the pencil question...worded bad?

<p>on that pencil question, last one in one of the math sections....it said everyone had at least one pencil, but some had more than one...does that imply that there HAS to be at least one person wiht more than one pencil? becaue if so, the ansewr would be 1, 2, and 3....but if they could have one pencil each, then 1 is not a correct choice...i put that answer as D, II and III only, as if there were only 2 ppl in the class and a student cannot have as many pencils as n, they could only have 1 each and t = n</p>

<p>18 is the answer.</p>

<p>i think you took the wrong test</p>

<p>i put I II and III.</p>

<p>i wouldnt worry about it... maybe the math curve is 800 800 790 770... etc. or even 800 800 800 790</p>

<p>im not, i arleady got an 800 in math last may, was just interested in what the answer was</p>

<p>Disreguard my post, I was talking about a different question. The answer to that is all 3 I believe.</p>

<p>can someone post the question and all 3 answer statement things..like I II and III..i wanna make sure i out all 3.... but i dont remember the question fully and the 3 statements</p>

<p>17.99999 was the answer</p>

<p>no, not that one..the one with the 3 choices, and the answer was I II and III i need to know all the 3 statements...cmon somoene much remember</p>

<p>"some had more than one"..... than someone has to have more than one... your right for a class of 2 it doesn't seem to work... i put down I,II,III</p>

<p>no there has to be at LEAST 3 people in the class. the question said some people HAD to have MORE than one pencil and that the number of pencils that a student had was less than the number of people in the class. also, everyone MUST have at least 1 pencil. n is the number of kids in the class t is the total number of pencils. I) n<t II) t<n^2 III)at least two people have the same number of pencils. I is definitely true, because the minimum is n=3 and t=4 (student 1- 1 pencil, student 2 - 1 pencil, student 3 - 2 pencils). again lookin at the minimum, 4<9 making II true. III is also true since the most pencils anyone could have is between n-1 and 1. the only way to not have repeated is to go from 1 to n but since it isn't possible, it must be repeated at least once</p>