Well, it's basically the same reason as: 'Why do people bully". Nobody really knows why this happens, you'll have to ask the prankers yourself. But, right now, people will do anything to get their likes up, whether on Instagram or here.
Maybe they are being bad just to be bad, or maybe they don't realize that they are being bad, or maybe they are just doing that to get their scores up.
But remember, nobody is perfect, and sometimes, people make mistakes. So, if someone makes a mistake in their math and gets the wrong answer or did not do it the right way, it does not mean that they are trying to troll anybody.
Concerning the question about people giving no information or little to none, nobody knows except for the doer themselves. If you really want to help those people, you can still add your answer, EVEN if it already has multiple relpies.
Hope this helped!