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this had been around for a while, it was a bonus question on the Harvard application form:

If 1=5, 2=25, 3=125, 4=625, 5=?
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eh 3125
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Pan_Raider(`_´) wrote:eh 3125


Yea T_T
Asuming you gotta do that without a calculator, that aint even 2 hard T_T 625 is a pretty easy number to multiply i guess :P
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600*5=3000
25*5=125

3125 easy.

Funnily enough, I have a friend at Harvard :P
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StealMySoda wrote:600*5=3000
25*5=125

3125 easy.

Funnily enough, I have a friend at Harvard :P


I did it like 625x4 = 2500 + 625 = 3125, but yea :D pretty easy, i should go to Harvard aswell :) (Coughs*)
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do i look like a post count whore?

why would i even bother if it is that obvious

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user wrote:do i look like a post count whore?

why would i even bother if it is that obvious


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I am wondering why you did bother.
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thought harvard was for smart ppl...
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Any harder questions? :? :?
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satman83 wrote:Any harder questions? :? :?


no...thats why harvard is for business and law majors and not the real smart ppl. Smart ppl go to MIT or Berkley or Stanford...
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5 = 1
He did say that 1 equals 5, thus therefore 5 equals 1.


I can go to harvard now?


But in all fairness I stole the answer from the same riddle you asked in the old riddle thread.
Reposting your own stuff leads to me looking for that post for 10 minutes.

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It is obvious that 5 = 1... I have no idea how you people got to 537263126832 and stuff like that.
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Ricooo wrote:It is obvious that 5 = 1... I have no idea how you people got to 537263126832 and stuff like that.


5^1 = 5
5^2 = 25
5^3 = 625

And so on.
Thus they think they need to do 5^5

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StealMySoda wrote:
Funnily enough, I have a friend at Harvard :P

Got a Brother-in-law there as well :wink:

And lol at everyone in this thread :P

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you guys got a funny way of doing it, simple took me all of a few secs

1 = 5
5*5 = 2
2 = 25
5*25 = 3
3 = 125
5*125 = 4
4 = 625
5*625 = 5
5 = you answer
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5=1
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nitrofreez wrote:5=1



Yeah, 5=1 no one said it was a product or a potency calculation.

1=5; 5=1
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JustaDude wrote:
nitrofreez wrote:5=1



Yeah, 5=1 no one said it was a product or a potency calculation.

1=5; 5=1

dude, even 5=1 is wrong in math, so the symbole '=' is not the same as the '=' in math, therefore (1=5 <=> 5=1) is false
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takolin wrote:5 = 1
He did say that 1 equals 5, thus therefore 5 equals 1.


I can go to harvard now?


But in all fairness I stole the answer from the same riddle you asked in the old riddle thread.
Reposting your own stuff leads to me looking for that post for 10 minutes.

lol, did i? i dont remember

roflol to those who thought it was easy and still answered it wrong, noobs will be noobs

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user wrote:this had been around for a while, it was a bonus question on the Harvard application form:

If 1=5, 2=25, 3=125, 4=625, 5=?


thats a harvard question??? ROFLMDO

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ThiefzV2 wrote:
user wrote:this had been around for a while, it was a bonus question on the Harvard application form:

If 1=5, 2=25, 3=125, 4=625, 5=?


thats a harvard question??? ROFLMDO

lol okay

thats the answer you are willing to give to get into harvard? ROFLDMDO

lol okay

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If thats what can get you into harvard then lol

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iGod wrote:If thats what can get you into harvard then lol

Are you asking if that's the only question required to get into Harvard?

No, it is a
bonus question on the Harvard application form
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Did I answer your question?

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5 cannot equal 1.
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Shomari wrote:5 cannot equal 1.

Haven't you read the question?
Math is all about formulas.. I'll show you a formula that proves that 1 = 2:

a = b
Multiply it by b
ab = b^
Subtract by a^
ab - a^ = b^ - a^
Factor
a(b-a) = (b-a) (b+a)
Divide by (b-a)
a = b+a
Since a = b, substitute..
a+a=a
Simplify
a = 2a
Divide by a
a = a+a
1 = 1+1
1 = 2
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Ricooo wrote:
Shomari wrote:5 cannot equal 1.

Haven't you read the question?
Math is all about formulas.. I'll show you a formula that proves that 1 = 2:

a = b
Multiply it by b
ab = b^
Subtract by a^
ab - a^ = b^ - a^
Factor
a(b-a) = (b-a) (b+a)
Divide by (b-a)
a = b+a
Since a = b, substitute..
a+a=a
Simplify
a = 2a
Divide by a
a = a+a
1 = 1+1
1 = 2


You can't divide by zero. If A = B and you're dividing by (b-a)...Your math is flawed.
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Was waiting for people to find the flaw ;-) Many people wouldn't be able to find it.
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before looking at the others

1

edit

my new answer must be 5=5

since they didn't confirm that 1 was the right answer
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Ricooo wrote:Was waiting for people to find the flaw ;-) Many people wouldn't be able to find it.

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