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re: Solve this math problem
Posted on 9/5/17 at 9:33 am to Geecubed
Posted on 9/5/17 at 9:33 am to Geecubed
quote:So dumb
3 divided by 1/3 is not 1. 3 multiplied by 1/3 is 1. 3 divided by 1/3 is 9.
DO you even math baw?
And, I added the parentheses, to focus where the focus was needed. PEMDAS says that you take the division first, so the 3 divided by 1/3 is answered first. Yet, you have to invert the denominator and multiply by 3 to answer properly. Then 9-9+1 equals 1.
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Posted on 9/5/17 at 9:34 am to lsupride87
So we have a team 9 and a team 1
LOL
LOL
Posted on 9/5/17 at 9:35 am to Tigereye10005
quote:
The problem doesn't specify clearly if it's -3/(1/3) or just 3/1/3, so if you do it the different ways:
There are no parentheses in the problem, you can't just insert your own to fit your own narrative.
Posted on 9/5/17 at 9:36 am to Placebeaux
quote:It is team right and team wrong.
So we have a team 9 and a team 1
the answer is 100% 9. There is no interpretation needed
Posted on 9/5/17 at 9:36 am to TH03
quote:
No one but lunch boy knows. It's a shittily written problem
Everyone says this kind of thing, but there is only one correct way to interpret the problem in the OP.
Granted, he could have meant something else, but what he wrote solves as 9. If he meant something else, then he wrote it wrong.
Posted on 9/5/17 at 9:37 am to Placebeaux
quote:
Placebeaux
Do you have a picture of the problem?
Posted on 9/5/17 at 9:40 am to Placebeaux
quote:
9-3 / 1/3 + 1 =
Oh look, a problem to test whether people think whitespace is significant. 1000 pages.
Posted on 9/5/17 at 9:42 am to LSUBoo
quote:
There are no parentheses in the problem, you can't just insert your own to fit your own narrative.
Ok, well that's the only way to write a fraction that I can figure out and I don't have the other divide sign on my keyboard, so I put the parenthesis to show that it's the fraction ONE-THIRD. If you can't understand that then sorry.
I could have written it to say
The problem doesn't specify clearly if it's -3 divided by ONE-THIRD or if it's just -3/1/3.
I added the parenthesis to make it read easier and I assumed y'all could figure that out. I guess not.
Posted on 9/5/17 at 9:45 am to LSUBoo
quote:There are no parentheses in this problem either:
There are no parentheses in the problem, you can't just insert your own to fit your own narrative.
9-3
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1/3
Posted on 9/5/17 at 9:46 am to Tigereye10005
quote:
The problem doesn't specify clearly if it's -3 divided by ONE-THIRD or if it's just -3/1/3.
The way it is written in the OP, it is clearly 3/1/3. Now, I suspect the OP meant 3/(1/3), but didn't know how to write it, but solving it the way it is written yields only one answer.
Posted on 9/5/17 at 9:47 am to Placebeaux
When solved as written the answer is 9.
If that is not the answer you wanting, than you should learn how to correctly write mathematical expressions. I fricking hate these threads.
If that is not the answer you wanting, than you should learn how to correctly write mathematical expressions. I fricking hate these threads.
Posted on 9/5/17 at 9:48 am to Scruffy
quote:
9-3
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1/3
THANK YOU. I couldn't figure out the best way to format it on my computer to look like that, so that's why I added the parentheses in my explanation
Posted on 9/5/17 at 9:48 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Have these been discussed:
Dogs and cats living together. Mass hysteria!
Dogs and cats living together. Mass hysteria!
Posted on 9/5/17 at 9:48 am to Tigereye10005
quote:So in other words, you decided to completely change the written equation
Ok, well that's the only way to write a fraction that I can figure out and I don't have the other divide sign on my keyboard, so I put the parenthesis to show that it's the fraction ONE-THIRD. If you can't understand that then sorry.
Posted on 9/5/17 at 9:50 am to CocomoLSU
And Cocomo wins.
The equation is not properly formatted and was purposefully written to confuse.
These threads are stupid.
The equation is not properly formatted and was purposefully written to confuse.
These threads are stupid.
Posted on 9/5/17 at 9:51 am to lsupride87
Not dumb in the least. With the space OP added, I took that as being three divided by one third, which is much different than 3 divided by 1 divided by three.
One would figure each equation MUCH differently.
One would figure each equation MUCH differently.
Posted on 9/5/17 at 9:51 am to Scruffy
quote:Yes it is scruff
The equation is not properly formatted
Posted on 9/5/17 at 9:52 am to Geecubed
quote:White space means nothing in the math world. It just doesnt
Not dumb in the least. With the space OP added, I took that as being three divided by one third, which is much different than 3 divided by 1 divided by three.
9+4/2/2=10
9+4 / 2/2=10
This post was edited on 9/5/17 at 9:55 am
Posted on 9/5/17 at 9:52 am to Scruffy
quote:
The equation is not properly formatted and was purposefully written to confuse.
I don't believe the OP purposefully did anything. I think he just doesn't understand how to write the problem he's seeing in a book.
Posted on 9/5/17 at 9:56 am to lsupride87
quote:
White space means nothing in the math world. It just doesnt
It does when you are typing something out on a keyboard and aren't sure how to write it though. I realize what you guys are saying, but simple logic tells you that the space between the 3 and the 1/3 should mean something. It is completely logical to assume it was written to differentiate those two numbers (as opposed to just 3/1/3 written together).
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