I actually used this memory on a math test in 8th grade. I had no idea why it worked, but i knew from this movie that this was the way to figure out the question. Multiplication over addition.
@crusader037972 If 1 guy takes 5 hours, 2 should do it in 2.5 hours. If 1 takes 3 hours, 2 should take 1.5 hours. The two work at different paces, but the answer has to be in the range 1.5 to 2.5 hours!
Color can factor into the time. Dark/deep base colors like red require multiple coats (3-4 coats min) to get the desired effect. Lighter colors require less coats (1-2 coats). More coats = more labor = more time spent. So, while meant to be a joke, Lonnie's question wasn't a bad one.
how to derive said formula is interesting. The rates of painting add together IE rate of painting of them combined is the sum of each rates Because rate = 1/time you have the following : 1 / time combined = 1 / time of a + 1 / time of b 1/t = a / a * b + b / a * b 1/ t = a + b / a * b t = a * b / a + b so the answer is indeed 15 / 8
The correct answer is 2 hours. It will take 8 hours when painting two houses back to back. It will take 4 hours when painting two houses at the same time. It will take 2 hours when both painters are painting same house aka one house. Since they are only painting one house, the time is cut in half and since both are doing it, the time becomes the average of the two: ((3/2) + (5/2)) / 2 = (1.5 + 2.5) / 2 = 2
@malcfifty the entire math is based on the assumption that together they could do it faster which isnt always the case. sometimes when you have to people both begin to work at a slower pase just because they know they will eventually get it done. sometimes when multiple people are working together they work even harder then they would by themselfs ie guy A might work twice as hard and guy B might work 3 times as harder meaning they might get it done 5 times as fast. cont
@dethwing Fair enough! Succinct and to the point, though I think it's worthwhile looking at what constitutes a reasonable answer. When one fellow can do the job by himself in 3 hours, answers of above 3 hours are clearly not reasonable.
@malcfifty Thats true but the fact is the question is clearly posed in an unsolvable manner, simply because there isnt enough information to form a feasible mathematical equation that fits the situation enough to answer the question in a simple manner. It's a dummy question, with no precise answer.
@houseofaction cont. all put it this way when there is no one there to push you. you sometimes dont work as hard when there is people there you naturally work harder because you have to keep up the pace. my dad has been in construction for years and back in the day him and 3 other men could build an entire garage from the concrete up all the way to drying in the roof in one day. and that was with hammers not nail guns.
Not trying to beat you up, but if you just think about it a little you'll realize WHY that isn't correct. If it takes you 3 hours, ANY help ANYONE could give you would SHORTEN that time. Thus, there's no way it would take any MORE time than 3 hours here. That of course is in theory. I've known plenty of people that could lengthen a paint job by days or even months!
one does it in 3 hours one does it in 5. lets say the house is 15 feet. one does 5 feet and hour the other does 3 feet and hour. thats a total of 8 feet and hour. 15/8 is 1.875 hours which is equal to 1 hour and 52.5 minutes. thats right son.
Because some of the answers on here are painful to look at: 1 7/8 hrs is correct. If you want the actual time and not a fraction it's 1 Hour 52 mins and 30 secs. This is MTH 100
Bowers is actually right in this case but in raw math number not converted to time. The answer is 1.9 hours or rounded to 2 hours. In reality Joe wouldn't want help because he can paint it in 3 hours and have more profit for himself. Now he has to share with Sam. But the answer is 1.9 hours no rounding. 2 hours rounded.
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“I should know this, my uncles a painter” 😭😂
I actually used this memory on a math test in 8th grade.
I had no idea why it worked, but i knew from this movie that this was the way to figure out the question. Multiplication over addition.
Why don't they get a house that's already painted. Haha lmao
Everybody wants to be a kid again when they watched this iconic baseball movie.
@Jorge or a baseball manager
What color paint
I've been telling that horse riddle for 20 years because of this movie and no on has ever gotten it.
And Mac, the horse's name is Friday lol. I wonder if ANYONE remembered the earlier brain teaser by that point of the movie first time you saw it
The good thing is that in Russian they said "The village name was Friday". Cause u cant say ON FRIDAY in russian 😎 U say smth like "in Friday"
And Mack, the horses name is Friday
The guy that played " Mickey Scales" is a Personal friend of mine. His real name is Antonio Lewis Todd.
WAsn't he the best player on the field of the actors?
I should know this. My uncle is a painter lol. I always wondered if that guy was right when I saw this years ago.
holy shit i havent seen this movie in about 13 years. i need to smoke a whole lot of weed and re-watch this !
THE all time greatest work word problem hook
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I like how he tried to pull a Feeney; that there is no correct answer. Or just ask Minkus.
BEST BASEBALL MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!
@crusader037972 If 1 guy takes 5 hours, 2 should do it in 2.5 hours. If 1 takes 3 hours, 2 should take 1.5 hours. The two work at different paces, but the answer has to be in the range 1.5 to 2.5 hours!
Completely used this on a college math test today.. Bauers is exactly right.
What color paint? Lol Like that has something to do it. And Bowers with his jokes haha
Color can factor into the time. Dark/deep base colors like red require multiple coats (3-4 coats min) to get the desired effect. Lighter colors require less coats (1-2 coats).
