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#76 2013-05-05 00:22:58
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Couldn't it be friday too? Because the students know that the test is not going to happen on any day at all
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#78 2013-05-05 02:11:00
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Ai do not mean to be rude, but I doubt your identity…
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'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
'The whole person changes, why can't a habit?' -65
#79 2013-05-05 03:51:35
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Agnishom wrote:
Ai do not mean to be rude, but I doubt your identity…
What do you mean? I am who I am. I recommend you re-read posts 57 and 66.
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#80 2013-05-05 11:05:29
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Hi Agnishom,
Couldn't it be friday too? Because the students know that the test is not going to happen on any day at all
From post #10:
If the students haven't had their test by the end of Thursday's class they'd know in advance that the test is on Friday (the last day of that week)...hence Friday's elimination in that case.
All days are initially in contention and Friday is eliminated only after Thursday has ended. You can't subsequently apply that position retrospectively to any other days, but that is exactly what the student did.
Imagine, in a real-life scenario, being one of the students, and on one particular day prior to Friday (it doesn't matter which of the four days it is) the professor walks into the room and says, "OK...today is the day I'm giving you the test". Would the students have known in advance which day that was going to be? Obviously not, which is what MIF said re Wednesday in post #3 and Bob has shown in subsequent posts.
Therefore the student's reasoning must be flawed...and if not, I'll be floored! 
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#81 2013-05-05 13:01:26
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Alta Ego,
I am sorry, I thought you're bob
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
'The whole person changes, why can't a habit?' -65