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Wednesday, June 6, 2007: Better late than never
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 11:04 am
by Sage
Better Late than never
Hmmmmm, maybe she should start lying....
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 11:53 am
by VenM2
I'm beginning to miss my math classes. I mean, I haven't solved a single large math equation in almost a year! Art school, now I feel nostalgic. Chalk up another favorite random
!
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 12:28 pm
by Sage
5+5*5
Get it wrong and I'll slap thee
(I asked it to about 10 people and only 2 have gotten it right)
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 12:40 pm
by VenM2
Order of operations dictate 5*5 come first equals 25+5=30. Did I get it right?
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 12:54 pm
by Sage
That's the third person to get it right
I'm not good at math, so, yeah.
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 12:58 pm
by Richard K Niner
So, how many people guessed 50?
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 1:10 pm
by VenM2
12*3/2(2+4)-3=?
Get it wrong and I will comfort you in the fact that this is not hard.
ok maybe it is. But we gotta realize, that maybe this is why Millie likes to not do it... even though she would be smart enough to do it. I'm lazy to do this too you know
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 1:15 pm
by Richard K Niner
You kinda wrote it out ambiguously. if (2+4) is not in the denominator, it's 105; if it is, the answer is 0.
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 1:24 pm
by VenM2
2+4=6*2=12
12*3/12-3=
36/12=3-3=0
Yep. Zero. Personally I do not know what you mean by denominator, I just used a basic order of operations equation I have done hundreds of times in my past. Unfortunately I cannot perform complex algebra without the formulas and stuff. So we'll leave it at that.
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 1:43 pm
by Richard K Niner
2+4=6*2=12
12*3/12-3=
36/12=3-3=0
Yep. Zero. Personally I do not know what you mean by denominator, I just used a basic order of operations equation I have done hundreds of times in my past. Unfortunately I cannot perform complex algebra without the formulas and stuff. So we'll leave it at that.
Compare with:
2+4 = 6
(12)(3/2)(6)=18*6=108
108-3=105
Basically, your equation could be interpreted in one of two ways:
=105
=0
If you were to type it into my calculator (which does respect order of operations), you'd get the former.
(Thanks to MediaWiki for generating the equations I needed on preview, so I could upload them somewhere more permanent)
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 1:47 pm
by VenM2
I forgot division and fractions work alike... well that works
.
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 1:50 pm
by Sage
5923724 divided by zero
lulz
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 1:51 pm
by Richard K Niner
Undefined
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 2:00 pm
by Llewthepoet
Augh! Math!!! (I'm technically a history major/nerd.)
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 2:00 pm
by Sage
Augh! Math!!! (I'm technically a history major/nerd.)
I'm more one for science
But at this program ("school") I go to we don't learn jack.