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re: Solve this math problem
Posted on 9/5/17 at 7:10 pm to TH03
Posted on 9/5/17 at 7:10 pm to TH03
quote:Well there is only one interpretation of the syntax is correct.
Meaning it was shittily written and to act like one opinion is the be all end all would be retarded.
quote:There is only one correct interpretation. You can surmise what the OP was trying to incorrectly do, but the only way for that interpretation to be correct is to acknowledge that the OP wrote it incorrectly because the only correct (as written) answer is 9.
My whole point is that it was shittily written and to act like there wouldn't be multiple interpretations is stupid.
Regardless 12 hours later the OP still doesn't understand the difference in his syntax and the problem in the picture. Now that's weird.
This post was edited on 9/5/17 at 7:11 pm
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Posted on 9/5/17 at 7:15 pm to buckeye_vol
quote:
Well there is only one interpretation of the syntax is correct.
But it wasn't so there isn't one way.
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There is only one correct interpretation. You can surmise what the OP was trying to incorrectly do, but the only way for that interpretation to be correct is to acknowledge that the OP wrote it incorrectly because the only correct (as written) answer is 9.
Have you read my posts? I've literally said I thought the spaces meant he was trying to show it was one third. That's my whole point. I said I think the op wrote it wrong because he meant to put one third.
Are you an engineer?
you seem to be having a hard time understanding what I'm saying and keep going back to syntax of a poorly written math problem instead of wondering if it's written correctly. 
Posted on 9/5/17 at 7:40 pm to TH03
I can't believe you're typing all that shite out just to be wrong.
Posted on 9/5/17 at 7:42 pm to TH03
It's hilarious that you're trying to be condescendimg to me and saying I'm wrong. No wonder you bag groceries.
Posted on 9/5/17 at 7:49 pm to TH03
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quote:I get what you're saying, and it's fine to try to interpet how the OP is incorrectly writing a problem. I'm Just having a hard time understanding why you're mocking someone for interpreting it correctly, when you're actually acknowledging the OP was the one who made an error in the first place.
Are you an engineer? you seem to be having a hard time understanding what I'm saying and keep going back to syntax of a poorly written math problem instead of wondering if it's written correctly.
This post was edited on 9/5/17 at 7:57 pm
Posted on 9/5/17 at 7:49 pm to buckeye_vol
Because the dude is a dumbass that has a hard on for me.
Posted on 9/5/17 at 7:49 pm to Placebeaux
It's 3, retards
Posted on 9/5/17 at 11:58 pm to Placebeaux
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Posted on 9/6/17 at 1:27 am to CoachChappy
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Posted on 9/6/17 at 10:09 am to lsupride87
how did I change the equation?
Posted on 9/6/17 at 10:12 am to ShortyRob
I used brackets since I couldn't display the fraction as a fraction. I figured OP's formatting was the same way, so the parentheses and brackets helped show what I assumed (correctly since OP edited the post) to be the equation.
Posted on 9/6/17 at 10:18 am to Placebeaux
Nice edit. Still a very shittily written problem.
This post was edited on 9/6/17 at 10:20 am
Posted on 9/6/17 at 10:26 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Sad thing is, even with the edits, and over a day later, what he typed isn't the same equation as the picture and yields a different answer.
9
1
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9-3÷1/3+1=
9
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Posted on 9/6/17 at 10:44 am to LSUBoo
quote:
quote:
9-3÷1/3+1=
9
I hate myself for replying to this thread, but the use of the division symbol implies the slash is a fraction bar.
Posted on 9/6/17 at 10:49 am to Spock's Eyebrow
If there is any debate about the structure of a math problem then the only person who is wrong is the idiot who wrote it. I hate these threads so much.
Fraction bar = division. A fraction is not a number, it's just a mathematical expression that's easier to write (and more accurate) than its result. If you want the fraction to be treated as a number when put in an expression you put parentheses around it. If you don't put parentheses and then argue that the result isn't 9 you should be shot. Nothing is ever implied in math unless it is being done wrong.
Fraction bar = division. A fraction is not a number, it's just a mathematical expression that's easier to write (and more accurate) than its result. If you want the fraction to be treated as a number when put in an expression you put parentheses around it. If you don't put parentheses and then argue that the result isn't 9 you should be shot. Nothing is ever implied in math unless it is being done wrong.
Posted on 9/6/17 at 10:50 am to Placebeaux
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Posted on 9/6/17 at 10:52 am to Spock's Eyebrow
quote:
I hate myself for replying to this thread, but the use of the division symbol implies the slash is a fraction bar.
Team 1 baby
Posted on 9/6/17 at 10:56 am to Placebeaux
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Team Trollllllololololol
Y'all wrong bruh
Posted on 9/6/17 at 10:59 am to Spirit of Dunson
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9 - (3 / 1/3) + 1 = 1
This.
Posted on 9/6/17 at 11:01 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
quote:
Fraction bar = division
It makes no sense to use both the division sign and a slash in the same equation. Either they mean different things, or you're deliberately creating ambiguity, and you had to go out of your way to do it on a computer keyboard. This is slightly less inane than the original question, which was, "Do you think whitespace is significant?"
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I hate these threads so much.
I hate myself more for replying to them.
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