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Old 04-29-2011, 06:05 PM   #51 (permalink)
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Well, that seems to be the general consensus here.
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Yeah I just read the title, did the problem, got 9.
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Or 1 (if you do it the way you were taught your entire life, and the way that everyone you have ever interacted with in any mathematical environment have always done it).
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but since it is written out as 6/2 * (1+2) and not

____6____
2 * (1+2)
the answer is "9"

if you want the answer to equal "1" then write it as
____6____
2 * (1+2)
You seem to be missing the entire point about the differing orders of operations that we have encountered here. You are giving division precedence over multiplication, while telling me that I am wrong for giving multiplication precedence over division. It's like a retarded dog chasing his tail here (No insult intended). As MoonlitSunshine has stated numerous times, we apparently need more parameters since there are opposing orders of operations at hand.
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Old 04-29-2011, 06:32 PM   #56 (permalink)
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You seem to be missing the entire point about the differing orders of operations that we have encountered here. You are giving division precedence over multiplication, while telling me that I am wrong for giving multiplication precedence over division. It's like a retarded dog chasing his tail here (No insult intended). As MoonlitSunshine has stated numerous times, we apparently need more parameters since there are opposing orders of operations at hand.
Read: http://www.musicbanter.com/games-lis...ml#post1045402

No that's not the case. Left to Right as BD brought up still applies. What I'm trying to say the way it is written on the computer in a single line is limited than how it would be written on paper.

If you looking at it as 6/2*(1+2) equals

____6____
2 * (1+2)

then you are going to run into some problem.

If you understand that when the "/" line is used, only divided the number underneath divides the number on top, in this case 6/2 means 6 divided by 2, (only 2 not the rest of the equation),
6/2 = 6÷2
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The aliens got to your head. I learned that multiplication and division are equal. I Googled "order of operations", clicked every link on the first page.

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To name a few. But here's the problem and how I solved it Mr. oojay. First, parentheses. You get: 3!

6/2*(3)=?

Now it's division and multiplication, so left to right.

6/2*3=?

3*3=9

I'm sorry, but I've literally never heard anyone ever say one was more important than the other. I even Googled the problem, and Google calculator was the only thing that came up. It told me the answer was 9.
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To name a few. But here's the problem and how I solved it Mr. oojay. First, parentheses. You get: 3!

6/2*(3)=?

Now it's division and multiplication, so left to right.

6/2*3=?

3*3=9
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I got a 94 in Algebra II bro. I can do anything.
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I got a 94 in Algebra II bro. I can do anything.
You got mad math skills bro.
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