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MaplePrimes - comments on Post, A ball and a bat http://www.mapleprimes.com/posts/143293-A-Ball-And-A-Bat en-us 2026 Maplesoft, A Division of Waterloo Maple Inc. Maplesoft Document System Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:18:56 GMT Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:18:56 GMT The latest comments added to the Post, A ball and a bat http://www.mapleprimes.com/images/mapleprimeswhite.jpg MaplePrimes - comments on Post, A ball and a bat http://www.mapleprimes.com/posts/143293-A-Ball-And-A-Bat Wrong? http://www.mapleprimes.com/posts/143293-A-Ball-And-A-Bat?ref=Feed:MaplePrimes:A ball and a bat:Comments#comment148140 I'm playing devils advocate here, why are the other 10 solutions wrong? ie Bat     Ball      Total ----------------------- 1.10   0          1.10 1.09   .01       1.10 1.08   .02       1.10 1.07   .03       1.10 1.06   .04       1.10 1.05   .05       1.10 1.04   .06       1.10 1.03   .07       1.10 1.02   .08       1.10 1.01   .09       1.10 1.00   .10       1.10 In all the solutions above the bat satisfies being $1 more than the ball.   While at the same time, the ball and the bat will be totalling $1.10. The latest comments added to the Post, A ball and a bat 148140 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:50:06 Z Christopher2222 Christopher2222 semantics http://www.mapleprimes.com/posts/143293-A-Ball-And-A-Bat?ref=Feed:MaplePrimes:A ball and a bat:Comments#comment148141 <a href="http://www.mapleprimes.com/posts/143293-A-Ball-And-A-Bat#comment148140">@Christopher2222</a> thanx for looking at the problem with critical eyes. I think you should interpret "one dollar more than the ball" as strict ie exactly one dollar more not at least one dollar more. At least that is my interpretation but I might be wrong. In maple something like this: eq1 := x+y = 1.1; eq2 := subs(y = x+1, eq1); eq3 := solve(eq2, x); solve(subs(x = eq3, eq1), y);                           x + y = 1.1                          2 x + 1 = 1.1                          0.05000000000                           1.050000000 The latest comments added to the Post, A ball and a bat 148141 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 18:48:07 Z marc005 marc005 exactly http://www.mapleprimes.com/posts/143293-A-Ball-And-A-Bat?ref=Feed:MaplePrimes:A ball and a bat:Comments#comment148145 <a href="http://www.mapleprimes.com/posts/143293-A-Ball-And-A-Bat#comment148141">@marc005</a> Yes exactly one dollar - a fool I was.  I suppose leaving out the word exactly in the question made me mis-interperet the question but something I obviously overlooked.  A guess of 10 cents, as 50% of the Harvard, MIT and Princeton students guessed, would make the bat $1.10 and the total $1.20 which is indeed wrong. On interpretations of the same sentence.   He didn't marry her because she was rich - (he didn't marry her) He didn't marry her because she was rich - (he did marry her) The latest comments added to the Post, A ball and a bat 148145 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 19:20:37 Z Christopher2222 Christopher2222 @Christopher2222 an honest mistake :-) plus it gav... http://www.mapleprimes.com/posts/143293-A-Ball-And-A-Bat?ref=Feed:MaplePrimes:A ball and a bat:Comments#comment148147 <a href="http://www.mapleprimes.com/posts/143293-A-Ball-And-A-Bat#comment148145">@Christopher2222</a> an honest mistake :-) plus it gave me an opportunity to improve the formulation to include "exactly".... The latest comments added to the Post, A ball and a bat 148147 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 19:47:06 Z marc005 marc005 Commas and restrictive and nonrestrictive clauses http://www.mapleprimes.com/posts/143293-A-Ball-And-A-Bat?ref=Feed:MaplePrimes:A ball and a bat:Comments#comment148149 <a href="http://www.mapleprimes.com/posts/143293-A-Ball-And-A-Bat#comment148145">@Christopher2222</a> wrote: <blockquote> On interpretations of the same sentence.   He didn't marry her because she was rich - (he didn't marry her) He didn't marry her because she was rich - (he did marry her) </blockquote> When the subordinate clause ("because she was rich") does not change the meaning of the main clause ("he didn't marry her"), it needs to be set off with a comma. He didn't marry her, because she was rich. (He didn't marry her.) He didn't marry her because she was rich. (He did marry her.) The latest comments added to the Post, A ball and a bat 148149 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 20:08:38 Z Carl Love Carl Love