This Maths Problem Recently Drove Internet and a Group Of High School Students Crazy

We will come on that part and then see if the question is even worth the hullabaloo, but before that let’s see what is this question that reportedly ‘baffled’ the Australian students.

The Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) gave a question to the students appearing for the Further Mathematics exam that required them to find the angle between two adjacent 50 cent coins.

Read the question carefully.

Finding angle ‘X’ is the reason that led many students to question their brains, some exploded their frustration on Twitter while one of them even dissed the rapper 50 Cent on Facebook for the difficulty.

frankly youd have to be bloody victorian to be baffled by this very easy bit o’ maths https://t.co/wFBt8fo0S4

— colley (@JamColley) November 2, 2015

Well, as a Maths Methods, not a Further Maths student this was a cinch, but I get why people are getting stumped https://t.co/SQIcQDAtin — Angela (@Angelayang) November 2, 2015

Yes! I can still solve Year 12 maths questions. F *** you Alzheimers. https://t.co/qa7iSo9wLe

— Tim Budge (@Tim_Budge) November 2, 2015

Are kids really this stupid these days? https://t.co/Z1PNDkzqK5 — Ed Trinh (@ed_trinh) November 2, 2015

But, is the question really that difficult, that the students who were appearing for Future Mathematics could not do it!! Well, you read the question. Let’s see how fast do you give the answer.

P.S. It took me less than 20 seconds. Maybe because I am an engineer :P