Post the easiest question that 20%+ of 2+2ers will answer wrong(polls)

[Ra_]

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Which is not a way a runner can reach first in baseball.

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I guess you are counting steal as dropped 3rd strike?

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yeah, i kinda screwed mine up.

Walk should have been "base on balls"
i think reaching first on a balk may technicaly be scored as "base on balls" too
and stealing first is scored as "dropped third strike"

yeah but the correct answer should still be easy to spot.

[fiskebent]

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The square root of a number CANNOT be both positive and negative. If it could, why would the quadratic equation contain "-b + or - the SQRT". It would be redundant to state "+ or -" if a SQRT could be both at the same time!

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Here's a simple equation: x*x - 4 = 0
I hope you'll agree that an x of -2 and +2 both satisfy the equation. Let's solve it for x:
x*x - 4 = 0
x*x = 4
x = sqrt(4)

Are you telling me that -2 isn't a solution anymore?

[Rick Diesel]

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Definately the first one.

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Your probably right.

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Morans.

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it's morons.

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Not in OOT.

[traz]

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The square root of a number CANNOT be both positive and negative. If it could, why would the quadratic equation contain "-b + or - the SQRT". It would be redundant to state "+ or -" if a SQRT could be both at the same time!

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Here's a simple equation: x*x - 4 = 0
I hope you'll agree that an x of -2 and +2 both satisfy the equation. Let's solve it for x:
x*x - 4 = 0
x*x = 4
x = sqrt(4)

Are you telling me that -2 isn't a solution anymore?

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lol.

x^2 = 4 does NOT become x = sqrt(4) .
It becomes +-(sqrt(4)).

Stop arguing, because you're wrong. A square root cannot be negative.

[haakee]

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When posters say largest, do they mean land mass or population? Because there could be 2 different answers if this is the case.

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You're right. Bad questions.

[Borodog]

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The square root of 4 is both 2 and "something else." Do you see why?

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Wrong. The square root of 4 is 2 and only 2. If the question were worded "what number squared is equal to 4?", then you would be right; there would be multiple answers.

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You are an idiot.

[bwana devil]

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yeah, i kinda screwed mine up.

Walk should have been "base on balls"
i think reaching first on a balk may technicaly be scored as "base on balls" too
and stealing first is scored as "dropped third strike"

yeah but the correct answer should still be easy to spot.


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so what are you saying is the answer to your question? i think youve flubbed this up.

[Borodog]

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The square root of a number CANNOT be both positive and negative. If it could, why would the quadratic equation contain "-b + or - the SQRT". It would be redundant to state "+ or -" if a SQRT could be both at the same time!

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Here's a simple equation: x*x - 4 = 0
I hope you'll agree that an x of -2 and +2 both satisfy the equation. Let's solve it for x:
x*x - 4 = 0
x*x = 4
x = sqrt(4)

Are you telling me that -2 isn't a solution anymore?

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lol.

x^2 = 4 does NOT become x = sqrt(4) .
It becomes +-(sqrt(4)).

Stop arguing, because you're wrong. A square root cannot be negative.

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You are also an idiot.

[traz]

yes, clearly I'm the one who's an idiot.

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

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How fast do you have to drive the second lap of a one mile circle to average 60 mph if you drove the first lap at 30mph?

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I love this question. It's so stupid and so simple, but so many people get it wrong (11/18 right now). I think this is the very essence of the OP and it gets my vote.