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Jul 19, 2018
2:45:20pm

Skeptical Optimist All-American

Math question from Amazon interviews - can you answer this?

Hint: the answer is actually really easy

amazon-hanging-cable-problem-600.jpg?w=600&ssl=1

amazon-hanging-cable-problem-600.jpg?w=600&ssl=1

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Math question from Amazon interviews - can you answer this?

Skeptical Optimist

7/19/18 2:45pm

Are the poles right next to each other?

Breaded Hamster

7/19/18 2:52pm

RE: Math question from Amazon interviews - can you answer this?

SCcoug

7/19/18 2:52pm

Darn drawings not to scale...they always try to trick you. The answer=0 meters

nukeduker

7/19/18 2:55pm

So my meth-addict Amazon delivery driver is better at math than me?

Ragnar Danneskjold

7/19/18 2:57pm

This is the right answer

Breaded Hamster

7/19/18 10:28pm

I wish I had interview questions this easy. Ones that have a right or wrong

RdF3

7/19/18 2:59pm

Not apart at all

OU Cougar

7/19/18 3:04pm

Yup. Cut the 80 ft cable in half, and it is 40 ft hanging straight down. + the 10 ft, and it is the length of the pole.

Ragnar Danneskjold

7/19/18 3:20pm

So Amazon wants employees to be good at math/logic

Carnac

7/19/18 4:17pm

That's the point of the picture.

molodyets

7/19/18 5:22pm

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