The questions-not-worth-their-own-thread question thread VIII

[GoodGame]

I accidentally ate a chocolate bar that's a year past the expiry date. How much longer until I drop dead?

It was one of those ones that's like 85% cacao. I've had those before, and the one I just had tasted horrible and bitter. So I looked on the package and noticed the date.

That's the normal taste. Probably if it was past due, it'd just taste a bit more stale, and be even harder to bite into. Assuming the package was still sealed, and no fungi or bacterial growth were evident.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

My battery charger just make a loud popping/cracking noise. I took the batteries out for now. Should I worry?

Also, when you have a percentage of a percentage, how do you calculate the percentage against the original number?

 

[cardgame]

My battery charger just make a loud popping/cracking noise. I took the batteries out for now. Should I worry?

Also, when you have a percentage of a percentage, how do you calculate the percentage against the original number?

I don't know how to explain it. Do you have the numbers?

 

[Turner]

Also, when you have a percentage of a percentage, how do you calculate the percentage against the original number?

Convert to decimal and multiply.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I don't know how to explain it. Do you have the numbers?

Something like 75% of 75% of 100.

I'll try the demical thing.

 

[Turner]

Basic algebra. Break it down into parts, after first converting to decimal.

.75 * 100 = 75 * .75 = 56.25

 

[cardgame]

Basic algebra. Break it down into parts, after first converting to decimal.

.75 * 100 = 75 * .75 = 56.25

yeah, what he said

Question: when will the christmas smilie santa-hats disappear?

 

[Birdjaguar]

I accidentally ate a chocolate bar that's a year past the expiry date. How much longer until I drop dead?

It was one of those ones that's like 85% cacao. I've had those before, and the one I just had tasted horrible and bitter. So I looked on the package and noticed the date.

Chocolate doesn't go bad; even if it gets discolored it will be just fine.

 

[cardgame]

Much more interesting question than my last one:

Why do exceptions prove the rule?

 

[Turner]

Because they do, grasshopper, because they do.

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

I read that originally the word "prove" meant "test" in this context - "the exception that tests the rule" makes so much more sense.

 

[Cutlass]

My battery charger just make a loud popping/cracking noise. I took the batteries out for now. Should I worry?

Inspect the battery for damage. Try it in a simple thing like a light if there's no visible damage. If there is visible damage, or it doesn't work, throw it away.

 

[Atticus]

Something like 75% of 75% of 100.

There's nothing wrong with what Turner said, but I'd like to point out that you can always use common sense instead of knowing how to do something.

In this case 75% of 100 is 75.
Then you calculate what is 75% of 75.

By thinking simple cases you'll quickly see the general rule:
p% of x is p/100 * x
p% of that number is p/100 * ( p/100 * x).
Because it doesn't matter in which order you multiply, you'll get what Turner said.
(p/100 is the same thing as percentage transformed to decimals: if p=75, p/100= 0.75 and so on).

I'm just saying this because often people who have trouble with maths seem to think that you have to know some secret formula how to do things, and that's why maths remains foreign to them.

 

[kulade]

Much more interesting question than my last one:

Why do exceptions prove the rule?

It means that by clarifying an exception, the rule with that exception is alluded to.

If I state an expection like "If Billy gets a good math grade, his mom will let him stay out past midnight," you can infer that the previous rule was that Billy had to be in by midnight.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I got this error when trying to scan something. Does anybody know what it means? (I'm not even sure what language it is.)

 

[kulade]

It's in English and it says, "An invalid argument was encountered."

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I meant the first part.

 

[Shekwan]

It means the Chinese government are all in your computer and reading your files.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

It means the Chinese government are all in your computer and reading your files.

I didn't realize they were interested in Tom Petty pictures.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

I got this error when trying to scan something. Does anybody know what it means? (I'm not even sure what language it is.)

I don't know, but save the image and use it to troll people with stupid positions.