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how many water melons?

NJA

This pic is doing the rounds.

If the answer isn't 5, please explain.

Reply 1

nulli tertius

6 I think.

I think the smaller pieces are halves not quarters

(edited 8 years ago)

Reply 2

2710

Original post by nulli tertius

There are 4.

In the corners there are 4 3/4 melons. Then there are 4 1/4 melons rotated through 90 degrees.

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Uh they are 1/2 melons. The answer is 5

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Reply 3

username1221160

Minimum number is 6 (assuming the middle ones are a pair of watermelons cut in half). You can't cut a fraction out of a watermelon, attach it to another water melon and call it a complete water melon. It's still two watermelons.

Reply 4

NJA

Original post by Quantex

Let me know who you end up working for

Reply 5

jamestg

5!

(And no not 5 factorial)

Reply 6

cambio wechsel

"Melons.jpg" what a let down :-(

(edited 8 years ago)

5 or 6 lol

Min 6, Max 8

Original post by NJA

Let me know who you end up working for

Fruit and veg shop. I learnt on my internship that customers don't like having bits of fruit superglued together.

The answer 5 can only be obtained if you regard them as abstract fractions.

Reply 10

username1862217

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The term 'watermelon' refers to the entire thing. A slice of a watermelon is not a whole watermelon: it is just a slice. It's like having an apple slice and calling it a whole apple. If someone walked into a shop and asked for an apple and you gave them apple slices that form a full apple they wouldn't be happy.

Alternatively if we add the fractions of each like others have been doing then we get just under 6. This is because in the time it took for the fruit to be cut, placed, and imaged, water would have evaporated from the cut regions, causing mass loss and hence the watermelons aren't as complete as they first appear. This is a real world problem and not one that can be viewed purely mathematically. There are four watermelons that have a quarter missing, and two that are cut in half.

(edited 8 years ago)

Reply 11

Joinedup

Original post by Quantex

Fruit and veg shop. I learnt on my internship that customers don't like having bits of fruit superglued together.

The answer 5 can only be obtained if you regard them as abstract fractions.

but the customers might be prepared to buy 1/4 watermelon slices... in which case there's 5 watermelons worth in the picture.

you need to start with minimum of 6 melons to make that sculpture (or whatever it is) unless you're using photoshop or other shenannigans though.