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[surreal verge]

The explanation is literally on the screen.

[wooden ore]

I know bro

But I need someone to explain it more clearly

[surreal verge]

Did you draw the triangle?

[wooden ore]

Yes

[alpine sail]

Ask chatgpt.

[wooden ore]

That’s not what I’m here for..

ChatGPT is wrong sometimes

[alpine sail]

have you drawn the triangle

[wooden ore]

Yes

This is the question I’m struggling in

[alpine sail]

so are you alright with this question then?

[wooden ore]

Im stuck on this one

[alpine sail]

(this is what the diagram gave, by the way)

[wooden ore]

Can I get ur help pls?

[alpine sail]

ok, what have you tried?

note that this is very similar to the last question

[wooden ore]

Yes

[alpine sail]

the numbers have changed, but a similar approach applies

[alpine sail]

so what have you tried

[wooden ore]

That’s the first thing I done

30/5=6

[alpine sail]

ok,now you remember how, in the last question, they divided the triangle into smaller ones?

[wooden ore]

So the triangle can be split into 6?

[alpine sail]

yes

[alpine sail]

not 6 triangles

you will split each side into 6

that should be 36 triangles

[wooden ore]

Can u pls show me how that looks

[alpine sail]

you could draw it?

[wooden ore]

Yes

So split into 36?

[alpine sail]

yes

[wooden ore]

How?

Wait

Do I split the triangle into 6, and split those smaller triangles into 6, each?

[alpine sail]

start by splitting each side into 6 pieces

[wooden ore]

Oh so the sides don’t have to be even?

[alpine sail]

they do?

the pieces will be equal in length

[wooden ore]

Oh

[alpine sail]

incidentally, they are each 5 units long

[marsh solstice]

why do you have three threads on about this 😭

[alpine sail]

which should not be much of a surprise

[alpine sail]

they aren’t different questions?

@wooden ore close them

[wooden ore]

Ok

[marsh solstice]

nope iuts this 30 and 6 side length question lol

i closed the other two

[wooden ore]

Ok

[alpine sail]

oh thanks

you can close threads?

[wooden ore]

Like this?

[marsh solstice]

verified helper can

anyways ill let you cook 🔥

[wooden ore]

Idek why I’m struggling with these simple questions

[alpine sail]

i want to be verified

oh well

[marsh solstice]

i have no idea how this occurs

[alpine sail]

yeah, now do the same in the other directions

[marsh solstice]

btw just curious do you have an answer already

[alpine sail]

i don’t know that it does anymore

[marsh solstice]

cuz none of the mc are actually correct

so if you get something not on there youre not wrong (maybe)

[wooden ore]

This?

[alpine sail]

no

[wooden ore]

Then how

[alpine sail]

turn the paper so that one of the other sides is the base, and do the same thing

[wooden ore]

Ohhhhhh

[alpine sail]

refer to this if you need

[wooden ore]

I’ll 3 sides?

All*

[alpine sail]

yes

[wooden ore]

This ok?

[alpine sail]

the lines that should match up don’t, but the idea is right

i don’t think you have to draw it perfectly

[wooden ore]

Yes

[alpine sail]

but do you understand how many small triangles there should be

[wooden ore]

36

Right?

[alpine sail]

yes, why

[wooden ore]

Just making sure

So what do I do with the hexagon now

Think I figured it out

[alpine sail]

yes

[alpine sail]

unfortunately, as random said, none of the answers match this

[marsh solstice]

W question design

confuse the heck out of people

[wooden ore]

Can I get help with another ?

[alpine sail]

sure

[wooden ore]

It’s really really hard for me

I’m just grade 9 and never learned these stuff

[marsh solstice]

why are you doing CLMC then 😭 its designed for G12s

do you know quadratic equations

[wooden ore]

Then why is it allowed for grade nines?

[marsh solstice]

i mean you can take it

there are g6's taking the amc12

its just the questions are not designed for your grade level

[wooden ore]

Ok

Ik*

But I wanna do it

What grade did u do it?

[marsh solstice]

^^

[wooden ore]

No 😦

[marsh solstice]

i think instead of teaching you quadratics for this one question (and assuming youre takihng it again) its best to just skip this cuzzz it probably wont go great

[alpine sail]

i thought it was for students in grades 9-12

[wooden ore]

That’s what I thought

[wooden ore]

U did the competition too right?

What grade were u when u did it

[marsh solstice]

it def is not designed for g9s

[marsh solstice]

10 except i know a lot more things than people in my grade typically know

[wooden ore]

I can tell

[wooden ore]

What mark did u get

[marsh solstice]

53 or 52 idk

lemme check

[wooden ore]

Oh dang

[marsh solstice]

i lied i got 57 actually

[alpine sail]

only the smart ones, no?

[wooden ore]

Oh

[marsh solstice]

nono cuz its using like, stuff you only see in higher grades like trig and stuff

its clearly not designed for a grade 9

if you compare it to other g9 contests

they probably said that to get more people lol

[wooden ore]

So I’m cooked

I’ll just leave the competition before it starts coming Thursday

Are u gonna do it?

[alpine sail]

you don’t learn trig in year 9?

[wooden ore]

No

Grade 10

[marsh solstice]

and g10 is basic

[marsh solstice]

nah you should try your best

theres a few you can totally do w/o future knowledge

the scoring also is like

brutal

so if you do everything you know youd still do very well

[wooden ore]

Oh ok

But what’s the point of doing it if Im going to do bad in it

[marsh solstice]

have you scanned over last years contest

how many can you do

[wooden ore]

There’s 15

I didn’t look at last years

I can only do 6

So I’ll get 40%