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The fact that the thread reopened is
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48÷2(9+3) = ???
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The fact that the thread reopened is
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I want to know what the people that are saying the first answer is 2 have to say. I want to know if they came up with the same answer for both, or 2 different answers.Originally Posted by ElCatfisho
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I want to know what the people that are saying the first answer is 2 have to say. I want to know if they came up with the same answer for both, or 2 different answers.Originally Posted by ElCatfisho
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his example still throws me off. i can't tell if he doesn't agree its 1 or he does and is just trying to point out the logic others are using. either way PEMDAS makes it 1. as for the original problem its 2. people are saying otherwise via claiming implied brackets this and that which doesn't make sense. thats changing the problem.
if you are adding 9 and 3 first above all you get 12. 2(12) is the same as 2x12 so its 24. then 48 over that is 2. period. people are saying go right to left...so pemdas is ignored. you either follow PEMDAS or don't. if you do its 2. if not, you suck at life.
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his example still throws me off. i can't tell if he doesn't agree its 1 or he does and is just trying to point out the logic others are using. either way PEMDAS makes it 1. as for the original problem its 2. people are saying otherwise via claiming implied brackets this and that which doesn't make sense. thats changing the problem.
if you are adding 9 and 3 first above all you get 12. 2(12) is the same as 2x12 so its 24. then 48 over that is 2. period. people are saying go right to left...so pemdas is ignored. you either follow PEMDAS or don't. if you do its 2. if not, you suck at life.
Temple University
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The answer to the first one is 2 though.....Originally Posted by pacmagic2002
I want to know what the people that are saying the first answer is 2 have to say. I want to know if they came up with the same answer for both, or 2 different answers.Originally Posted by ElCatfisho
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The answer to the first one is 2 though.....Originally Posted by pacmagic2002
I want to know what the people that are saying the first answer is 2 have to say. I want to know if they came up with the same answer for both, or 2 different answers.Originally Posted by ElCatfisho
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Originally Posted by CertifiedSW
The answer to the first one is 2 though.....Originally Posted by pacmagic2002
I want to know what the people that are saying the first answer is 2 have to say. I want to know if they came up with the same answer for both, or 2 different answers.Originally Posted by ElCatfisho
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and the 2nd one?
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Originally Posted by CertifiedSW
The answer to the first one is 2 though.....Originally Posted by pacmagic2002
I want to know what the people that are saying the first answer is 2 have to say. I want to know if they came up with the same answer for both, or 2 different answers.Originally Posted by ElCatfisho
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and the 2nd one?
MIKE LOWERY
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The question is vague.
We don't know if it's 48 or 48 * (9+3)
2(9+3) 2
After reading this is genuinely intriguing. But if written this way normally I'd do:
48/ 2(9+3)
48/ 2(12)
48/ 24
or
48/ 2(9+3)
48/ (18+6)
48/ (24)
We don't know if it's 48 or 48 * (9+3)
2(9+3) 2
After reading this is genuinely intriguing. But if written this way normally I'd do:
48/ 2(9+3)
48/ 2(12)
48/ 24
or
48/ 2(9+3)
48/ (18+6)
48/ (24)
MIKE LOWERY
formerly chuck finster
- Mar 1, 2007
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The question is vague.
We don't know if it's 48 or 48 * (9+3)
2(9+3) 2
After reading this is genuinely intriguing. But if written this way normally I'd do:
48/ 2(9+3)
48/ 2(12)
48/ 24
or
48/ 2(9+3)
48/ (18+6)
48/ (24)
We don't know if it's 48 or 48 * (9+3)
2(9+3) 2
After reading this is genuinely intriguing. But if written this way normally I'd do:
48/ 2(9+3)
48/ 2(12)
48/ 24
or
48/ 2(9+3)
48/ (18+6)
48/ (24)
hella handsome
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Man since everyone else is throwing out degree's and @+!+
The answer is 2
Art Institute of Washington
Web Design and Programming '11
*+@+
The answer is 2
Art Institute of Washington
Web Design and Programming '11
*+@+
hella handsome
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Man since everyone else is throwing out degree's and @+!+
The answer is 2
Art Institute of Washington
Web Design and Programming '11
*+@+
The answer is 2
Art Institute of Washington
Web Design and Programming '11
*+@+
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Edit: warned for personal attack
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Edit: warned for personal attack
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65+ pages by sunday.
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Alright, since I've been warned here's the deal. How can mathematical symbols be VAGUE? They're set, they're static, there's no ambiguity. It's order of operations.
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Alright, since I've been warned here's the deal. How can mathematical symbols be VAGUE? They're set, they're static, there's no ambiguity. It's order of operations.
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If you think the answer is 2 and you're still a student then I dare you to show this to any mathematics teacher. Make sure to tell them that the answer should be 2
240Zestways
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If you think the answer is 2 and you're still a student then I dare you to show this to any mathematics teacher. Make sure to tell them that the answer should be 2
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The question is poorly or lazily written. People can write: A=x/qrs where what they really mean is x/(qrs) not (x/q)*rs . This type of stuff (not getting YOUR desired result) happens all the time when coding damage algorithms for players and NPCs. The issue here is that we have no idea what the desired outcome for this statement is supposed to be. Much like compiling code on similar compilers you will more often than not get different results from what your intention was. This is not to say that your code was written poorly but that it was interpreted differently. You can see the example of this in the discrepancy with the various calculators on page 1 and when playing with it in MATLAB.
It depends on what the actual meaning behind the statement was, since math statements (in the real world) don't exist on their own. I'm in the camp that the question is ambiguous and 2 AND 288 can both be right since we have no idea on how the statement should be interpreted. I will have fun bringing this up at work tomorrow.
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The question is poorly or lazily written. People can write: A=x/qrs where what they really mean is x/(qrs) not (x/q)*rs . This type of stuff (not getting YOUR desired result) happens all the time when coding damage algorithms for players and NPCs. The issue here is that we have no idea what the desired outcome for this statement is supposed to be. Much like compiling code on similar compilers you will more often than not get different results from what your intention was. This is not to say that your code was written poorly but that it was interpreted differently. You can see the example of this in the discrepancy with the various calculators on page 1 and when playing with it in MATLAB.
It depends on what the actual meaning behind the statement was, since math statements (in the real world) don't exist on their own. I'm in the camp that the question is ambiguous and 2 AND 288 can both be right since we have no idea on how the statement should be interpreted. I will have fun bringing this up at work tomorrow.
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Haha! I can't believe this thread has gone on this long, but I have a good guess as to why it did.
The confusion lies here: I don't believe people know that the symbol for division, ÷, can be typed out on a keyboard and that /, is used for fractions. That's why you get two different answers.
48÷2(9+3)
This is spoken as 48 divided by the product of 2 multiplied by the sum of 9 plus 3 (2).
48/2(9+3)
This is spoken as 48 halves multiplied by the sum of 9 plus 3 (28
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The confusion lies here: I don't believe people know that the symbol for division, ÷, can be typed out on a keyboard and that /, is used for fractions. That's why you get two different answers.
48÷2(9+3)
This is spoken as 48 divided by the product of 2 multiplied by the sum of 9 plus 3 (2).
48/2(9+3)
This is spoken as 48 halves multiplied by the sum of 9 plus 3 (28
.
