18 December 2008

Try this using game theory

Freakonomics asks us to answer the following standardized test question without knowing what the question is:

Which of the following is the correct answer?
a) 4π sq. inches
b) 8π sq. inches
c) 16 sq. inches
d) 16π sq. inches
e) 32π sq. inches


Did you get it right, too? I still got my game.

1 comment:

Loping Squid said...

That was fun. I'm happy to say I got the right answer. Not necessarily using their methodology, but the right answer was obtained.