Those unanswered questions

[KenL]

Why is 3x+1 unanswerable

Because that’s an algebraic expression not an equation.

 

[Pin-seeker]

Because that’s an algebraic expression not an equation.

I’m SOOOO confused now

 

[Orikoru]

How big can a flannel be before it becomes a towel?

 

[KenL]

Because that’s an algebraic expression not an equation.

If you had
3x + 1 = 10
3x = 9
x = 3.

But, 3x + 1 could be worth anything. x is a variable so it can represent any number if it doesn’t equal anything.

 

[Grizzly]

In songs like Fire it up, Lick it up, Get it on, Oops i did it again..........what is IT?

Maybe you should investigate what Meatloaf would do, and assume that IT is the thing he wouldn't?

 

[RichA]

Who put the ram in the ram a lam a ding dong

And if Typhoo put the T in Britain, who put the in Scunthorpe?

 

[Pin-seeker]

If you had
3x + 1 = 10
3x = 9
x = 3.

But, 3x + 1 could be worth anything. x is a variable so it can represent any number if it doesn’t equal anything.

Even if that’s all correct,you just replied to yourself.

 

[SteveW86]

How big can a flannel be before it becomes a towel?

Don’t they do different things? So even if the same size one would be a flannel and the other a towel?

 

[Pin-seeker]

Don’t they do different things? So even if the same size one would be a flannel and the other a towel?

At what point does a stone become a rock?

 

[CliveW]

Why is abbreviation such a long word?

 

[Arthur Wedge]

Is there a synonym for synonym

 

[Orikoru]

Don’t they do different things? So even if the same size one would be a flannel and the other a towel?

But they're made of the same stuff. What you do with them is up to you.

 

[SteveW86]

At what point does a stone become a rock?

When it’s big enough for you to hide under

 

[Voyager EMH]

Why do flammable and inflammable mean the same thing?

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

If something is neither here nor there then where the hell is it?

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Why do ‘overstated’ and ‘overestimated’ get used interchangeably and incorrectly so often.

 

[cliveb]

At what point does a stone become a rock?

Related to that, but going the other way ...
You know we're now allowed to move small stones out of bunkers?
Isn't a grain of sand a very small stone?
In which case why can't we remove all the sand around the ball before playing it?

 

[ExRabbit]

Why do flammable and inflammable mean the same thing?

I googled this and learnt something new today.

'The main difference between flammable and inflammable is that flammable substances require an ignition source to catch fire, while inflammable substances can catch fire on their own'

 

[Voyager EMH]

I googled this and learnt something new today.

'The main difference between flammable and inflammable is that flammable substances require an ignition source to catch fire, while inflammable substances can catch fire on their own'

A substance catching fire due to heat generated within itself is spontaneous combustion.
That is spontaneous combustion of a flammable substance or spontaneous combustion of an inflammable substance.

 

[Tashyboy]

If you had
3x + 1 = 10
3x = 9
x = 3.

But, 3x + 1 could be worth anything. x is a variable so it can represent any number if it doesn’t equal anything.

And according to Google, that’s one of the easiest unanswerable equations
The next one is WHS3x +1