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Posted on 9/5/17 at 8:50 am to Placebeaux
[9-(3/1)]/(3+1) = 1.5
You can make the problem equal a lot of things if you're just randomly throwing in parenthesis that aren't there. That's why these problems are stupid.
You can make the problem equal a lot of things if you're just randomly throwing in parenthesis that aren't there. That's why these problems are stupid.
Posted on 9/5/17 at 8:51 am to TH03
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Technically it's written 3 / 1/3.
Which equals 1.
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But per usual, your interpretation of a shittily written problem is the end all be all.
Well, I'm 100% right, so yea.
Posted on 9/5/17 at 8:51 am to LNCHBOX
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Technically this one isn't even poorly written.
Sure it is, just that instead of a division sign, or implied multiplication, they used inconsistent spacing as the ruse. And it worked, seems as though most people in this thread fell for it.
Posted on 9/5/17 at 8:51 am to TH03
How do we know it isn't (3/1)/3?
That is the stupidity of these problems.
There is an appearance difference between the following two:
3 / 1/3
3/1 / 3
They aren't the same.
That is the stupidity of these problems.
There is an appearance difference between the following two:
3 / 1/3
3/1 / 3
They aren't the same.
This post was edited on 9/5/17 at 8:55 am
Posted on 9/5/17 at 8:52 am to LSUBoo
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And it worked, seems as though most people in this thread fell for it.
That's not really saying much though
Posted on 9/5/17 at 8:53 am to Placebeaux
1
ETA: excel says 9
ETA: excel says 9
This post was edited on 9/5/17 at 8:54 am
Posted on 9/5/17 at 8:54 am to LNCHBOX
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Which equals 1.
If you interpret it as three divided by one divided by three, sure. The spaces don't really look like it's supposed to be that though.
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Well, I'm 100% right, so yea.
okay dude. Posted on 9/5/17 at 8:54 am to Scruffy
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How do we know it isn't (3/1)/3?
No one but lunch boy knows. It's a shittily written problem.
Posted on 9/5/17 at 8:55 am to TH03
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If you interpret
It's fricking math. There is only one way to solve it correctly.
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okay dude.
I don't really need your acceptance to know I'm right on this one.
Posted on 9/5/17 at 8:55 am to Placebeaux
19?
Posted on 9/5/17 at 8:55 am to TH03
I knew Lunchbox was gonna be all up in this bitch owning yall asses
Posted on 9/5/17 at 8:55 am to TH03
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It's a shittily written problem for people that can't do math correctly
FIFY
Posted on 9/5/17 at 8:56 am to LNCHBOX
type the equation into excel exactly as written
it = 9
it = 9
Posted on 9/5/17 at 8:56 am to LNCHBOX
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It's fricking math. There is only one way to solve it correctly
3 divided by 1 divided by 3 is completely different from 3 divided by one third. One is one and one is 9.
Posted on 9/5/17 at 8:57 am to TH03
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3 divided by 1 divided by 3 is completely different from 3 divided by one third.
Well, only one of those is presented in the thread.
Posted on 9/5/17 at 8:59 am to Scruffy
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3 / 1/3
3/1 / 3
They aren't the same.
Mathematically they are exactly the same.
Convert the division to multiplication, so that the 'left to right' protocol is irrelevant.
3 x (1/1) x (1/3) = 1
Every time, either direction.
Posted on 9/5/17 at 9:00 am to LSUBoo
all you mother frickers are better at math than excel....
Posted on 9/5/17 at 9:01 am to Placebeaux
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9-3 / 1/3 + 1 =
If the spaces mean something, then the answer is 1. If they don't, then it could mean any number of things.
I read it as "nine minus three divided by one-third plus one."
But really, it can be taken any number of ways, which is why these problems are always so stupid.
Posted on 9/5/17 at 9:02 am to DirtyMikeandtheBoys
I happened to have excel open, so I plugged it in with the weird spacing and without.
Both times it came back as 9.
Both times it came back as 9.
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