How's this for ambiguous?

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(05-31-2018 11:29 PM)brickviking Wrote:  I thought I'd start a thread for all those times when people have great intentions but lousy explanations. This is for the problems that may seem to have one answer if you look at them one way, but actually may have multiple answers, or not have a well-defined answer at all. So, here's the first post:

Once again, it may seem trivial for some but I found some publications shared by the slide rule museum impressive for their didactic value.

The book is "The Slide Rule And Its Use In Problem Solving " the example is about the barometer question an example of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_fixedness .