More times than once have students been trying to wrap their heads around a math problem that seemed just too difficult to solve. They often come across this types of problems in their exams and they pose a particular challenge. Soon after the exam is over, students start debating the problem and its answer, trying to figure out if they’ve got it right. This has happened so many times that we can’t even count it. Well, a math problem has struck again and this time to haunt poor Aussie students. The problem was first posted in and Australian high school paper. At first the problems seem easy enough but it soon spurred up quite the debate online. Here’s the problem, take a look at it and tell us what you think:
Credits to: wonderfulengineering.com
Have you got it? Seems tricky, right? Well, engineers say that they can solve it in a minute, but the rest of us seem a bit perplexed by it. Some of them even go as far as saying that the if a person can’t solve this simple problem they shouldn’t be allowed to graduate from high school at all.
Credits to: wonderfulengineering.com
There are those who are pissed at problem and can’t wrap their heads around it. Many people have turned to twitter to criticize the education system for not giving us the proper basis to be able to solve this type of simple problems. What do you think? Is the problem easy or not so much?
