Below is a picture of the clock that one of Mr. P's daughters gave him for Father's Day.
Can you find two errors?
Solution to the Problem:
The errors are:
(1) 52 - x2 + x = 10 does not yield just the number 7.
When you solve a quadratic equation, there are two solutions: -6 and 7.
(2) 3( 
- .14) does not equal 9.
does not equal 3.14 but continues infinitely 3.14159...
Correctly solved by:
| 1. Austin Hale |
Mountain View High School, Mountain View, Wyoming |
| 2. Levi Harmon |
Mountain View High School, Mountain View, Wyoming |
| 3. murrayb@kpmath.com |
Mountain View High School, Mountain View, Wyoming |
| 4. Hazen Dickerson |
Mountain View High School, Mountain View, Wyoming |