On Friday, 5 June 2015 15:01:19 UTC+1, Tim Watts wrote:
GCSE's getting harder causes Paul Dacre's head to explode.

or

"Slightly hard" GCSE Maths Question causes outrage...


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-33017299



The actual question was:

Hannah has 6 orange sweets and some yellow sweets.
Overall, she has n sweets.
The probability of her taking 2 orange sweets is 1/3.

Prove that: n^2-n-90=0

Its an easy question, I'm bemused by the complaint.


NT