Simple Mathematics

[JEK595]

Simply prove that 7 is half of 12.

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[The Dark]

Easy: XII sliced horizontally is VII

[DJC]

Base 10 or Base 12?

[tigg]

or... you could define 'half' as 7/12

[tigg]

actually, when I was young, my neighbor was a farmer. when he sold us a dozen ears of corn (for a dollar) he put 14 in the bag.
so there you go.

[oxford student]

Talk about an old puzzle. I bet even the Romans had thought of this one!

[Sparhawk]

For people who didn't get Oxford Student's comment, I believe that what you do is define 12 as XII using Roman numerals. Then you take the top half of the XII to get VII, which is 7 using Roman numerals.

[groza528]

I thought somebody else already posted the solution...

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If you think the little things don't matter, try falling asleep with a mosquito in your room.

[impossibleroot]

...invisibly. 'The Dark' posted the solution (the second post). I've taken to the habit of highlighting entire posts just to make sure I'm not missing something!

[groza528]

aha, so THAT's it. I knew somebody had answered it.

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If you think the little things don't matter, try falling asleep with a mosquito in your room.

[The Dark]

Hmm, maybe my post should have been more clear, or possibly my post should have been less clear

[mole]

"It is too clear, and so it is hard to see."

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