aka How Much Does House Get Paid?
So. If House and the three Cottages each take a seventeen per cent pay cut, House shouldn't have to fire one of the Cottages. Right? So, assuming all the Cottages get paid the same, the equation should look like this:
(H - 17H) + (3C - 17 x 3C) = H + 3C
100 100
100h - 17h + 300c - 51c = h + 2c
100 100
83h + 249c = h + 2c
100
83h + 249c = 100h + 200c
49c = 17h
h = 2.88c
So House gets paid 2.88 times as much as each Cottage.
Does anyone think this is even remotely right? Considering I haven't done any math more complicated than 1500 take 500 leaves... shit, too many. Keep typing for about five years now. If (as I assume) it's not right, what is the right equation/answer? C'mon smart people.
Um... huh?!? No arts student wants to do maths! That why we do arts - we make problems more complicated by using words not numbers! Embrace the lack of mathmatical knowledge. I have, and I'm happier for it.
ReplyDeleteBesides, that's what H & R Blockhead are for. Ask them to solve the riddle. Go on. I dare ya...
Oh my god. I am so freaking awesome. Look at this. And I quote (for those too lazy to click) "House makes around 2.88 times what each of the assistants make." Dude. I am so brilliant, and so impressed.
ReplyDeletei had to stop reading that after the first sentence.
ReplyDeletebecause, you know, there were numbers instead of words.
i hate numbers and adhere to a strict policy of never looking at them ever unless i absolutely have to.
i'll be back when you post a normal blog entry.
you know, one made of words.
like god intended.
Is soposed to be like mat or something?
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