Maths Question for Bilthehut and any other loser

[Bilthehut]

Tomahto, tomato.

[Mince]

Stupid, slow way; intelligent, quicker way.

[Bilthehut]

Matter of opinion.

[Tarquin Thunderthighs lll]

I love how you multiply it out and then factorise it again.

Here is the easy way.

(x - 5)² = 9

Square root both sides.

x - 5 = 3 or -3

Add 5 to both sides.

x = 8 or 2

Darn - beat me to it.

[Mince]

Darn - beat me to it.

Ooh, how you can stand there and ....

[Tarquin Thunderthighs lll]

I'm sitting.

[The Peepmaster]

I now see why the plankton-muncher so worships us cartoonists. I've never seen so much boring twaddle in all my days. Lighten up, Mince!

[Fyodor]

Why all the algebra? I did it in my nut in about 30 seconds by working backwards.

[Bilthehut]

There are 2 trees in a garden (tree "A" and "B") and on the both trees are some birds.

The birds of tree A say to the birds of tree B that if one of you comes to our tree, then our population will be the double of yours.

Then the birds of tree B tell to the birds of tree A that if one of you comes here, then our population will be equal to that of yours.

Now answer: How many birds in each tree?

[Jack]

7 in tree A
5 in tree B

[Tarquin Thunderthighs lll]

Ah, but what kind of birds are they?

[Jack]

As they apparently have the power of speech, I'm assuming they're some kind of parrot.

[Tarquin Thunderthighs lll]

Not tits then?

[Jack]

No comment.

[Bilthehut]

7 in tree A
5 in tree B

Oops, sorry Jack.  Forgot to congratulate you for correctly answering the question.

Congratulations.