Simple Math Problem

G G · 08-01-2019, 06:55 AM

Well it would appear that both answers given are right:
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Porch Dweller · 08-01-2019, 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by G G

Well it would appear that both answers given are right:
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/viral-m...-many-internet

WooHoo, I knew my whiskey- and benedryl-addled brain hadn't let me down!!!

Subvet642 · 08-07-2019, 08:48 PM

I thought you solved the parenthesis first, so the answer would be 1.

8÷2x (2+2)

8÷2x4

8÷8=1

Weelok · 08-07-2019, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Subvet642

I thought you solved the parenthesis first, so the answer would be 1.

8÷2x (2+2)

8÷2x4

8÷8=1

Why did you do multiplication before division? That was your mistake.

Subvet642 · 08-08-2019, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Weelok

Why did you do multiplication before division? That was your mistake.

Because that's how I recall learning it in 1978.

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