Thursday, June 11, 2009

I am a celebirty. Get me out of here. MATH.

Last night's episode had quite the interesting challenge in it. Let me paint the picture.

Think of a two man saw that lumberjacks use to cut through giant logs. After you are through the log, you free a scroll that contains a long math problem. Basically the math problem consists of around15 number 2-4 digits in length. The only mathmatical functions within the problem are addition and subtraction. The final answer will be a four digit number that is a combination for a lock. The first team to open the lock wins the challenge.

It is guys vs girls. John Salley and Stephen Baldwin vs Torrie Wilson and Patti Blago.

In what I thought was going to be the shock of the night, the girls saw through the wood faster than the guys. I am still not sure how this is possible. Maybe since Salley is so much taller, the blade keep getting stuck. I am just not sure. Anyway, the women start working on the math problem....

After 7 minutes of working on the problem, the guys are through. This math problem is not complicated and there are TWO people there. This math problem is something like this.

267-84+456-124+784-76+390+91-23+211-543+832-211+112-34

After 36 minutes, the women finally crack the code. 36 MINUTES! ARE YOU KIDDING ME! Two people. TWO. Listen. You take this problem one step at a time and make the second person remember where you are at. Is that hard? NO! This should have been complete in under 5 minutes.

Here is what I mean..
267-84 = 183. You tell the 2nd person to remember 183. Now add 456. 639. Tell that person to keep 639 in their mind. And so forth.

I am completely amazed at how terrible they were at math. Addition and Subtraction. I am willing to bet that my nephew Jackson and I could have solved this math problem in under 10 minutes without even breaking a sweat.

What a show.

3 comments:

Jessica said...

I am willing to be I would not have been able to solve. Memory = Bad. Math skills = worse.

c_reuter said...

Is Torrie Wilson still hot? I still have her Playboy. You are the master of watching junk TV.

Fubar said...

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