You toss a bean bag at a board that is covered with 10 Squares. The values in the squares are the odd numbers from 1 to 9 and their opposites. Describe three ways the bean bag might land so that the value of the toss is a positive number, a negative number, and 0.

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Shawn Christensen

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19 August, 18:39

You toss a bean bag at a board that is covered with 10 Squares. The values in the squares are the odd numbers from 1 to 9 and their opposites. Describe three ways the bean bag might land so that the value of the toss is a positive number, a negative number, and 0.

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Ford · Answer 1

As for this question, there are a lot of factors to take in. Some of it would be how the board is positioned, is it on the ground or perpendicular to the ground, how hight is it from the ground, how big is it which would determine how big the square are, how are the odd number from 1 to 9 and their opposites arranged in the board, how far are you from the bean bag, and so on. Thus, when all of these are taken into consideration, the most appropriate answer to this problem would it depends on the thrower's use of force. An overexertion and the lack of force to throwing the bean bag would probably result to a 0, meaning there is none of the 10 squares that the bean bag landed. Other than that, having a target in mind while throwing and the average amount of force with the distance from the board taken into account, the chances of landing a positive number and a negative number are the same.