Math/religion analogy...half of 12 is 7?

Question

10 pts to whoever can prove half of 12 is 7. The point? Sometimes things are not as they seem. Fear drives us apart. We don't really take the time to understand each other. It doesn't mean you agree with the person. But, I wish we could show each other love and respect even though we don't agree. Life is too short to spread hatred...let's spread love and understanding instead. Okay, so, who can describe or show that half of 12 is 7?

Actually, first to answer right gets 10 additional points to the 2 for entering an answer. :-)

Soulful...you are on the right path, sort of....

Convictionist....that's a logical answer, but not the one I was looking for....

Justsyd....close

I'm not familiar with Base 12...

Hint: Think in terms of Roman Numerals.

Kludes, got it.....congrats.

If you physically take XII and slice it in half with a horizontal line you are left with VII which is 7. As with all the different faiths, unless we practice that faith, we can not understand it...things are not as they seem unless we seek to understand and love one another. Thanks everyone. Have a great night.

Peace, Love, and Blessings
Greenwood

Answer 1

Are you looking for the XII divided in the middle produces VII? Or that 12 divided by 2 is 6.5, rounded up to 7? Or the 12 is made of 2 numbers so 12 + 2 = 14 divided by 2 is 7? These have all been on Yahoo before. If not these, I don't know, but I agree with your message!

Answer 2

i'm guessing it has something to do with changing the base of the number system. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 q w 10 11 12. Yeah in a base 12 number system, half of 12 is 7

Answer 3

If you translate the number 12 in base 10 (the base that we are most familiar with) to 12 in base 8, then you will get the number 14. The number 14 in base 10 is 7.

Thus half of 12 is 7 when translated to base 14 and back.

Answer 4

12 - 6 = 7.

Answer 5

there's some silly proof that shows 1=0. i'm too bored to go through it, but the fault in the proof comes from dividing by zero which negates the proof. anyway let's say we went through the proof and just start with the assumption that 1=0. you can find it on google if you do a search. the rest is easy.
starting with 1=0
let x=1 and y=0
12/2=6
therefore
12/2+x=6+x
since x=y
12/2+y=6+x
therefore
12/2+0=6+1
therefore 12/2=7

edit: proof for 1=0
let a=1
a^2=a
a^2-1=a-1
(a+1)(a-1)=a-1
divide both sides by (a-1), we get
a+1=1
a=0
substitute a=1 from the beginning, we get
1=0

Answer 6

dividing 12 into parts of 2
2+2+2+2+2+2
again dividing the one 2 into 1's
2+2+2+1 +1+2+2
now divide this into half
taking 2+2+2+1 which equals 7

Answer 7

12-6=7
or
12-6+8/2=7... I think... I have no clue
OR (just thought of this)
1x2=2+12=14/2=7

Answer 8

If 7 were representative to what we call six OR if 12 were representative of what we call fourteen, then the statement would be valid.

Or, if by half you mean times 0.583(repeating), then the statement is also correct.

Answer 9

"Sometimes things are not as they seem. Fear drives us apart."

You're right with that.

7 of whatever one seventh of six is = half of twelve.

In base 12, 7=half of twelve.

Excellent analogy, though, Greenwood...kudos!

Answer 10

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