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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts) Sat Oct 29, 2016, 06:40 PM Oct 2016

Free WiFi

Restaurant trolls customers with complex WiFi password equation

SAN ANTONIO, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- A Thai restaurant in Texas is boggling its customers' minds by offering free WiFi that nonetheless comes with a price -- the password is a complex math equation.

YaYa's Thai restaurant in San Antonio posted its "WiFi password" just above the sign about minimum credit card purchase amounts, but the Internet access has proven difficult for customers to come by because the "password" is listed as a math equation.

A photo of the sign was posted to Reddit, where users -- even those well-versed in math -- were equally perplexed.

Some users suggested the problem was a trick question, while others said the math equation appears to have several solutions.

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Free WiFi (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Oct 2016 OP

answer is 42........ getagrip_already Oct 2016 #1

Why...can't m and n assume multiple values? apcalc Oct 2016 #3

google it..... ;) getagrip_already Oct 2016 #6

🌎 underpants Oct 2016 #9

Anytime I am asked to answerr a question whistler162 Oct 2016 #14

Multiple answers apcalc Oct 2016 #2

Would make a good Big Bang Theory show left-of-center2012 Oct 2016 #4

That is way too hard to pronounce. Guess that's why they wrote it down. Siwsan Oct 2016 #5

"Go you Huskies!" I watched State and Main couple days ago. IADEMO2004 Oct 2016 #7

I don't need WiFi. ronnie624 Oct 2016 #8

yeah i don't see how one answer can be found Takket Oct 2016 #10

Three. No matter what the question is, the answer always seems to be three. TheBlackAdder Oct 2016 #11

. Takket Oct 2016 #12

Sounds like fun B_Mann Oct 2016 #13

getagrip_already

(14,795 posts)

1. answer is 42........

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Sat Oct 29, 2016, 06:48 PM

Oct 2016

It's obvious.

apcalc

(4,465 posts)

3. Why...can't m and n assume multiple values?

Reply to getagrip_already (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 29, 2016, 06:52 PM

Oct 2016

getagrip_already

(14,795 posts)

6. google it..... ;)

Reply to apcalc (Reply #3)

Sat Oct 29, 2016, 06:54 PM

Oct 2016

Douglas Adams 42

underpants

(182,848 posts)

9. 🌎

Reply to getagrip_already (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 29, 2016, 07:41 PM

Oct 2016

whistler162

(11,155 posts)

14. Anytime I am asked to answerr a question

Reply to getagrip_already (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 29, 2016, 08:46 PM

Oct 2016

that is my first answer!

apcalc

(4,465 posts)

2. Multiple answers

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Sat Oct 29, 2016, 06:50 PM

Oct 2016

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)

4. Would make a good Big Bang Theory show

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Sat Oct 29, 2016, 06:53 PM

Oct 2016

Siwsan

(26,281 posts)

5. That is way too hard to pronounce. Guess that's why they wrote it down.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Sat Oct 29, 2016, 06:53 PM

Oct 2016

IADEMO2004

(5,556 posts)

7. "Go you Huskies!" I watched State and Main couple days ago.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Sat Oct 29, 2016, 06:59 PM

Oct 2016

ronnie624

(5,764 posts)

8. I don't need WiFi.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Sat Oct 29, 2016, 07:04 PM

Oct 2016

So there.

Takket

(21,600 posts)

10. yeah i don't see how one answer can be found

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Sat Oct 29, 2016, 08:04 PM

Oct 2016

m and N can be any numbers as long as m is half of N

i had 4 years of college math so i'm no professor but have seen quite a bit..........

TheBlackAdder

(28,210 posts)

11. Three. No matter what the question is, the answer always seems to be three.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Sat Oct 29, 2016, 08:07 PM

Oct 2016

Takket

(21,600 posts)

12. .

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Sat Oct 29, 2016, 08:14 PM

Oct 2016

lots of math brains on this site basically saying the same thing that N am m can be anything. Also saying the N/m term is incorrect. I think the Owner's are trying to be smart but their formula is flawed

https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/59kxip/this_is_the_wifi_password_at_a_local_thai/

B_Mann

(16 posts)

13. Sounds like fun

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Sat Oct 29, 2016, 08:18 PM

Oct 2016

Would probably take me a while, though.

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