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    Default Paradox???

    Ok ok ok hold on... I think I just came up with a relatively convincing proof for the answer to a paradoxical question. I grant that my argument is not air tight, especially at the end, but it's a heck of a lot closer than any other answers I've read for this question:



    This was posted on another forum, and on a whim I logically analyzed it and came out with an answer that I think is as close as I can get logically to the "correct" answer:

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    The answer will be one, or multiple, or none of those listed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wyatt View Post
    The answer will be one, or multiple, or none of those listed.
    I logically proved that there must be more than 1 answer (that part of my proof is pretty air tight, it's which more than one that's not :P).


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    I am extremely disappointed in you for not using the original picture but instead some anime one.
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    Quote Originally Posted by FailFTW View Post


    I am extremely disappointed in you for not using the original picture but instead some anime one.
    The "original" as you say is a different situation. Originality here isn't the point. A paradoxical question is proposed and I'm proposing an answer to that question, not any other question; that exact question. Had I seen the other question first, I would've stopped after proving that all single answer solutions make contradictions and just said that the best logical answer would be no solution (which is valid in your picture since 0% is not an answer). IMO, that question is not as interesting as the one I attempted to answer.

    Besides the inferiority of that question to the one I'm attempting to solve, I did not find the OP picture. It was posted in a thread on another forum, and I was curious and decided to do a logical analysis of it and see if I could come up with a satisfactory answer. I believe the answer I came up with is satisfactory, but I want to see what other people think.
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    The original picture has the exact same problem statement, so I don't know how it would be different.
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    Quote Originally Posted by FailFTW View Post
    The original picture has the exact same problem statement, so I don't know how it would be different.
    You're going to have to read my answer proof to understand fully, but the correct answer to the problem depends on the answer to the problem (put another way, choosing a correct answer affects the correctness of that answer). Therefore, changing one of the answers changes the problem. Read my proof if you want to understand what I'm talking about otherwise you'll just have to take my word for it: the problem's different.


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    Quote Originally Posted by FailFTW View Post
    The original picture has the exact same problem statement, so I don't know how it would be different.
    Dae's anime's C) is 0% while the "original's" C) is 60%.

    Are you saying that the given answers do not matter if the question is the same? You're confusing me Fail.
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    in soviet russia, you have a 140% chance of getting it right
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    This thread quickly turned into who all wants to sex up Merciless.

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    Auto test correcting does not allow 2 answers. Must be derp.
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    But now I'm like screw that, I'm skipping to the part where Bella finally combines with Edward

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