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re: What's the answer to this math problem?
Posted on 8/3/17 at 12:56 pm to KosmoCramer
Posted on 8/3/17 at 12:56 pm to KosmoCramer
58
PEMDAS
(3) = x3
6^2 = 36
36 / 2 = 18
x3 = 54
+4 = 58
PEMDAS
(3) = x3
6^2 = 36
36 / 2 = 18
x3 = 54
+4 = 58
This post was edited on 8/3/17 at 12:58 pm
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Posted on 8/3/17 at 12:56 pm to Cowboyfan89
quote:
Do you feel smarter for using the word "obelus"?
Do you feel smarter for having to look it up?
I am just here for for the fireworks
quote:
I'm sure half the people on this board don't know what that word means.
What does this prove exactly?
This post was edited on 8/3/17 at 12:58 pm
Posted on 8/3/17 at 12:57 pm to OweO
quote:
6^2/2(3) + 4
6^2= 6X6= 36
so 36/2(3) + 4
2(3)= 6 + 4
So 36/6 + 4
36/6 = 6
so 6+4 = 10.
If it isn't 10 then what the hell is being done wrong? If this is a trick problem or some shite will someone tell me?
My GOD. There are pages and pages in this thread that will show you what you're doing wrong. Why do some posters insist on being ignorant of the thread so that someone will respond just to them.
Posted on 8/3/17 at 12:58 pm to OweO
quote:
2(3)= 6 + 4
This is not the 2nd step.
PEMDAS.
P- Parentheses. This only applies to operations within a set of parentheses, i.e., 4+6, or 9/10. There are no parentheses in the problem. Skip P.
E- Exponent. One exponent (6^2), so that is the first step. Now you have 36/2(3)+4.
MD- Multiplication/Division. This is performed left to right, regardless of what comes first. So, 36/2=18. Then 18(3)= 54.
AS- Addition/Subtraction. Again, performed left to right. Only one operation in the problem, 54+4=58.
Thus, the answer is 58.
This post was edited on 8/3/17 at 1:02 pm
Posted on 8/3/17 at 1:00 pm to NYNolaguy1
quote:
Do you feel smarter for having to look it up?
Did not have to look it up. I'm just not a pompous arse that has to use a word that 90% of the population doesn't know. It's one of those stupid arse words that you see on the GRE.
Posted on 8/3/17 at 1:03 pm to KosmoCramer
These threads really bring to light our nations stupidity problem.
Posted on 8/3/17 at 1:08 pm to TheCaterpillar
quote:
These threads really bring to light our nations stupidity problem.
Just run with it. These threads are so easy to get people fired up in
. Besides who actually comes to the OT for actual answers to real problems anyway?
Posted on 8/3/17 at 1:24 pm to Rhino5
quote:
I'm busy trying to figure out how someone got 42.
I haven't caught up yet but I would say because it is THE ANSWER.
To Life, the Universe and everything.
Posted on 8/3/17 at 1:28 pm to JudgeHolden
quote:
Who decides that order of operations in accepted mathematics? Is it dictated by logic, or is it just something mathematicians go together and agreed upon?
It's a convention, so something that was agreed upon, but doing math/division before addition/subtraction makes logical sense.
Let's say in the old days when shite was done on pen and paper, you were in the market shopping, and bought 5 lbs of potatoes at $.25/lb, 3 lbs of onions at $.10/lb, and two chickens for $1 each. To get the correct total, they have to do all of the multiplication first, then the addition.
Posted on 8/3/17 at 1:37 pm to convertedtiger
quote:
I haven't caught up yet but I would say because it is THE ANSWER.
To Life, the Universe and everything.
Yes, this thread is getting heated. I think we settle at 42 before the 10 and 58 crowds take this to Sonic...
Posted on 8/3/17 at 1:44 pm to Cowboyfan89
So (((6^2/2 *3) + 4 huh?
Looking at it with that stupid fricking division sign threw me off. How did I overlook that?
I should have seen that.. I was too sure of myself when I looked at it the first time that I thought other people were going nuts..
Looking at it with that stupid fricking division sign threw me off. How did I overlook that?
I should have seen that.. I was too sure of myself when I looked at it the first time that I thought other people were going nuts..
Posted on 8/3/17 at 1:45 pm to LSUBoo
I think the problem is poorly written.
Posted on 8/3/17 at 1:51 pm to OweO
quote:
Looking at it with that stupid fricking division sign threw me off. How did I overlook that?
Wtf? So a / makes it clearer than a ÷? Yeah, you asked the right question alright. I don't know how the frick you did that, especially considering you still divided it out in the end.
Posted on 8/3/17 at 2:03 pm to Cowboyfan89
For everyone who keeps getting 10, you're doing the equation as if it were written like this:
6^2 / (2 • 3) + 4
Which does equal 10.
6^2 / (2 • 3) + 4
Which does equal 10.
Posted on 8/3/17 at 2:09 pm to Pectus
quote:
I think the problem is poorly written.
Of course it is. If it wasn't poorly written, no one would be getting the wrong answer.
Well, Oweo probably still would.
Maybe a few others.
Some people just can't be helped.
Posted on 8/3/17 at 3:06 pm to TheCaterpillar
quote:
These threads really bring to light our nations stupidity problem.
Really, just the OT in general. The OT is only slightly smarter than your average rock. Your above average rocks, though, trounce the OT.
This post was edited on 8/3/17 at 3:08 pm
Posted on 8/3/17 at 3:12 pm to TigerstuckinMS
quote:
Your above average rocks, though, trounce the OT.
Posted on 8/3/17 at 3:14 pm to KosmoCramer
why is there a random parenthesis in there?
P- None
E- 6x6
M&D (it's left to right M doesn't take precedent over D)- 36/2= 18*3 = 54
A&S- 54 + 4 = 58
If you didn't say 58, you need to go back to school.
P- None
E- 6x6
M&D (it's left to right M doesn't take precedent over D)- 36/2= 18*3 = 54
A&S- 54 + 4 = 58
If you didn't say 58, you need to go back to school.
Posted on 8/3/17 at 3:17 pm to Breesus
quote:
Multiplication then Division
NO
quote:
Addition then Subtraction
NO
How the F do you people not remember this? It's PE(MD)(AS). Multiplication isn't given some magical priority over division, you just go left to right.
Here is what Cymath shows as the solution as well Cymath
Posted on 8/3/17 at 3:21 pm to NYNolaguy1
quote:
Lets do this abstractly. Youre saying that a/bc was once taken to mean (a/b)c, but now means a/(bc), correct?
Pretty sure I transposed that entire comment while typing on my phone.
a/bc was once taken to mean a/(bc) on older calculators. That is no longer the case, and calculators now follow the explicit orders of operation. a/bc is now interpreted as (a/b)*c on a modern calculator program.
Sorry for the confusion.
ETA: Fixed typo.
This post was edited on 8/3/17 at 3:52 pm
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