Maff is Hard...

[This_person]

Nah. Could never get a bead on one of those. (Been wanting to use this emoji all day!)

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[RoseRed]

Forgot the "s".

I didn't forget anything.

 

[itsbob]

There are 2 correct answers depending on where you learned math. PEMDAS results in "1", BODMAS results in 16.

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BUZZER PEMDAS gets you the same correct answer if you implement PEMDAS correctly...

It ain't hard, not like Renal Calculus hard

 

[itsbob]

1. Parentheses (simplify inside 'em)
2. Exponents
3. Multiplication and Division (from left to right)
4. Addition and Subtraction (from left to right)

8 / 2 (2+2)=
1, simplify what is in the parenthesis first.
8 / 2 (4) =
3a (divide)
4 (2) =
3b Multiply
8

Where did you (4) magically become (2)??

 

[itsbob]

I learned it so that the answer comes out as "16." Didn't realize that it could be solved differently. Interesting to see how "1" could be the answer.

Learned something (still like the method that yields "16," though).

Thanks!

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Only ONE right answer, it can't be solved differently to come to another correct answer..

 

[Yooper]

Only ONE right answer, it can't be solved differently to come to another correct answer..

That would be "16," right? (Please let it be so; otherwise I'm gonna sue my school district!)

But if your assertion is correct - that's there's only one correct answer - why so much debate?

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[BernieP]

Wait, there's a method that yeilds 16? Division first, then addition, then mutliplication?

Parens - 2+2 =4
Exponenets - none of these
Multiplication - 2 x 4 = 8
Division - 8 /8 = 1
Addition -already did that back in Parens
Subtraction - none of this.

Np, according to the rules, multiplication and division are the same priority, operate left to right.
I forget the original question, but recall the left to right portion, not multiplication over division or vice versa.

 

[BernieP]

Where did you (4) magically become (2)??

I just saw that,

1. Parentheses (simplify inside 'em)
   • 8 / 2 (2+2)= 8 / 2 (4)
2. Exponents
   • Noop
3. Multiplication and Division (from left to right)
   1. 8 / 2 (4) = 4 (4)
   2. 4 (4) = 16
4. Addition and Subtraction (from left to right)
   • Noop

 

[This_person]

 

[officeguy]

That's not a question of math. It's a question of convention.

 

[itsbob]

That would be "16," right? (Please let it be so; otherwise I'm gonna sue my school district!)

But if your assertion is correct - that's there's only one correct answer - why so much debate?

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Yes 16

 

[itsbob]

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Throw away the sharp because it isn't

 

[jazz lady]

 

[MiddleGround]

I get 6

8 / 2(2+2)

First simplify the parenthesis CORRECTLY:

8 / 2 x 2 + 2 x 2 = 8 / 4 + 4

Second, divide:

8 / 4 + 4 = 2 + 4

Finally, you add:

2 + 4 = 6

 

[vraiblonde]

So the correct solution is:

Anything you want it to be.

 

[gemma_rae]

So the correct solution is:

Anything you want it to be.

Easy as quantum physics!

 

[This_person]

So the correct solution is:

Anything you want it to be.

You would think this would have been resolved by Archimedes and no longer an issue

 

[Yooper]

So the correct solution is:

Anything you want it to be.

Easy as quantum physics!

You would think this would have been resolved by Archimedes and no longer an issue

Post-modernism comes to maff.

Or is it that facts don't matter if you're morally right?

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[Tech]

Which one was used to discover global warming?