okay, so, this class is liberal arts math so maybe I'm just being pedantic, but

You get this math problem that goes "10 people are ordering food for a party. 5 want pizza and 8 want wings. How many want both?"

That's all it specifies.

The prof wants you to solve it with a specific formula, which gives you 3.

And I did that and it scans so yay for mathematics.

but you know, since I have been around people before (and I know math doesn't account for irrational shit in this particular level but WHATEVER)

... I think hah if it were that easy, so much of life would have been not wasted on trying to decide food

... wait a second-

SO then I plug in all the numbers on a diagram and LO AND BEHOLD YOU GET ANOTHER FUCKING POSSIBLE ANSWER

I go up to her and ask if this should be one number or a set of numbers

She says she just wants both

Wants the number of people who want both*

And I say, okay, but there are multiple answers.

She repeats the same thing, so I say, yes, and there is more than one solution that works.

And the prof looks at this problem and goes through a whole set of faces

And then says that she just wanted us to use a specific formula (which I had written out before and that was he first answer)

I just.

What is the point of a class that bills itself as dealing with mathematical logic if the way the tests are structured are not logical.

If you want us to use a specific formula, THEN FUCKING SAY SO

OH AND THE OTHER THING

the way it's worded is exactly the same to how our hw questions are, and those usually include a set of those who DO NOT fall into set a (pizza above) or set b (wings)

which is why, when you allow for that same option (some people want food but not pizza or wings), you get multiple answers.

knowing my reactions, this is just a minor error

Or some problem in the writing of the test

or just me overreacted because this fucking week is awful and I hate everything

/end math rant

...you need a formula for that?

APPARENTLY

i am sorry about your prof.