Math: 6÷2(1+2) = ? | |
caper_26 User ID: 32057798 Canada 01/18/2013 04:37 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Evidence of what? If 1,000,000 people said it was 9, and 1 person said it was 1, just because 1M people outnumber the 1 makes it right? It is math, not an election. "Ask the audience" has cost contestants thousands of dollars, even when it was a majority. |
Forgotten User ID: 1448291 United States 01/18/2013 04:38 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Evidence of what? If 1,000,000 people said it was 9, and 1 person said it was 1, just because 1M people outnumber the 1 makes it right? It is math, not an election. "Ask the audience" has cost contestants thousands of dollars, even when it was a majority. Here is proof. Outside of what people are sayng here. Or what some video shows. [link to imageshack.us] [link to img255.imageshack.us] If someone can show me 1 math website that comes up with 1 I will agree. Even though I can show 10+ websites with 9. I just need 1. One website. Still waiting for 1 website that comes up with 1. Forgotten: Reach me at [email protected] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 32057798 Canada 01/18/2013 04:40 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | the 6/2 would need distributed into the (2+1) if you want to do distribution. Quoting: Forgotten As seen on every math website I have found. Those websites are wrong, OR the (6/2) was in parentheses. Any fraction using the '/', used as a coefficient, MUST be in parentheses, or else, the entire bottom becomes the denominator. I proved this with the identity law, and that isn't good enough, here is an online algebra lesson: [link to cstl.syr.edu] |
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Forgotten User ID: 1448291 United States 01/18/2013 04:41 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | the 6/2 would need distributed into the (2+1) if you want to do distribution. Quoting: Forgotten As seen on every math website I have found. Those websites are wrong, OR the (6/2) was in parentheses. Any fraction using the '/', used as a coefficient, MUST be in parentheses, or else, the entire bottom becomes the denominator. I proved this with the identity law, and that isn't good enough, here is an online algebra lesson: [link to cstl.syr.edu] [link to imageshack.us] [link to img255.imageshack.us] If someone can show me 1 math website that comes up with 1 I will agree. Even though I can show 10+ websites with 9. I just need 1. One website. Out of MILLIONS OF WEBSITES 1 must be able to work the problem and come up with 1. At least 1 website is doing it the "correct way". Some website must have 1 as an answer. Right? Forgotten: Reach me at [email protected] |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 32057798 Canada 01/18/2013 04:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I just copy and pasted the equation into google search... Quoting: Forgotten Guess what answer it gave me... 9! Sure did: [link to i49.tinypic.com] Sure did change the equation so it could get 9, too. Well, now we know how the equation should look to get 9, and this one 6 ÷ 2(2+1) = |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 32057798 Canada 01/18/2013 04:45 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If someone can show me 1 math website that comes up with 1 I will agree. Even though I can show 10+ websites with 9. Quoting: Forgotten I just need 1. One website. Still waiting for 1 website that comes up with 1. I would like to see some that do not change the input. Everyone I have seen changes the equation first, and then they show it to be 9. No one is arguing that (6/2)(2+1) != 9, because it is. |
Forgotten User ID: 1448291 United States 01/18/2013 04:45 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I just copy and pasted the equation into google search... Quoting: Forgotten Guess what answer it gave me... 9! Sure did: [link to i49.tinypic.com] Sure did change the equation so it could get 9, too. Well, now we know how the equation should look to get 9, and this one 6 ÷ 2(2+1) = Look at what was typed in the search field... exactly like the original equation. [link to imageshack.us] [link to img255.imageshack.us] If someone can show me 1 math website that comes up with 1 I will agree. Even though I can show 10+ websites with 9. I just need 1. One website. Still waiting.... Last Edited by Forgotten on 01/18/2013 04:46 PM Forgotten: Reach me at [email protected] |
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Forgotten User ID: 1448291 United States 01/18/2013 04:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Ask wolfram what 6/2n = Quoting: Anonymous Coward 32057798 Then when you get that answer, substitute 2+1 in for, and complete it yourself. I told you what to do. It is right above this sentence. You are changing the equation by doing that. Type in the equation exactly as the ORIGINAL... weak attempt man. Real weak. The image below shows me typing in the EXACT equation. Still waiting... [link to imageshack.us] [link to img255.imageshack.us] If someone can show me 1 math website that comes up with 1 I will agree. Even though I can show 10+ websites with 9. I just need 1. One website. Last Edited by Forgotten on 01/18/2013 04:48 PM Forgotten: Reach me at [email protected] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 32057798 Canada 01/18/2013 04:52 