James wrote:
WHO marked THIS?
The initial statement of needing time AND money in order to find a woman does NOT equate to:
woman = time x money.
it is instead:
woman = time + money
While the algebraic manipulation that follows is correct the intitial quantification of the problem statement is plainly incorrect.
QED. In consideration of such a simple, basic error a more appropriate grade:
Apparently James has little experience with women. If you have time and no money, you have no woman. Or if you hve money and no time, again no women. If you use his theorom, women =time + money, you see that either time or m oney could be zero, and you would still have woman. However, if you use the original formula, woman = time x money, if either is zero. there is no woman.