Talk:Bad question/@comment-170.253.212.141-20171216040526

Saw a bad one today.. Asked the question about and actor and an oscar trophy.. said the actor was 6 foot 5 inches and wanted to know how much TALLER the man was than the oscar... She answered wrong but also the correct answer as wrong.

It was revealed that an oscar is 13.5 inches tall.. they said the correct answer was 5.7times taller. That is not correct. Yes 13.5 times 5.7 is about 77 inches however that was not the question. The question was how much TALLER was he than the statue. Not, What is his height in relation to the statue. If the man was 77 inches tall and the statue 13.5 inches tall then the man is 63.5 inches TALLER than the statue. The answer should have been something more like 4.7 times taller. OR the answers should have said 5.7 times as tall. not 5.7 times taller.

100 inches is not 10 times longer than 10 inches. It is 10 times as long. It is 9 times longer.