I was forwarded the following test question & answer. It may be an actual event or just a fictitious joke. Anyway, it's worth a laugh!
The question Included a drawing of a right triangle. The legs of the triangle are labeled "3 cm" and "4 cm"; the hypotenuse is labeled "x" . The instruction with the drawing queried: "Find x".
The student's answer was a text balloon saying "Here it is!" with an arrow pointing to the "x " symbol which labelled the hypotenuse in the figure.:
Here is the text forwarded to me, along with the (attached) drawing:
Attached is problem 3 on a geometry examination. It is the solution
submitted by a beautiful blonde student. It is our understanding that after careful
scrutiny, the student was given credit for the answer by the teacher. When hearing
of this the Board of Education warned math teachers to be more explicit in the
wording of examination problems but was hesitant to suggest how.