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xkcd #2966: Exam Numbers(xkcd.com)

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Calligraphy exam: Write down the number 37, spelled out, nicely.

explananation: https://explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2966:_Exam_Numbers

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prime_number_314159@lemmy.world
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The game theory one is easy. Put down 999,999,999,999 factorial. Then everyone got it wrong, and the curve will reflect that.

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spongebue@lemmy.world
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Basically, write down the biggest number you can think of

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Ephera@lemmy.ml
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Only if it’s “10 more” in the sense that anything bigger than that is also accepted. If you need to hit 57, because the average is 47, then yeah, good luck.

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spongebue@lemmy.world
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The goal in the upstream comment wasn’t to get the answer right for you, it’s to skew the average so badly that nobody gets it right, and the bell curve adjusts accordingly for everyone.

Not a bad strategy to be honest

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Chadus_Maximus@lemm.ee
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That’s why it’s always between 1 and 100. Never seen one without an upper and lower bound.

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errer@lemmy.world
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Write NaN to destroy your classmates

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Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
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sqrt(-1)

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dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works
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Joke is on you, I wrote Tree(Tree(3))

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prime_number_314159@lemmy.world
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My strategy is still working, though, and you’ve now (all but) guaranteed that my answer is the closest to the correct answer.

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