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re: What's the answer to this math problem?

Posted on 8/2/17 at 6:06 pm to
Posted by athenslife101
Member since Feb 2013
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Posted on 8/2/17 at 6:06 pm to
Why can't I be an idiot and intelligent? I know plenty
Posted by The Next
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2013
436 posts
Posted on 8/2/17 at 6:18 pm to
42 is the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything after all. Seems a reasonable answer to me.
Posted by BatonrougeCajun
Somewhere in Texas
Member since Feb 2008
7435 posts
Posted on 8/2/17 at 6:37 pm to
These tests are culturally biased
Posted by finchmeister08
Member since Mar 2011
39639 posts
Posted on 8/2/17 at 7:15 pm to
What I wanna know is who came up with 288?
Posted by Mr. Hangover
New Orleans
Member since Sep 2003
34876 posts
Posted on 8/2/17 at 7:15 pm to
It's fricking ten..



Also took me 10 seconds to follow PEMDAS
Posted by Undertow
Member since Sep 2016
8832 posts
Posted on 8/2/17 at 7:16 pm to
If you replaced 2(3) with 2x, would the same order of operations be used?
Posted by dkreller
Laffy
Member since Jan 2009
33374 posts
Posted on 8/2/17 at 7:17 pm to
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Posted by Clames
Member since Oct 2010
18850 posts
Posted on 8/2/17 at 7:20 pm to
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You're missing the correct answer.


Without context there isn't a single correct answer.

These types of math problems only troll those with a rigid adherence to grade school math skills.
Posted by PrivatePublic
Member since Nov 2012
17848 posts
Posted on 8/2/17 at 7:21 pm to
quote:

These types of math problems only troll those with a rigid adherence to grade school math skills.


Please enlighten us heathens as to where you work that uses something other than PEMDAS.
Posted by dkreller
Laffy
Member since Jan 2009
33374 posts
Posted on 8/2/17 at 7:23 pm to
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Please enlighten us heathens as to where you work that uses something other than PEMDAS.

The heathens apparently had shitty math teachers in grade school or slept through the actual explanation of PEMDAS.
Posted by uptowntiger84
uptown
Member since Jul 2011
5058 posts
Posted on 8/2/17 at 7:24 pm to
10
Posted by Clames
Member since Oct 2010
18850 posts
Posted on 8/2/17 at 7:26 pm to
PEMDAS is the reason you are getting trolled so easily with this problem (it's not even a good one). Order of operations is exponents/roots, multiplication/division, addition/subtraction. Parentheses used for GROUPING of another operation takes precedence over exponents/roots, parentheses here means multiplication. It's not grouping another operation.
Posted by dkreller
Laffy
Member since Jan 2009
33374 posts
Posted on 8/2/17 at 7:28 pm to
Now I recognize that you were picking your nose while the teacher explained PEMDAS.
Posted by Boss
Member since Dec 2007
1742 posts
Posted on 8/2/17 at 7:46 pm to
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You SHOULD learn this in high school!




I am a 6th grade math teacher, and my students would be expected to know the answer to this problem.
Posted by Capo Losi
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2016
2193 posts
Posted on 8/2/17 at 7:49 pm to
Delete.
This post was edited on 8/2/17 at 7:50 pm
Posted by OKellsBells
USA
Member since Dec 2016
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Posted on 8/2/17 at 7:57 pm to
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
120027 posts
Posted on 8/2/17 at 7:59 pm to
How does this go 9 pages?

It is pretty bad that people are struggling to solve this problem.
Posted by KosmoCramer
Member since Dec 2007
79946 posts
Posted on 8/2/17 at 8:01 pm to
quote:

How does this go 9 pages?

It is pretty bad that people are struggling to solve this problem.


You posted this on page 3:

quote:

Unless I am missing something, this should be easily solved. 

6^2= 36 
2(3)= 6 


36/6=6 + 4 = 10?
Posted by dkreller
Laffy
Member since Jan 2009
33374 posts
Posted on 8/2/17 at 8:04 pm to
quote:

quote:
How does this go 9 pages?

It is pretty bad that people are struggling to solve this problem.


You posted this on page 3:

quote:
Unless I am missing something, this should be easily solved. 

6^2= 36 
2(3)= 6 


36/6=6 + 4 = 10?


Posted by Mingo Was His NameO
Brooklyn
Member since Mar 2016
36582 posts
Posted on 8/2/17 at 8:17 pm to
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Thank you, signed:

A history teacher who explained the answer on page two to an OT full of engineers and engineering students. We stupid teachers who couldn't do anything else in life.


you should be well accustomed to low level math.

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