Imagine where our country would be if everybody would have cared this much about math when they were in high school.
According to The New York Times, a television host in Singapore posted a math problem to his Facebook account on Friday, and it has been driving people nuts ever since.
The gist of the brain buster is that a girl named Cheryl has just become friends with Albert and Bernard. In what is presumably an icebreaker, they ask when her birthday is, but she surprisingly decides to give them a list of 10 possible dates instead just telling them outright and leaving each of them with a “save the date.”
She then proceeds to tell Albert the correct month and Bernard the correct day. The guys use some rather shoddy English in a short dialogue that acts as a clue for the math problem, and we’re left to figure out which of the 10 dates is Cheryl’s birthday.
If you’re looking for the correct answer, the Times did a beautiful job breaking it down (hint: you can eliminate two months right away). But we’re satisfied knowing that this problem would never take place in real life. I mean, if Cheryl is looking to get birthday presents from either of these two guys, she might want to think about being less of a brat and stop answering their questions with other questions.
Here’s something else that will make you go cross-eyed: Is This Stupid Dress White and Gold or Blue and Black?
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