What is Digg?377 Comments
- inactive, on 03/24/2009, -6/+626That kid is 22?
- quill, on 03/24/2009, -3/+331Good to know that:
a) I wasn't the only one compelled to do the math, and;
b) 22 and 79? WTF? - DemDude, on 03/24/2009, -4/+253For the slow/lazy:
x = Age of child in years
(21+6+x)/5 = x+6
(27/5)+(x/5) = x+6
(27/5)-(30/5) = (5x/5) - (x/5)
(-3/5) = (4/x)
-3 = 4x
-3/4 = x
-3/4 * 1year = -9 months
Thus: ***** the mom. - d2002, on 03/24/2009, -9/+246By Cole Ott & Mark Sonnenblick
http://www.qgmindpolice.com/comic/2009/01/15/math- ... - grabadores, on 03/24/2009, -1/+230Related problem:
A mother is 21 years older than her child. In 6 years from now the mother will be 5 times as old as her child.
Question: Where's the father? - kdamp, on 03/24/2009, -3/+219I will chime in and voice my relief that I wasn't alone in doing the math. Seriously? 22? I bet they did that intentionally to piss off the people who did the math.
- Sublex, on 03/24/2009, -2/+201What the ***** is question 4?
- immatellyouwhat, on 03/24/2009, -1/+146My dad is the Riddler.
- bilious, on 03/24/2009, -2/+126I felt compelled to solve it. (It's solved also in the comments of D2002's link).
Seems Dad's not such a great maths teacher, or perhaps his child is very youthful looking. - wbrooks, on 03/24/2009, -1/+109Where does you Dad keep his gun?
It's like it's a joke or something. - coliolio, on 03/24/2009, -2/+103As the artist of this webcomic, I'd really appreciate it if you had just linked directly to us... this whole math debacle would be over, people would see a "corrected" version, and we could get some repeat visitors.
Seriously. You wanna send digg a change of url request? Please? I appreciate not wanting to crash our site, but this just makes it much harder for us to grow a readerbase. - inactive, on 03/24/2009, -18/+112You all suck at math. Let x= kid's age and y = father's age
since (cos^2)x + (sin^2)y = 1
you take the derivative of the tangent vector which becomes 1 - x = (csc^3)y
applying elementary algebra and using a trig identity you get 5(csc^2)x - 1 = 3(cot^2)y
solving for y: (5)(3)(csc/cot)x = y
x = arctan(15) = y/(csc^2)
thus x = 8.56 and y = 43.56
RETARDS - TreatsTheBear, on 03/24/2009, -1/+90The mother is the doctor.
- RumpleForeskin3, on 03/24/2009, -0/+85The answer is False. He is not your real father.
- digjam, on 03/24/2009, -5/+87 x + 5 = 4(y - 1)
x + 5 = 3(y + 6)
-(subtract)
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0 = y-22
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y = 22 , x= 4*22-4-5 = 79 - nerdherder, on 03/24/2009, -3/+85Making a sammich.
- kvgirard, on 03/24/2009, -0/+72***** THING SUCKS
- wisam, on 03/24/2009, -2/+738 and 37.
Thanks, that's much better - burketo, on 03/24/2009, -3/+72A =[4 -1 ; 3 -1]
B = [ 9 ; -13]
A^-1 = [1 -1 ; 3 -4]
[ x ; y ] = (A^-1) * B
=> [ x ; y ] = [22 ; 79] - wisam, on 03/24/2009, -0/+63@Jaime2000: You forgot to subtract 5.
"In 5 years I will be ...." - d2002, on 03/24/2009, -0/+60Hi Coliolio,
I've emailed Digg, but the last time I asked them to modify a submission they said no, so I can't guarantee any results. I CAN guarantee that Digg will consider the request. They've always answered every email personally, even when they reject requests.
Thank you, btw, for recognizing that I'm in a tough spot. While you may prefer a direct link, some people don't. I've had at least two comic creators tell me to stop submitting their stuff because they don't get a lot out of the Digg traffic. Also, when a submission crashes a site, it is bad for the both of us. People will be less willing to submit your material in the future, and people will be less willing to vote for my submissions in the future.
Add this to the fact that some users are constantly screaming at me because they think people like you are paying people like me to submit these comics. And let's not forget someone is going to yell at me for the fact that lightishred actually submitted this comic 68 days ago, calling me a duping Power User who deserves to die. (To his tremendous credit, lightishred has been nothing but supportive in this thread, I can see that he just wants your comic to become popular and pays no attention to what happens to him personally. If you have a fan club he should be your president).
I don't mean to complain too much, because I do recognize that you deserve the credit. I like your comic and want more people to read it. I do this for selfish reasons of course. The more people read your comic, the more likely you can hopefully make a living doing this, so you can in turn create more free comics online for me to read.
However, I do get a little tired when I get yelled at all the time by Digg users (and sometimes comics creators), and it is even more frustrating when different people are yelling at me to do different things (***** YOU SERVER IS DEAD! v. WHY DON'T YOU LINK DIRECTLY TO ARTISTS PAGE!)
