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Old 08-02-2019, 02:37 PM   #36
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Default Re: Simple Math Problem

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Originally Posted by Brlesq View Post
Well now I know why I answered "1". From a news article on this today:

"The confusion has to do with the difference between modern and historic interpretations of the order of operations.
The correct answer today is 16. An answer of 1 would have been correct 100 years ago." <--- THAT explains it!
I wanna say it was correct 40 years ago as well.
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