More coats = more labor = more time spent.
So, while meant to be a joke, Lonnie's question wasn't a bad one.
Why don't they just get a house that's already painted. Haha.
To me this is one of the best scenes of the whole movie. Again, just me.
To me this is THE best scene comedy wise of any baseball movie
what color paint.... lmao
Long have I been familiar with the exactitudes of the mathematical world
My uncle's a painter lol
how to derive said formula is interesting.
The rates of painting add together IE rate of painting of them combined is the sum of each rates
Because rate = 1/time you have the following :
1 / time combined = 1 / time of a + 1 / time of b
1/t = a / a * b + b / a * b
1/ t = a + b / a * b
t = a * b / a + b
so the answer is indeed 15 / 8
I love Bowers lol
matt Rich Is that you Bowers?
BOWERS!!!
Weren't most of the players in this movie recruited right out of high school?
What color paint?
what colour paint hahahaha
why don't they get a house that's already painted?
What color paint? 💀
The correct answer is 2 hours.
It will take 8 hours when painting two houses back to back.
It will take 4 hours when painting two houses at the same time.
It will take 2 hours when both painters are painting same house aka one house.
Since they are only painting one house, the time is cut in half and since both are doing it, the time becomes the average of the two:
((3/2) + (5/2)) / 2 = (1.5 + 2.5) / 2 = 2
@malcfifty the entire math is based on the assumption that together they could do it faster which isnt always the case. sometimes when you have to people both begin to work at a slower pase just because they know they will eventually get it done. sometimes when multiple people are working together they work even harder then they would by themselfs ie guy A might work twice as hard and guy B might work 3 times as harder meaning they might get it done 5 times as fast. cont
Its a MATH problem; not a construction management or human behavior problem!!
@dethwing Fair enough! Succinct and to the point, though I think it's worthwhile looking at what constitutes a reasonable answer. When one fellow can do the job by himself in 3 hours, answers of above 3 hours are clearly not reasonable.
"8 sounds good to me.."
Classic movie, reminds me of bein a kid again
@malcfifty Thats true but the fact is the question is clearly posed in an unsolvable manner, simply because there isnt enough information to form a feasible mathematical equation that fits the situation enough to answer the question in a simple manner. It's a dummy question, with no precise answer.
It's the same answer that Bowers gave
In theory, 1+7/8 is absolutely right. In practice, however...
LSC MS POTW Vol 2 Number 25 gives another version of this.
1/3x + 1/5x = 1
15 (1/3x) + 15 (1/5x) = (1) 15
5x + 3x = 15
8x = 15
x = 15/8
1hr 52mins (converted into time)
Seems a bit complex for 6th grade homework assignment
Steely eyed missile man math.
Lol now that the pressure of off 😆
@bigpipestyle His horse's name was Friday!
I love how Lonnie is like the dumb blonde of the film- what color paint? Everyone of them kids in Venezuela speaks Spanish!
@houseofaction cont. all put it this way when there is no one there to push you. you sometimes dont work as hard when there is people there you naturally work harder because you have to keep up the pace. my dad has been in construction for years and back in the day him and 3 other men could build an entire garage from the concrete up all the way to drying in the roof in one day. and that was with hammers not nail guns.
What color paint? LMAO!!!
4 hours sounds right. 2 guys average between them. 5 + 3 = 8 / 2 = 4hrs
Not trying to beat you up, but if you just think about it a little you'll realize WHY that isn't correct. If it takes you 3 hours, ANY help ANYONE could give you would SHORTEN that time. Thus, there's no way it would take any MORE time than 3 hours here. That of course is in theory. I've known plenty of people that could lengthen a paint job by days or even months!
this movie was filmed where i live. XD
one does it in 3 hours one does it in 5. lets say the house is 15 feet. one does 5 feet and hour the other does 3 feet and hour. thats a total of 8 feet and hour. 15/8 is 1.875 hours which is equal to 1 hour and 52.5 minutes. thats right son.
I should know this, my uncle paints houses
😅 who’s good at “cutting” Joe or Sam 🎉 that’ll save time
I should know this. My uncle's a painter.
Because some of the answers on here are painful to look at: 1 7/8 hrs is correct. If you want the actual time and not a fraction it's 1 Hour 52 mins and 30 secs. This is MTH 100
I still think it's 8.
2 and a half hours
Has anyone ever figuered this out?
Bowers is actually right in this case but in raw math number not converted to time. The answer is 1.9 hours or rounded to 2 hours. In reality Joe wouldn't want help because he can paint it in 3 hours and have more profit for himself. Now he has to share with Sam. But the answer is 1.9 hours no rounding. 2 hours rounded.
Without rounding the decimal answer is 1.875 hours. 1.9 is obtained by rounding to the nearest tenth.
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Wuuut
not for nothin but... I think i would call someone in accounting and ask them lol.
yes sigma, Bowers is correct on this math problem.
....ball players😂😂
So the answer is 1hour and 52mins 30 secs
Lol 4 hours
I hate word problems that are like this their are no right answers😠😠😠😠😤
(5+3)/2 = 8/2 = 4 hours!