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Look at what was typed in the search field... exactly like the original equation. Quoting: Forgotten Look at what the search field was CHANGED to in the very next step. Those programs know how to handle variables via juxtaposition but the minute you add parentheses, it parses the coefficient away from them. Software programs treat 2n and 2(n) differently. There is your answer. You make keep asking, but I am sure most of them are programmed similarly, and that will not change. Here is what WOlfram Alpha's Terms say: Wolfram|Alpha ... is not, however, a certified or definitive source of information that can be relied on for legal, financial, medical, life-safety, or any other critical purposes. Quoting: Wolfram|AlphaCommon sense, and these Terms of Use, require that you independently verify the accuracy, completeness, and relevance of any information you get from Wolfram|Alpha before relying on it for any purpose Does that make any sense? |
Forgotten User ID: 1448291 United States 01/18/2013 04:52 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Look at what was typed in the search field... exactly like the original equation. Quoting: Forgotten Look at what the search field was CHANGED to in the very next step. Those programs know how to handle variables via juxtaposition but the minute you add parentheses, it parses the coefficient away from them. Software programs treat 2n and 2(n) differently. There is your answer. You make keep asking, but I am sure most of them are programmed similarly, and that will not change. Here is what WOlfram Alpha's Terms say: Wolfram|Alpha ... is not, however, a certified or definitive source of information that can be relied on for legal, financial, medical, life-safety, or any other critical purposes. Quoting: Wolfram|AlphaCommon sense, and these Terms of Use, require that you independently verify the accuracy, completeness, and relevance of any information you get from Wolfram|Alpha before relying on it for any purpose Does that make any sense? Ok, fine. Show me a website doing it correctly? I will wait here. There has to be at least 1.... Just FUCKING 1? [link to imageshack.us] [link to img255.imageshack.us] If someone can show me 1 math website that comes up with 1 I will agree. Even though I can show 10+ websites with 9. I just need 1. One website. Last Edited by Forgotten on 01/18/2013 04:54 PM Forgotten: Reach me at [email protected] |
Forgotten User ID: 1448291 United States 01/18/2013 04:55 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | IT IS A CONSPIRACY! Multiple websites are trying to fail me at math. They are purposefully giving me bad answers on math. ALL OF THEM. They are out to get me!!! Forgotten: Reach me at [email protected] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 32057798 Canada 01/18/2013 04:58 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I have verified the information inaccurate for this equation. How? By following the steps and realizing that the "input" was not what I meant, so I have to disregard anything after that. I proved this whole topic last night, so go back about 10 pages, and you will see how some adamant "9" folks, that would have sold their soul to the devil himself, ended up changing their minds after they saw the ideas I presented, and they checked for themselves. "I'm trying to free your mind, Neo. But I can only show you the door. You're the one that has to walk through it." Quoting: Morpheus. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 32057798 Canada 01/18/2013 05:00 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Ok, fine. Show me a website doing it correctly? I will wait here. There has to be at least 1.... Just FUCKING 1? Quoting: Forgotten Sorry. I don't use calculators. The only reason I went to the ones I mentioned was to try and figure out what was going on with them, which I quickly figured out. I grew up without calcs. We did everything by hand: calculus, physics, chem... Sorry if you can't find one to support your answer |
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Citizenperth User ID: 32253509 Australia 01/19/2013 01:16 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | i'm a 9 man not a 1...... GRIN It's life as we know it, but only just. [link to citizenperth.wordpress.com] sic ut vos es vos should exsisto , denego alius vicis facio vos change , exsisto youself , proprie |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1034800 United States 01/19/2013 01:34 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | this thread is still going on? It's 9 6/2(1+2) [link to en.wikipedia.org] "Today, parentheses or brackets are used to explicitly denote precedence by grouping parts of an expression that should be evaluated first." "The order of operations used throughout mathematics, science, technology and many computer programming languages is expressed here: exponents and roots multiplication and division addition and subtraction" "Mnemonics are often used to help students remember the rules, but the rules taught by the use of acronyms can be misleading. In the United States the acronym PEMDAS is common." "These mnemonics may be misleading when written this way, especially if the user is not aware that multiplication and division are of equal precedence, as are addition and subtraction." It's parenthesis first, then follow the standards for order of operations from left to right 6/2(1+2) Parenthesis first: 1+2 =3 Multiplication and division are of equal precedence, but since division is farthest to the left in this problem, division comes next: 6/2=3 3x3 = 9 The answer is 9 |
