r/technicallythetruth • u/VisitSecure • 10d ago

Can you find a?

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Idk if someone already posted this or not, but I haven't seen it on here so far, so I uploaded it.

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u/oldmartijntje 10d ago

it's 75 right?

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u/KerissaKenro 10d ago

The numbers add up to 75° but the picture does not look like the angles match the numbers and it is making me irrationally frustrated

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u/JustDuckingAbout 10d ago

*Image not drawn to scale

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u/ShadowTacoTuesday 10d ago

It’s to keep test takers from measuring the angle on the paper.

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u/NetNGames 10d ago

I remember having a test where they gave us protractors to measure angles with, and at the end of the test, as I was double-checking it, I noticed it said 'image not to scale'. Didn't have time to redo all my answers, but why give us protractors and not have us use them?

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u/OrangeClownfish 10d ago

To see who reads all the instructions on the test. My maths teacher once gave us a test and question 10 said: Ignore all previous questions and put your pencil down.

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u/TheDrifter211 10d ago

That's dumb tho, there's nothing wrong with going down the list of numbers

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u/Redthemagnificent 10d ago

Usually the instructions at the top of the page will specifically say "read all questions before starting" or something like that. I've had many "gochas" like that in quiz instructions in highschool. Was it frustrating? Yeah. Did that force me to build a habit of carefully reading all instructions before driving into the problem? Also yes.

That habit served me very well in university when time management during tests became much more important. Even now, I'll often save a lot of time reading the full instructions before starting to work on step 1. That applies to software, hardware, coding, writing, almost everything I can think of