Comments on: Each tree had 56 oranges. If eight slaves pick them equally, then how much would each slave pick? https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/01/09/each-tree-had-56-oranges-if-eight-slaves-pick-them-equally-then-how-much-would-each-slave-pick/ Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:06:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Dunc https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/01/09/each-tree-had-56-oranges-if-eight-slaves-pick-them-equally-then-how-much-would-each-slave-pick/#comment-19435 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:06:49 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=1881#comment-19435

Also, it is no “how much would each slave pick” but rather “how many would each slave pick.”

McKean’s Law strikes again!

]]> By: Azkyroth https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/01/09/each-tree-had-56-oranges-if-eight-slaves-pick-them-equally-then-how-much-would-each-slave-pick/#comment-19434 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:26:01 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=1881#comment-19434 I think the teacher should be forced to accept “slavery is inherently unequal” as an answer.

]]> By: NewEnglandBob https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/01/09/each-tree-had-56-oranges-if-eight-slaves-pick-them-equally-then-how-much-would-each-slave-pick/#comment-19433 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:28:46 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=1881#comment-19433 They didn’t supply the number of trees, so the question can not be answered. 😉

]]> By: julian https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/01/09/each-tree-had-56-oranges-if-eight-slaves-pick-them-equally-then-how-much-would-each-slave-pick/#comment-19432 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:14:45 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=1881#comment-19432 “In the climax of William Shakespeare’s Henry V, King Henry of England is about to face the French army at the Battle of Agincourt. King Henry’s army is tired and heavily outnumbered. If the French army is composed of 36000 soldiers and King Henry’s army is outnumbered 6 to 1, how many soldiers does King Henry have?”

There ya go, teach. Free of charge even.

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