/sci/ - Science & Math

2 what?

5

Locality vs. ownership, ambiguous troll, sage goes in every field.

about 16

Seven

99 bottles of beer on the wall.

if you take away 2, then you have the 2 that you took away, and leave the rest alone.

so the answer is 2.

(or at least that is how i reason it... but >>2586408 is correct, so answer could be 2,3, or 5 depending on interpretation)

You have five nipples, you have three surgically removed.
You wake up the next day and realise you have seven nipples.
WTF? WHY AM I GROWING NIPPLES?

>>2586401

5, you can't take apples away from yourself...

5.

Think of it as a pool with apples. You've got five floating in. You reach in and grab out two. You took away those two, yet you still have all five with you.

5/threadte

Five.

>>2586427
what if you throw 2 in the bin.
you take 2 apples, and hrow them away...now you have 3.

or you take 2, and walk away with them. the other 3 are beyond your reach..now you have 2 apples.

7, obviously. The five you had plus the two you took away from yourself.

FUCK, SCI. This is basic shit. Tell OP the answer and just sage it!

>>2586468

No. You're just trying to bullshit because you were too stupid to answer an obvious troll question.

Enjoy your lesser intelligence and small tits.

How will you get anywhere in this world? Academia won't want you, and society won't like you. You fail at life EK. An hero immediately.

Seven. I assume by "take away" you mean I take 2 apples away from somewhere else.

>>2586505
ooh! meow!
me-fucking-ow! u bitch.

=p

>>2586505
>small tits

Well I mean, she'd need to compensate somewhere for her lesser intelligence you know, that's not fair.

>>2586505
/sci/ is more awesome than I thought

<object>you</object>
<verb>have</verb>
<number>5</number>
<object>apples</object>

<object>you</object>
<verb>take</verb>
<adverb>away</adverb>
<number>2</number>
<object>null</object>

<math>how many</math>
<object>null</object>
<verb>do</verb>
<object>you</object>
<verb>have</verb>

What object did I take 2 of?
For what object do you want to know my total in possession?

I'm looking at this question through quantum coloured lenses.

In my eyes all i have is diamonds.

>>2586568
While trying to be a grammar nazi, you ended a sentence with a preposition.

STOP RIGHT THERE CRIMINAL SCUM!

>>2586593

http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/14636

>myth #2

go eat a bag of rusty bear dicks

>>2586593

You ended yours with preposition.

>>2586606
English is a living language and experts in the modern day agree on modern conventions. Citing history doesn't change the present use of a constantly evolving language.

Troll harder.

>>2586627

Oh you're good. 8/10

>>2586627

7. I had 5 and I took away two, adding those two to the 5 I already had.

Problem, nerds?

>>2586593
>implying I was attempting to be a grammar Nazi instead of just parsing the sentence in an asinine manner to show the missing elements

The preposition is a hold over from Latin learning.

The answer is 7 shitheads. Anyone who says otherwise is a faggot.

Since you obviously cannot take away apples from yourself, the question implies taking from another source. 5 + 2 = 7. Go back to kindergarten dumbfags.

>>2586695
How does I carry 5 apples and simultaneously take two from magicland? How does carry 7eaples?

>>2586713
u mad that you got proven wrong?

>>2586713

A basket, dumbass.

It's five.
If YOU already have five apples and YOU take two away you still have five apples. No apples have been lost or gained.
Here's how you can test this for yourself:
Put 5 pennies on the table. Take two away from the group of 5 (as in make a separate group) and look at the two groups oh 3 and 2 you have.

This thread for hating on EK wins the official seal of awesomeness

wait, why wouldn't you just have 3?

the answer is a superposition of 2,3,5, and 7 with each being equally likely until further information is given.