Which is stronger?

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  1. #1
    Help me out please....My sister has this project and she asked me to help her....Well the problem is, we got confused with the question:

    "Which is stronger if A is 10 times as strong as B?"


    My answer is A and my aunt said it's B, so which is it? :confused:
     
    Bunny, Sep 27, 2007 IP
  2. The Emirates Gallastico

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    #2
    A. Good luck, seems simple to me... :confused:
     
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  3. Bunny

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    #3
    Well, the thing that confused me is that if it said "A is 10 times stronger than B" then the answer would clearly be A...
     
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    #4
    I would say A and B are equal.
     
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    #5
    10 times as strong as B... clever wording it's not A is 10 times stronger than B
     
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    #6
    I guess both are equally strong :rolleyes:
     
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  7. Bunny

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    #7
    clever wording indeed....i think it is designed to confuse the students...
     
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    #8
    yeah,very funny words,but if B=0,then A=B.
     
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    #9
    Well it confused me.(But then i am easily confused;)
     
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    #10
    a(10times strong) =(as strong as) B

    thats the right answer both are equal as the word s.

    also it possibly could be B is more stronger

    coz its written A is as strong as B but not more then B.
     
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    #11
    confusing. but if A is 10 times as strong as B, it indicated that it is 10 x B, in that case the answer should have been A. And is case both are equal then the word '10 times' becomes irrelevant.
     
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    #12

    I think both are equally strong


    Which is stronger if A is 10 times as strong as B?
     
    The Rock, Sep 28, 2007 IP
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    #13
    I have no cleu, my math whas verry bad. I am more of a writing person but my guts says they are equal
     
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    #14
    ^^ You make a lot of typos for a writing person. :p
     
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    #15
    I know, I have no typing skills and I am dutch ;)
     
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    #16
    Im half Dutch, so does that make me half as bad at English as you or twice as good at English as you.

    Although you are probably 100 times as good at Dutch as me.

    Most dutch people i know are much better at English than most English people, so that would blow my equation out of the water.

    Oh and the answer to the Question is C, because C comes after both A and B and kicks both their behinds.
     
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    #17
    lol c??

    Well I speak english fleuntly, tho writing goes wrong, I know how to spell a word ok just somethimes when I am in a hurry I type 2 letters in stead of 1 or just a whole difrent word.
     
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    #18
    Its certainly,

    A is 10 times as strong as B.

    Lets replace A with Lion and B with deer.

    Lion is 10 times as strong as B.
     
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    #19
    Can we conclude then that A and B can not be equal?
     
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    #20
    I'm still confused, and I'm supposed to be studying engineering ...go figure :rolleyes:
     
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