Not that you're yelling at me or anything. Like I said before, I appreciate you recognizing that I'm in a tough spot. I just wanted to rant a bit because once in a while I do get frustrated. That said, I do love your comic and it has definitely made my RSS feed. =) - coelomate, on 03/24/2009, -5/+62@Meltz014: Burried for using your TI-89.
Real men use TI-83s, and REAL men use paper, their head, or note pad. - umpres, on 03/24/2009, -0/+55A joke? How can you even read that? THERE'S NO WORDS ON IT!
- alexra, on 03/24/2009, -14/+67***** math
- rolosworld, on 03/24/2009, -0/+53x+5=4(y-1)=3(y+6)
4y-4=3y+18
y=22
x+5=4(22-1)
x=79 - banmeagaindigg, on 03/24/2009, -5/+58thanks!
NNFEAEOTIS
(no need for excessive acronyms ever on the internet seriously) - ggfobster, on 03/24/2009, -0/+51I... I CAN'T READ IT. THERE'S NO WORDS ON IT! THERE'S NO WORDS!
- demodawid, on 03/24/2009, -1/+52You embarrassed yourself.
- jugzeh, on 03/24/2009, -4/+54THEN WHO WAS PHONE???
- ballsmcgee, on 03/24/2009, -0/+48Coming from someone who has a teacher/dick for a dad, I know exactly how he feels.
- Jough, on 03/24/2009, -2/+50Incorrect. That is the mother's job.
- Braintricks, on 03/24/2009, -1/+47@coelomate
Real men send their digg comments via carrier pigeons too. - MicrosoftAccess, on 03/24/2009, -1/+47Why not submit the link to the comic directly, and put the mirror in the comments or description? That way, more people go to the artist's site.
- netneutrality, on 03/24/2009, -3/+48Here you go: http://www.qgmindpolice.com/wp-content/uploads/200 ...
- Jaime2000, on 03/24/2009, -0/+45Oh, right. My bad. Thank you, wisam.
- Meltz014, on 03/24/2009, -5/+50solve(y+5 = 4*(x-1) and y+5 = 3*(x+6),{x,y})
x = 22 and y = 79
I <3 my TI-89 - wrillo, on 03/24/2009, -0/+39well I mean... I guess we could just do it live?
- alex7575, on 03/24/2009, -19/+58The answer is 42.
-THGTTG - chukd, on 03/24/2009, -0/+39Why are you concerned about his age? Did you notice the forth question? It asks where the dad keeps his gun. A weird question.
- nmoulana, on 03/24/2009, -0/+37(cos^2)x + (sin^2)y doesn't = 1... (cos^2)x + (sin^2)x = 1
- fajitamelt, on 03/24/2009, -0/+34You just shred my whole life to pieces....Now what do I do?
- psykiv, on 03/24/2009, -9/+43x = sons age
y = dads age
y + 5 = 4(x-1)
y+5 = 3(x + 6)
y+5=3(x+6) simplifies to
y+5 = 3x+18 which goes to
Y = 3x+13
So
(3x+13) + 5 = 4(x-1)
3x + 18 = 4x-4
-x = -22
X = 22
So the son is 22
Y = 3(22+6) - 5
Y = 84 - 5
Y = 79
The dad is 79 - qber, on 03/24/2009, -4/+38doing the mom
- digitalpencil, on 03/24/2009, -1/+34My dad's not a mathematician but was a programmer, engineer etc whilst i was growing up.. i hated these questions. every time you're in the car on a long journey it's these perpetually stupid questions:
"there's four guys in a hole, two of which have have pick-axes, two with spades. If the combined depth of each digger is 3.5ft/hr. how long (factoring in that one is elderly and has a gammy leg) would it take them to reach China?"
"I DON'T ***** KNOW DAD!! I DON'T CARE, LET ME OUT OF THE CAR!!!"
"Alright son never mind...."
* 5 minutes later* "well, if the car is traveling at 50mph and the distance to Rochdale is 24 miles, how long will it take before you can get out of the car?"
*facepalms - TreatsTheBear, on 03/24/2009, -0/+33It worked.
- lightishred, on 03/24/2009, -1/+33Seconded. I've been told they currently have fewer page views than the number of diggs on this submission. That's kind of messed up.
- dtrinh, on 03/24/2009, -2/+33Dude, his dad was SWINGIN' at 57.
- immatellyouwhat, on 03/24/2009, -0/+30No more questions!
- coondog35, on 03/24/2009, -2/+32If your mother was a washer and your father was a dryer, how many pancakes would it take to cover a doghouse? 17, because Ice cream has no bones. Have you ever seen ice cream with bones? See how well it works? Therefore, with all this information, where was the man when he jumped off of the bridge.
- coliolio, on 03/24/2009, -0/+29I appreciate that. I also realized after I looked back over my comment (and after the edit window closed) that I sounded like a disgruntled jerk and that, in addition to being gentle on the server, there are other reasons to submit a mirror (it could register as a double even though the original got something like 10 diggs, or whatever). So my bad for being a bit of a jerk when you were in a pickle anyways and had good intentions. Thanks for sending the request to digg, and it's nice to see that you're not a cold, heartless power user. Glad to have you as a fan :)
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