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  1. The_JAM

    The_JAM said, 6 months ago

    I don’t suppose there is a third option? Those answers are nowhere NEAR the correct one.

  2. Margueritem

    MargueritemGenius_badge said, 6 months ago

    I think I’ll apply elsewhere…

  3. stpatme

    stpatme said, 6 months ago

    Some University. It looks like Mathematics is the only college they have!

  4. KingRat

    KingRat said, 6 months ago

    -8,327,683 is correct if you make a rounding error on the square root of 32 (5.6 instead of 5.7)

  5. wizzard13

    wizzard13 said, 6 months ago

    I got -8,332,202.912834

  6. Akenta

    Akenta said, 6 months ago

    I got what wizard got - maybe there’s a trap door for us for actually doing math.

  7. jamil567

    jamil567 said, 6 months ago

    A=true

  8. jamil567

    jamil567 said, 6 months ago

    actually -8,332,282.10879414

  9. JonD17

    JonD17 said, 6 months ago

    KingRat says:
    -8,327,683 is correct if you make a rounding error on the square root of 32 (5.6 instead of 5.7)….. Sounds like the voice of experience bro. LOLOLOL

  10. Joey R

    Joey RGenius_badge said, 6 months ago

    I got -8,332,202.913. My question is, how did he get the second option? Random number or did he mess up doing the equation on purpose to get that number?

  11. Doctor Toon

    Doctor ToonGenius_badge said, 6 months ago

    First Sundays Foxtrot and now this.
    Math nerds are glowing and math phobics are twitching.

  12. Pat Miller

    Pat MillerGenius_badge said, 6 months ago

    No rational answer at all… Don’t think this would happen on Foxtrot!
    I agree with KingRat that you have to make a pretty bad rounding error to get (A). Doesn’t McPherson’s calculator have more than two digits? Perhaps we should chip in to get him a better one!

    I think the Door A/Door B question will put engineers through door A, liberal arts majors through door B, and collect math majors in the hallway.

  13. wayne goodridge

    wayne goodridge said, 6 months ago

    math was not good to me! cant even add without a calulator

  14. DigitalFrog

    DigitalFrogGenius_badge said, 6 months ago

    Pentium CPU designers thru door A, Political Science majors through door B (they’ll skew the numbers however they want)

  15. Coffee-Turtle

    Coffee-TurtleGenius_badge said, 6 months ago

    he should have showed up with his scientific calculator :-)

  16. rogart

    rogart said, 6 months ago

    Really like this cartoon.
    Why not have more math and science on the funny pages!!

  17. Uryra71

    Uryra71Genius_badge said, 6 months ago