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Citizenperth User ID: 32253509 Australia 01/19/2013 01:49 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | i think people have fried their brains & fed the wolf Quoting: Anonymous Coward 19779247 rule of BODMAS applies here. B = Bracket O = Off D = Division M = Multiplication A = Addition S = Subtraction So first solve bracket then so on... 6/2(1+2) = 6/2(3) = 6/6 = 1 the difficulty lies in the two arguements BOMDAS or MODMAS Last Edited by CitizenPerth™ on 01/19/2013 01:49 AM It's life as we know it, but only just. [link to citizenperth.wordpress.com] sic ut vos es vos should exsisto , denego alius vicis facio vos change , exsisto youself , proprie |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1034800 United States 01/19/2013 01:51 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | i think people have fried their brains & fed the wolf Quoting: Anonymous Coward 19779247 rule of BODMAS applies here. B = Bracket O = Off D = Division M = Multiplication A = Addition S = Subtraction So first solve bracket then so on... 6/2(1+2) = 6/2(3) = 6/6 = 1 this thread is still going on? It's 9 6/2(1+2) [link to en.wikipedia.org] "Today, parentheses or brackets are used to explicitly denote precedence by grouping parts of an expression that should be evaluated first." "The order of operations used throughout mathematics, science, technology and many computer programming languages is expressed here: exponents and roots multiplication and division addition and subtraction" "Mnemonics are often used to help students remember the rules, but the rules taught by the use of acronyms can be misleading. In the United States the acronym PEMDAS is common." "These mnemonics may be misleading when written this way, especially if the user is not aware that multiplication and division are of equal precedence, as are addition and subtraction." It's parenthesis first, then follow the standards for order of operations from left to right 6/2(1+2) Parenthesis first: 1+2 =3 Multiplication and division are of equal precedence, but since division is farthest to the left in this problem, division comes next: 6/2=3 3x3 = 9 The answer is 9 |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1034800 United States 01/19/2013 01:51 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | i think people have fried their brains & fed the wolf Quoting: Anonymous Coward 19779247 rule of BODMAS applies here. B = Bracket O = Off D = Division M = Multiplication A = Addition S = Subtraction So first solve bracket then so on... 6/2(1+2) = 6/2(3) = 6/6 = 1 this thread is still going on? It's 9 6/2(1+2) [link to en.wikipedia.org] "Today, parentheses or brackets are used to explicitly denote precedence by grouping parts of an expression that should be evaluated first." "The order of operations used throughout mathematics, science, technology and many computer programming languages is expressed here: exponents and roots multiplication and division addition and subtraction" "Mnemonics are often used to help students remember the rules, but the rules taught by the use of acronyms can be misleading. In the United States the acronym PEMDAS is common." "These mnemonics may be misleading when written this way, especially if the user is not aware that multiplication and division are of equal precedence, as are addition and subtraction." It's parenthesis first, then follow the standards for order of operations from left to right 6/2(1+2) Parenthesis first: 1+2 =3 Multiplication and division are of equal precedence, but since division is farthest to the left in this problem, division comes next: 6/2=3 3x3 = 9 The answer is 9 |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 23928068 United States 01/19/2013 01:52 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | i think people have fried their brains & fed the wolf Quoting: Anonymous Coward 19779247 rule of BODMAS applies here. B = Bracket O = Off D = Division M = Multiplication A = Addition S = Subtraction So first solve bracket then so on... 6/2(1+2) = 6/2(3) = 6/6 = 1 this thread is still going on? It's 9 6/2(1+2) [link to en.wikipedia.org] "Today, parentheses or brackets are used to explicitly denote precedence by grouping parts of an expression that should be evaluated first." "The order of operations used throughout mathematics, science, technology and many computer programming languages is expressed here: exponents and roots multiplication and division addition and subtraction" "Mnemonics are often used to help students remember the rules, but the rules taught by the use of acronyms can be misleading. In the United States the acronym PEMDAS is common." "These mnemonics may be misleading when written this way, especially if the user is not aware that multiplication and division are of equal precedence, as are addition and subtraction." It's parenthesis first, then follow the standards for order of operations from left to right 6/2(1+2) Parenthesis first: 1+2 =3 Multiplication and division are of equal precedence, but since division is farthest to the left in this problem, division comes next: 6/2=3 3x3 = 9 The answer is 9 |