounces at all. What was the weight of the ball?

 

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Caledric  4 stars
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Registered: 2001-12-22 07:59:39
The ball does not exist... Hockey is played with a puck.

The PUCK however would weigh 2 Ounces

 

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Reapist posted:





FTFY

 

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Cawlin  4 stars
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Registered: 2005-2-22 07:58:42
Reapist posted:

Some freshman from Trinity Hall Played hockey with a wonderful ball; Two times its weight Plus weight squared, minus eight,
Gave "nothing" in ounces at all. What was the weight of the ball?



Setting aside some "trick" of language:

if weight of the ball is "W":

two times its weight is 2*W or 2W
weight squared = W^2
"gave nothing in ounces at all" = 0 (is there some sort of trick here given what appears to be intentionally deceptive language used?)

2W + W^2 - 8 = 0 (subtract -8 from both sides or add 8)

2W + W^2 = 8

W=2 (ounces presumably)

 

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Caledric  4 stars
Title: Pew! Pew! Pew!
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Registered: 2001-12-22 07:59:39
Cawlin posted:

Reapist posted:

Some freshman from Trinity Hall Played hockey with a wonderful ball; Two times its weight Plus weight squared, minus eight,
Gave "nothing" in ounces at all. What was the weight of the ball?



Setting aside some "trick" of language:

if weight of the ball is "W":

two times its weight is 2*W or 2W
weight squared = W^2
"gave nothing in ounces at all" = 0 (is there some sort of trick here given what appears to be intentionally deceptive language used?)

2W + W^2 - 8 = 0 (subtract -8 from both sides or add 8)

2W + W^2 = 8

W=2 (ounces presumably)



ummm nerd!

 

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Surge_MT  1 star
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Caledric posted:

The ball does not exist... Hockey is played with a puck.



It could be field hockey

 

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Caledric  4 stars
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Surge_MT posted:

Caledric posted:

The ball does not exist... Hockey is played with a puck.



It could be field hockey



Field hockey is not hockey... its a bunch of co-ed girls running around in skirts while pedophiles watch.

 

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Cawlin  4 stars
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Caledric posted:

Surge_MT posted:

Caledric posted:

The ball does not exist... Hockey is played with a puck.



It could be field hockey



Field hockey is not hockey... its a bunch of co-ed girls running around in skirts while pedophiles watch.



Are "co-ed girls" trannies or is that just a new term from the Department of Redundancy Department like ATM Machine, or PIN Number?

 

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Caledric  4 stars
Title: Pew! Pew! Pew!
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Registered: 2001-12-22 07:59:39
Cawlin posted:

Caledric posted:

Surge_MT posted:

Caledric posted:

The ball does not exist... Hockey is played with a puck.



It could be field hockey



Field hockey is not hockey... its a bunch of co-ed girls running around in skirts while pedophiles watch.



Are "co-ed girls" trannies or is that just a new term from the Department of Redundancy Department like ATM Machine, or PIN Number?


Your a racist fat nerd

 

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Cawlin  4 stars
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Caledric posted:

Cawlin posted:

Caledric posted:

Field hockey is not hockey... its a bunch of co-ed girls running around in skirts while pedophiles watch.



Are "co-ed girls" trannies or is that just a new term from the Department of Redundancy Department like ATM Machine, or PIN Number?



Your a racist fat nerd



You're*

 

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