Tricky Stuff

JIM_BOB7813 · 2 Dec 2008 at 20:20

They would probably accept either 37 or 38 as the correct answer.

Bunka · 2 Dec 2008 at 20:21

You can use a calculator btw, it's an online test. And when it says approximately, you dont do any rounding with the raw data given, only when you've got an actual result. So 37.344734 = 37.3

iamdjdz · 2 Dec 2008 at 20:22

JIM_BOB7813 said:
They would probably accept either 37 or 38 as the correct answer.

Yea, it's too close as even using 20.09m or 3.1m would be an approximation and give a different result, very odd to have such a closeness with the answers.

Jimmeh · 2 Dec 2008 at 20:26

Approximations will assume that one goes up/down to the closest round number to make it easier to calculate - i.e. 20,090,000 becomes 20,000,000 in this case. If you've rounded down the original figure(s) then one must round down the answer.

The question is fairly daft but 37 is the correct answer I would say.