“How old is the shepherd?” — The problem that shook school mathematics

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"There are 125 sheep and 5 dogs in a flock. How old is the shepherd?"

Once you teach people that there must always be a textbook solution,
they have difficulty in dealing with problems with insufficient
information - or no solution at all.

Cheers,
        *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net                   Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/             Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/                Manager, Serious Cybernetics