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mothra Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 35240 Gender:	A Maths Question Aug 6^th, 2022 at 10:42pm If 23,858 people move into a city yet 31,726 leave, by how many people is that city down on overall? Is it: a) 55,584 b) 7,868 c) Something else Please tell us how you arrived at your answer.
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Karnal Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 95291 Gender:	Re: A Maths Question Reply #1 - Aug 6^th, 2022 at 10:49pm Sorry, Mother, is this a trick question?
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mothra Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 35240 Gender:	Re: A Maths Question Reply #2 - Aug 6^th, 2022 at 10:52pm Karnal wrote on Aug 6^th, 2022 at 10:49pm: Sorry, Mother, is this a trick question? It seriously isn't. Amazingly.
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Re: A Maths Question
Reply #3 - Aug 6^th, 2022 at 10:54pm

City wouldn't exist with a basic population there - since we have zero idea what that basic population is/was, we cannot calculate.

Nah - misread it.... but how many other factors are there at any given time... people are born... people die.... more are born than die..... fact .... having an obstetrician in the family and an undertaken are THE best provisions for future prosperity

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mothra Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 35240 Gender:	Re: A Maths Question Reply #4 - Aug 6^th, 2022 at 10:55pm Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Aug 6^th, 2022 at 10:54pm: City wouldn't exist with a basic population there - since we have zero idea what that basic population is/was, we cannot calculate. Sorry?
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Re: A Maths Question
Reply #5 - Aug 6^th, 2022 at 10:58pm

mothra wrote on Aug 6^th, 2022 at 10:55pm:

Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Aug 6^th, 2022 at 10:54pm:

City wouldn't exist with a basic population there - since we have zero idea what that basic population is/was, we cannot calculate.

Sorry?

No need for an apology - I'm not Black, apparently.... I'm a Man and we just take life's little problems onboard and make the best of it....

Some need to learn that little thing about life..... it ain't gonna come to you without prompting...

Go back and re-read....

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Grappler Truth Teller Feller Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 83778 Proud pre-1850's NO Voter Gender:	Re: A Maths Question Reply #6 - Aug 6^th, 2022 at 10:59pm An Annual Grappler Sorry Day would be appropriate.....
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mothra Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 35240 Gender:	Re: A Maths Question Reply #7 - Aug 6^th, 2022 at 10:59pm Grappler, you don't need to know the overall population at any point to work out the answer. It has no bearing on the answer. Christ on a bike!
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Baronvonrort Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 18292 Gender:	Re: A Maths Question Reply #8 - Aug 6^th, 2022 at 11:05pm Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Aug 6^th, 2022 at 10:59pm: An Annual Grappler Sorry Day would be appropriate..... Would you prefer that with or without reparations?
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Grappler Truth Teller Feller Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 83778 Proud pre-1850's NO Voter Gender:	Re: A Maths Question Reply #9 - Aug 6^th, 2022 at 11:10pm Baronvonrort wrote on Aug 6^th, 2022 at 11:05pm: Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Aug 6^th, 2022 at 10:59pm: An Annual Grappler Sorry Day would be appropriate..... Would you prefer that with or without reparations? A Paid Position on a Voice Panel would be enough, I think.... with all perks....
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Grappler Truth Teller Feller Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 83778 Proud pre-1850's NO Voter Gender:	Re: A Maths Question Reply #10 - Aug 6^th, 2022 at 11:12pm mothra wrote on Aug 6^th, 2022 at 10:59pm: Grappler, you don't need to know the overall population at any point to work out the answer. It has no bearing on the answer. Christ on a bike! Read back as you were instructed to do.... what about births and deaths.... population has many variables ...
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Gordon Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 20491 Gordon Gender:	Re: A Maths Question Reply #11 - Aug 6^th, 2022 at 11:12pm What's the racial background of the 23,858 who move in?
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Re: A Maths Question
Reply #12 - Aug 6^th, 2022 at 11:14pm

Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Aug 6^th, 2022 at 11:10pm:

Baronvonrort wrote on Aug 6^th, 2022 at 11:05pm:

Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Aug 6^th, 2022 at 10:59pm:

An Annual Grappler Sorry Day would be appropriate.....

Would you prefer that with or without reparations?

A Paid Position on a Voice Panel would be enough, I think.... with all perks....

Like what Jacinta has? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacinta_Nampijinpa_Price

Or something where you can sit on your arse and collect money for doing SFA?

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Re: A Maths Question
Reply #13 - Aug 6^th, 2022 at 11:14pm

Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Aug 6^th, 2022 at 11:12pm:

mothra wrote on Aug 6^th, 2022 at 10:59pm:

Grappler, you don't need to know the overall population at any point to work out the answer.

It has no bearing on the answer.

Christ on a bike!

Read back as you were instructed to do.... what about births and deaths.... population has many variables ...

Jesus. It's a straight forward question. There are no tricks.

How many people overall moved out?

If you don't know how to work it out there's nothing to be ashamed of .. just for crying out loud, keep your head below the bunker.

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mothra Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 35240 Gender:	Re: A Maths Question Reply #14 - Aug 6^th, 2022 at 11:15pm And even a thread on a simple maths question is turned racist by the usual suspects. I suspect it's because they don't know the answer .. or in Grappler's case, understand the question. I really don;t know how i could have made it simpler.
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