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re: Solve this math problem
Posted on 9/5/17 at 9:59 am to CocomoLSU
Posted on 9/5/17 at 9:59 am to CocomoLSU
quote:It is logical to think that he may have meant that, but when you assume that and say the answer is 1 you are wrong.
It is completely logical to assume it was written to differentiate those two numbers
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Posted on 9/5/17 at 10:01 am to lsupride87
quote:Using 4/2/2 is stupid because 2/2 = 1
9+4/2/2=10
9+4 / 2/2=10
9+4 / 1/2=17
Based on the assumption of it being 4 divided by 1/2.
9+4/1/2=11
Based on the assumption that you are dividing 4/1 first and then dividing by 2. It isn't 4 divided by 1/2.
Posted on 9/5/17 at 10:01 am to slackster
This is how it was written
9-3÷1/3+1=
9-3÷1/3+1=
Posted on 9/5/17 at 10:02 am to Scruffy
quote:Why are you doing this? Stop making assumptions and just solve the actual problem
9+4 / 1/2=17
Based on the assumption of it being 4 divided by 1/2.
9+4/1/2=11
Based on the assumption that you are dividing 4/1 first and then dividing by 2. It isn't 4 divided by 1/2.
Posted on 9/5/17 at 10:02 am to Placebeaux
~3.50
Posted on 9/5/17 at 10:04 am to lsupride87
quote:My point is, with the formatting and presentation of the problem in the OP, you are making an assumption no matter what you do.
Stop making assumptions and just solve the actual problem
Is it 3 divided by 1/3 or is it 3 divided by 1 then divided by 3?
Which one did you ASSUME that it was?
Posted on 9/5/17 at 10:04 am to Placebeaux
quote:
This is how it was written
9-3÷1/3+1=
Still 9.
Posted on 9/5/17 at 10:05 am to Scruffy
There is no assumption necessary.
Yes it is written poorly, but there is only one answer as written.
Yes it is written poorly, but there is only one answer as written.
Posted on 9/5/17 at 10:05 am to Scruffy
quote:I am not making any assumption at all. I am solving the problem as written
My point is, with the formatting and presentation of the problem in the OP, you are making an assumption no matter what you do.
Is it 3 divided by 1/3 or is it 3 divided by 1 then divided by 3?
quote:It is this. And that isnt an assumption at all. That is how it is written
s it 3 divided by 1 then divided by 3
Posted on 9/5/17 at 10:06 am to Placebeaux
quote:And that answer is still 9
9-3÷1/3+1=
Posted on 9/5/17 at 10:08 am to LSUBoo
quote:
There is no assumption necessary.
Yes it is written poorly, but there is only one answer as written.
So you all recognize that it is poorly written. That is all I'm trying to say.
It is completely understandable why people would view it as one third with the way it is written.
This isn't a PEMDAS problem. It is a shitty presentation problem.
This post was edited on 9/5/17 at 10:09 am
Posted on 9/5/17 at 10:09 am to Scruffy
Of course, if it was well written only the Peejs of the world would get it wrong.
Posted on 9/5/17 at 10:09 am to Scruffy
quote:Based on the presentation, without any parentheses, the only way to solve it without adding any assumptions is to take 3 divided by 1 then divide that by 3. That's about as assumption-less as one can get and the answer is 9 in that case.
My point is, with the formatting and presentation of the problem in the OP, you are making an assumption no matter what you do.
Is it 3 divided by 1/3 or is it 3 divided by 1 then divided by 3?
Which one did you ASSUME that it was?
This post was edited on 9/5/17 at 10:18 am
Posted on 9/5/17 at 10:14 am to buckeye_vol
Let me make it simpler
Someone writes "Louisiana Spate University"
Alot of people are assuming he meant to write Louisiana State University, which could be correct. However, it takes ZERO assumption to say Louisiana Spate University is what was actually written.
Someone writes "Louisiana Spate University"
Alot of people are assuming he meant to write Louisiana State University, which could be correct. However, it takes ZERO assumption to say Louisiana Spate University is what was actually written.
Posted on 9/5/17 at 10:17 am to Placebeaux
quote:
This is how it was written 9-3÷1/3+1=
That answer is 9.
It seems like you interpreted that as 3 divided by one-third, but that's not the way that problem actually reads. It is 3 divided by 1 divided by 3.
Posted on 9/5/17 at 10:18 am to LSUBoo
quote:
Of course, if it was well written only the Peejs of the world would get it wrong.
Posted on 9/5/17 at 10:18 am to slackster
God dammit this is stupid.
Posted on 9/5/17 at 10:18 am to Placebeaux
I still don't know how you ended up with 7.
Might as well have said 42.
Might as well have said 42.
Posted on 9/5/17 at 10:19 am to Scruffy
quote:
It is completely understandable why people would view it as one third with the way it is written.
I agree that he probably meant it as 3 divided by one-third, and he tried to translate that using spaces, but the safest thing to do is to solve it the way it was written, and that answer is 9.
Posted on 9/5/17 at 10:20 am to LSUBoo
quote:
I still don't know how you ended up with 7. Might as well have said 42.
He thought 3/(1/3) was 3.
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