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Yes, by definition.
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"answer: 1. A response; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question. Her answer to his proposal was a slap in the face. 2. A solution to a problem. The answer is... 3. Answer to an email. (reply) 4. (law): A document filed in response to a complaint, responding to each point raised in the complaint and raising counterpoints." Source: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/answer Only in meaning 1, if it reacts to a question, does an answer need a question. In all other meanings not.
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Since I am answering my own question, give points only if you think this answer has merit and the question was not designed so I could make a bunch of 'easy'(see question about free electrons)points. I was alluding to the notion, in my own head, that there are gazillions of 'answers' floating around that don't have questions. I 'think' there are far fewer questions without answers than there are answers without questions. Any data could be an answer, but I don't think any data could be a question. The 'question' is unique, it begs an answer, on the other hand, what respectable answer would care if there was a question or not? God, I hope I have an answer thinks the question. God, I hope I have a question thinks the answer. See the difference? The answer can exist independently without too much anxiety. The question on the other hand, ESPECIALLY the unanswered question, can suffer extreme anxiety. Questions without answers are unfullfilled. So, the answer is no.
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