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Originally Posted by Katsunami
* X and Y each have 10 peanuts. X gives 1 peanut to Y. How many more peanuts does Y have now? (Yes, some get that wrong by answering "1".)
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Originally Posted by Gardenman
What is the correct answer to the question. The way it is written I would have to answer 1
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That is correct. Both answers are right. The missing relation is implied, supposedly. To only have the answer '2' it should have been worded like this:
- X and Y each have 10 peanuts. X gives 1 peanut to Y. How many more peanuts than X does Y have now?
Another thing that is really annoying when you have to explain to your teacher that you didn't cheat. Only because not all tiny steps are written down on paper means I cheated (in those math tests that didn't allow calculators).