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Crocodile maths question 'was challenging'

4 点作者 marklittlewood超过 9 年前

6 条评论

hbogert超过 9 年前
Pretty scary if this is considered difficult. I actually had to redo my math's exam in high-school, so I'm trying to be nuanced here, but really, this question should be doable, at least in the Netherlands, when you're 14-15y old, way.. way before the exams. Though I might have a distorted view, since in the Netherlands you are put together with same-leveled candidates at the age of 12.
ChuckMcM超过 9 年前
That type of question always annoyed me, because it asks one thing (time to prey) but you have to solve a different thing (land speed / swimming speed).
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vampirechicken超过 9 年前
If you can't determine that this word problem is a Pythagorean qaudratic, then you might ought not to be sitting a "Higher Maths" exam.
compsciphd超过 9 年前
its been a while since I did this math, but isn't it just about taking a derivative and finding the relative minimum/maximum points of the function by where the derivative = 0? (I was on the engineering side of CS, so haven't touched calculus since my undergrad days).
aaronferrucci超过 9 年前
Missing question: how wide is the river?
steaminghacker超过 9 年前
x=8, 98 seconds?