Annoying IQ Test
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"1" was the logical answer, but, as it wasn't confirmed, I tried to examine this as a what's-next-in-series type of question. This just didn't make it, and, as it was presented as part of an IQ test, brute force methods are (should be) excluded. So I googled "1=5 2=25" and came up with: http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/blogger/thread?tid=2570697c07e3c6e3&hl=en[^] The poster of the question (a level seven whatever it is) congratulated other posters on their correct answer: 1 So why, exactly, were you annoyed?
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
W∴ Balboos wrote:
So I googled "1=5 2=25"
You googled wrong :(
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W∴ Balboos wrote:
So I googled "1=5 2=25"
You googled wrong :(
leppie wrote:
You googled wrong
We clearly disagree on the attack strategy expected by the poser of the question (we never actually saw the original preposition). The IQ-test reference is the closest we have to determining expectations. I invoke Occam's razor .
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
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leppie wrote:
You googled wrong
We clearly disagree on the attack strategy expected by the poser of the question (we never actually saw the original preposition). The IQ-test reference is the closest we have to determining expectations. I invoke Occam's razor .
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
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leppie wrote:
You googled wrong
We clearly disagree on the attack strategy expected by the poser of the question (we never actually saw the original preposition). The IQ-test reference is the closest we have to determining expectations. I invoke Occam's razor .
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
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W∴ Balboos wrote:
we never actually saw the original preposition
If 1 is the correct answer which it could well be then this is not an IQ test.
Peter Wasser
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You are wrong. The 5th value is certainly not 1. The function to calculate the values is f(x) = 5^X. f(1) = 5 f(2) = 25 f(3) = 125 f(4) = 625 f(5) = 3125
I'm invincible, I can't be vinced
I think you ought to recheck the beginning of the thread:
CDP1802 wrote:
f(1) = 5
f(2) = 25
f(3) = 125
f(4) = 625"If 1 = 5, and 2 = 125, and 3 = 450, and 4 = 1250, then 5 = ?"
f(1) = 5 5^1 f(2) = 125 5^3 f(3) = 450 5^2 * 3^2 *2 f(4) = 1250 5^5 * 5^5 *2 f(f) = ????You got the right answer to the wrong question. Garbage In - Garbage Out ? ? ? ?"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
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W∴ Balboos wrote:
we never actually saw the original preposition
If 1 is the correct answer which it could well be then this is not an IQ test.
Peter Wasser
There is nothing implied (as presented) that transitive properties are no longer in effect. I also need to admit that nothing implies they are, either. So, maybe the intelligence test is that, if no pattern exists mathematically (my contention) then the answer is not a calculated pattern, but rather by default, a logical inference.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
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I like this answer. If you assume the numberic digits are just characters, they are essentially variables. So when you see "1 = 5", it's like seeing "A = B". So when you see, "B = ?", you know "B = A", which means "5 = 1". Still, I wish I could figure out if there is a numeric pattern. :)
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There is nothing implied (as presented) that transitive properties are no longer in effect. I also need to admit that nothing implies they are, either. So, maybe the intelligence test is that, if no pattern exists mathematically (my contention) then the answer is not a calculated pattern, but rather by default, a logical inference.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
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Someone ask me this IQ Test and I got really annoyed when I found out the answer. Here it is: If 1 = 5, and 2 = 125, and 3 = 450, and 4 = 1250, then 5 = ?
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"1" was the logical answer, but, as it wasn't confirmed, I tried to examine this as a what's-next-in-series type of question. This just didn't make it, and, as it was presented as part of an IQ test, brute force methods are (should be) excluded. So I googled "1=5 2=25" and came up with: http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/blogger/thread?tid=2570697c07e3c6e3&hl=en[^] The poster of the question (a level seven whatever it is) congratulated other posters on their correct answer: 1 So why, exactly, were you annoyed?
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
that was a different question; read the rest of the sequence. 1 is obviously wrong there for all that the smartass got the most votes...
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Someone ask me this IQ Test and I got really annoyed when I found out the answer. Here it is: If 1 = 5, and 2 = 125, and 3 = 450, and 4 = 1250, then 5 = ?