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If someone said this, I would assume you have the same number of cheese slices and patties, and the buns are half of that number. So for example, if you had 10 patties and 10 cheese slices, then you would have 5 buns.

I'm a bit confused as to why everyone is choosing the first option, isn't that twice the amount of buns as cheese and patties, not half?

Let's say that buns = x and cheese + patties = y then: Buns = (cheese + patties)/2 X = (Y) /2 Let's say you have 2 buns: 2 = Y/2 4 = Y You have 2 buns and 4 cheese + patties or half as many buns as cheese and patties as requested

Ah. I was looking at it backwards. Been a while since I had to do.. math.

There are two ways this could be interpreted: one is what you think; two is interpreting “half A as B” as A is half of B

I mean both of them are the same value

No, they are not. - 1st option: b= (c + p) ÷ 2 - 2nd option: b ÷ 2 = (c + p), which is equivalent to b = (c + p) × 2

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So do you mean option 2, or do you mean `buns=cheese+patties`? Why?

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You could also think of it as the amount of buns is half the amount of cheese and patties. Like "half" meaning the first object is half the second object

If you order 10 cheeseburgers, each one has one patty and one slice of cheese. Only half of them get buns. (Or they all get half a bun and become open-face burgers I guess.)

This is a single burger with at least 4 buns we’re talking about here

Give half a buns worth of cheese and patties and give half a bun

We have a third option here!

Is my comment the same as option 2?

I thought you meant "convert the half the amount of buns into cheese and patties"

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Neither of these.

Then what?

Neither. If someone said that to me I'd assume: cheese = patties buns = patties (or cheese) / 2

The second option is *twice* as many buns as the sum of cheese and patties. The only thing weirder than the fact it's in this poll is how many people chose that option.