Cajun Match

[TheNotoriousMogg]

Cajun Math
>
> A Houston construction site boss was interviewing men for a job, when
> along came a Lower Cajun.
>
> I'm not hiring any Cajuns, the foreman thought to himself, so he made up
a
> test hoping that the Cajun wouldn't be able to answer the questions, and
> he'd be able to refuse him the job without getting into an argument.
>
> "Here's your first question," the foreman said. "Without using numbers,
> represent the number 9."
>
> "Without numbers?" The Cajun says. "Dat is easy," and proceeds to draw
> three trees.
>
> "What's this?" the boss asks.
>
> "Ave you got no brain? Tree and tree and tree make nine." says the Cajun.
>
> "Fair enough," says the boss. "Here is your second question. Use the same
> rules, but this time the number is 99."
>
> The Cajun stares into space for a while, then picks up the picture that
he
> has just drawn and makes a smudge on each tree. "ere you go."
>
> The boss scratches his head and says, "How on earth do you get that to
> represent 99?"
>
> "Each of da trees is dirty now! So its dirty tree, and dirty tree, and
> dirty tree. Dat is 99."
>
> The boss is getting worried he's going to have to hire this guy, so he
> says, "Alright, last question. Same rules again, but represent the number
> 100."
>
> The Cajun stares into space again, then he picks up the picture again and
> makes a little mark at the base of each tree, and says, "Ere you go. One
> 'undred."
>
> The boss looks at the attempt. "You must be nuts if you think that
> represents a hundred."
>
> The Cajun leans forward and points to the marks at the tree bases, and
> says, "A little dog come along and crap by each tree, so now you got
dirty
> tree and a turd, dirty tree and a turd, and dirty tree and a turd, which
> make one 'undred. When do I start?"

[YogsVR4]

Holy repost Batman!

[ROB3000GTVR4]

That new to me

[jon@af]

Ok, not to be smartass, but isnt 33.3 and 33.3= 99.9? Not 100?

[freakray]

Originally Posted by ILike2DriveCars

Ok, not to be smartass, but isnt 33.3 and 33.3= 99.9? Not 100?

1/3 is 0.33333333 recurring, so 1/3 multiplied by 3 is equal to 1, so 33-1/3 multiplied by 3 is 100.

The joke relies on the fractional 1/3 to be used which is why it creates a whole number, if you were to write 33-1/3 as a decimal, it would not be 33.3 as you wrote it, it would be 33.33333333333 recurring.

Thus ends today's math lesson, class dismissed

[jon@af]

Originally Posted by freakray

1/3 is 0.33333333 recurring, so 1/3 multiplied by 3 is equal to 1, so 33-1/3 multiplied by 3 is 100.

The joke relies on the fractional 1/3 to be used which is why it creates a whole number, if you were to write 33-1/3 as a decimal, it would not be 33.3 as you wrote it, it would be 33.33333333333 recurring.

Thus ends today's math lesson, class dismissed

Ah yes, thank you for reminding me how much I despise math Ray, I was beginning to forget