Question

Cindy and victor are playing a math game .the winner must get three in a row of the same type of real number and justify how the numbers are alike .cindy said she won because she was able to get three rational numbers on a diagonal victor said he won with three postive numbers in a colum

can both p;ayer say they won for different reasons explain

Answer 1

Yes, both players can say they won for different reasons.

Cindy can claim she won because she was able to get three rational numbers on a diagonal. This means that she had three numbers that can be expressed as a ratio of two integers, such as 1/2, 3/4, and 5/6. These numbers are similar in the sense that they can be written as fractions.

Victor, on the other hand, can claim he won with three positive numbers in a column. This means that he had three numbers that are greater than zero, such as 2, 5, and 8. These numbers are similar in the sense that they are all positive.

Therefore, both players can justify their win based on different criteria, as they achieved three numbers with a similar characteristic.