document.write( "Question 484132: a farmer has 7 3/4 rows of plants in one field, 4 3/4 rows of plants in another field , and 6 1/4 rows in a third field . how many rows of plants does he have altogether? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #331327 by chessace(471) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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This is obviously too easy as a math problem.
\n" ); document.write( "It's more likely a riddle, and with a flaw at that.
\n" ); document.write( "If \"row\" is a well defined quantity, Answer=18.75.
\n" ); document.write( "The \"gotcha\" is that a fractional row is still just a row, so Answer=20.
\n" ); document.write( "But if this is the case, then there is no such thing as a 1/4 row!
\n" ); document.write( "So the riddle statement has its own Gotcha!
\n" ); document.write( "I first saw this decades ago with the excellent riddle wherein the 3 fields contained interger number of haystacks. Farmer puts them all together and how many does he have? Just 1, very nice. Then I saw someone \"improve\" the riddle to fractinal haystacks! If size doesn't count, you can't have fractions!
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