In law, an answer was originally a solemn assertion in opposition to someone or something, and thus generally any counter-statement or defense, a reply to a question or response, or objection, or a correct solution of a problem.

The young Gauss reputedly produced the correct answer within seconds, to the astonishment of his teacher and his assistant Martin Bartels.

For each puzzler, one correct answer is chosen at random, with the winner receiving a $ 26 gift certificate to the Car Talk store, referred to as the " Shameless Commerce Division ".

", and states that the correct answer is " Godzilla ".

" There are quotation marks needed to make this answer correct when the puzzle is printed, but they give away the trick.

The program consisted of 17 instructions and ran for 52 minutes before reaching the correct answer of 131, 072, after the SSEM had performed 3. 5 million operations ( for an effective CPU speed of 1. 1 kIPS ).

How does one then decide which is the correct answer in this case?

The Soviet answer on 4 May admonished Tito and the Communist Party of Yugoslavia ( CPY ) for failing to admit and correct its mistakes, and went on to accuse them of being too proud of their successes against the Germans, maintaining that the Red Army had saved them from destruction.

However, later archival work by the Soviet physicist German Goncharov has suggested that while Fuchs ' early work ( most of which is still classified in the United States, but copies of which were available to the Soviets ) did not aid the Soviets in their effort towards the hydrogen bomb, it was actually far closer to the final correct solution than was recognized at the time, and indeed spurred Soviet research into useful problems which eventually resulted in the correct answer.

Many algorithms will only give the correct answer with a certain probability.

However, by repeatedly initializing, running and measuring the quantum computer, the probability of getting the correct answer can be increased.

Humanities scholars usually do not search for the ultimate correct answer to a question, but instead explore the issues and details that surround it.

Oren Bracha, writing in the Berkeley Technology Law Journal, says that when considering which of these options are correct, " the most probable answer all of them ".

Here the user of the slide rule must remember to adjust the decimal point appropriately to correct the final answer.

A contestant's decision not to bank, in anticipation that they will be able to correctly answer the upcoming question allows the money to grow, as each successive correct answer earns proportionally more money.

Occasionally, the host gives the correct answer whether the contestant is able to answer the question correctly or not.

They had trouble answering the standard security questions, so the counter agent repeated the questions very slowly until the men gave the correct answer.

The correct answer, 738² = 544, 644, is more than 10 times higher than 53, 874, and so the result had been off by an order of magnitude.

Also, the product must end in the same digit as the product of end-digits 8 × 5 = 40, but 142135 does not end in " 0 " like " 40 ", while the correct answer does: 918 × 155 = 142290.

The correct answer is about 500, 000 times, because actually Sirius is several times brighter than our sun.

Though each possible answer to this raised question contradict one another, they are both correct.

One might argue that the ultimate purpose of literary scholarship is to correct this spontaneous provincialism that is likely to obscure the horizons of the general public, of the newspaper critic, and of the creative artist himself.

Whether or not Danchin is correct in suggesting that Thompson's resumption of the opium habit also dates from this period is, of course, a matter of conjecture.

If Krutch is correct, tragedy may have quite the opposite effect.

This mother is quite correct.

The first step in using a formula is to insert the numerical values of the factors involved in their correct positions in the formula.

However, it is essential that the various mathematical symbols used in the equations be understood so that the mathematical processes can be done properly and in their correct order.

When more than two figures are separated by subtraction symbols the subtraction must be carried out from the left to right if the result is to be correct.

Look at the physical features of the land to determine how desirable it is for use, what can be done to correct the faults, and what it will cost to make the area meet your needs in comparison to other sites.

The best way to determine the correct figure ( in captives ) is by direct observation of pairs isolated from birth, a method that produced surprising results: maturing of a male Indian python in less than two years, his mate in less than three ; ;

probably it is correct to think of it as a matter of a well-grooved, stereotyped mode of expression -- and no, or but a few, other communicational grooves, as yet -- being there, available for the patient's use, as newly-emerging emotions and ideas well up in him over the course of months.

If this analysis is correct, the suburban branches will turn out to be what management's cost accountants refuse to acknowledge, marginal operations rather than major factors.

The operator must continually supply the correct amount of turning current to the gyro torquers so that the effect of gyro drift is canceled.

If the polarity is correct, the platform will turn until the heading error angle is zero.

In American romance, almost nothing rates higher than what the movie men have called `` meeting cute '' -- that is, boy-meets-girl seems more adorable if it doesn't take place in an atmosphere of correct and acute boredom.

`` Both because of our culture's stress on beauty and our improved economic conditions, some parents demand that the dentist try to correct a problem before it is wise to do so.

That is, if he marks as most correct a reading not meant for him, the total experimental score falls.

It is possible to find out in which categories most of her correct statements fall, and where she makes most of her `` hits ''.

The sheik smiled and murmured: `` That is precisely correct ''.

A publicity release from Oregon Physicians Service, of which Harvey is president, quoted him as saying the welfare office move to Salem, instead of `` crippling '' the agency, had provided an avenue to correct administrative weaknesses, with the key being improved communications between F & A and the commission staff.

One of his problems in life is that he can rarely find the correct words to express what he means.

It is thus a term used to describe attempts to use philosophical methods to identify the morally correct course of action in various fields of human life.

Bioethics, for example, is concerned with identifying the correct approach to matters such as euthanasia, or the allocation of scarce health resources, or the use of human embryos in research.