Head of the Clas

[Maine Mariner]

Well I am not sure we are whacked
We do want to be right
We are grateful to FREEPERS for helping us out
We don’t think you are dumb

[Sacajaweau]

very cool.....

[freeandfreezing]

OK, its Free Republic math class.

1) N = 4.5+9.7 means that N = 14.2

2) N² = 100 means that N x N = 100. That is true for true for two numbers, N = 10, and N = -10.

3)What is the value of 2³. Two cubed, as it is said, means 2 x 2 x 2, which is 2 x 4, which is 8.

On to the next round!

[Sacajaweau]

no...it was fun....always love freeper persistence

[Publius6961]

Yes, the people who wrote the question did not put 2^3 but only 23.

Even that is a stretch
You are assuming that most people do or should understand computerese... Which is strange, since even Word allows the exponential typing of text.

[Sacajaweau]

Ah hah....but perhaps they were using an old IBM Selectric...

You can check with Dan Rather about that.

[Captainpaintball]

I saw some schmuck who had a bumpersticker that read “Trees Are The Answer”.

[GSP.FAN]

The Book.
Presidents don’t have power, their purpose is to draw attention away from it.

[foobarred]

The operators are missing or wrong.

Whenever there’s a consective number, you need an exponent. Whenever there’s a decimal, you need a minus sign. Whenever there’s a plus, there’s a plus.

First one:

4.5+9.7 —> 4-5+9-7=-1+2=1 = 1^0

Second one:

N2=100 —> N^2=1^0^0 = 1 = 1^(4-2) = 1

Last one

2^3=8

[foobarred]

correction to the 2nd one:

N2=100; N=14.2

N^2=1^0^0; N=1^4-2
N^2=1; N=1-2=-1

-1^2 = 1

[KosmicKitty]

Exponents not written using superscript and the first 2 answers are switched

Hope you didn’t pay too much for the game :-)

[RJL]

What is the value of 23? Answer 8

If anyone can explain these answers my family would be grateful.

Easy, Think of it as American dollars, $23 dollars today will be worth $8 when Obama leave office in a couple years.

[Tanniker Smith]

You won't find a base where 23 becomes 8 -- or where 8 becomes 23 for that matter.

23 is an important number for the Illuminati and the Law of Fives.

[mlocher]

The subject matter is mathematis

I am glad the subject matter wasn't spelling.

[IYAS9YAS]

The third might make sense were there a fourth to pair with it, although "the value of 23" is pretty straightforward.

Could it be the value of 2 to the third power? That would equal 8.

[stayathomemom]

And I thought it was a script for a Netflix commercial.