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 Re: Solve it
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08/01/19 05:23 PM
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Uncle Zeek
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So the teachers have rewritten history and math too now. I would've written the problem as 8/(2(2+2)) to make the terms clear. Just sloppy drafting on this one.
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Re: Solve it
[Re: patriot07]
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08/01/19 05:44 PM
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Floon Swenson
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Really poorly written is what it is. Only the person who wrote it really knows what their intent was and can solve it. Anyone else is guessing the intent of poor math practice. Bingo. It's written like garbage. If you're writing a math formula, write it without the ambiguity.
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Re: Solve it
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08/01/19 05:50 PM
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lanman71
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Maroon!
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Rewrite it and then I'll solve it
What a maroon!
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Re: Solve it
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08/01/19 05:55 PM
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TexDawg
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I have people for stuff like this
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Re: Solve it
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08/01/19 06:52 PM
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Pintail711
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Re: Solve it
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08/01/19 07:05 PM
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GTrigg
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Pies are still not square....
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Re: Solve it
[Re: Pintail711]
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08/01/19 07:07 PM
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CCTX
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The PEMDAS corollary: 8/2 is the same thing as 8X1/2 or 8X0.5 (so you just proceed from left to right when you just have multiplication and division remaining in the equation.) 16
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Re: Solve it
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#13232617
08/01/19 07:14 PM
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UGLYSHCTICK
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I went to school in East Texas. I can only count up to potato.
Just want to make folks smile, and spit coffee on their keyboard.
If you put beans in your chili, you don't know beans about chili.
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Re: Solve it
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08/01/19 08:20 PM
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DanDaBald
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I got it right, but my answer came out to 0x10
Thanks for the quiz - what do I win?
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Re: Solve it
[Re: Floon Swenson]
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08/01/19 08:24 PM
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RedRaider3933
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Really poorly written is what it is. Only the person who wrote it really knows what their intent was and can solve it. Anyone else is guessing the intent of poor math practice. Bingo. It's written like garbage. If you're writing a math formula, write it without the ambiguity. But to write without ambiguity is oppressing the math problem's feelings. By writing with ambiguity the math problem can choose how it is to be solved. Duh.
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Re: Solve it
[Re: RedRaider3933]
#13232683
08/01/19 08:27 PM
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Uncle Zeek
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Really poorly written is what it is. Only the person who wrote it really knows what their intent was and can solve it. Anyone else is guessing the intent of poor math practice. Bingo. It's written like garbage. If you're writing a math formula, write it without the ambiguity. But to write without ambiguity is oppressing the math problem's feelings. By writing with ambiguity the math problem can choose how it is to be solved. Duh. 
"Decency is not news; it is buried in the obituaries --but it is a force stronger than crime" ~ Robert A. Heinlein
Artim Law Firm, PLLC
Estate planning & tax attorney
2250 Morriss Road, Suite 205, Flower Mound, Texas 75028
972-746-0758 mobile
zac@artimlegal.com
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Re: Solve it
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#13232707
08/01/19 08:53 PM
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dobbin
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Champion Jigs
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Re: Solve it
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#13232726
08/01/19 09:17 PM
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Posts: 605
sliding by
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It is considered an ambiguous problem. Both 1 and 16 are correct.
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Re: Solve it
[Re: CCTX]
#13232736
08/01/19 09:27 PM
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Pintail711
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The PEMDAS corollary: 8/2 is the same thing as 8X1/2 or 8X0.5 (so you just proceed from left to right when you just have multiplication and division remaining in the equation.) 16 Youre exactly right.... if you have a TI-83 or better graphing calculator, enter the equation, an equals sign and what ever answer that you think it is. Then, press enter and it will either give you a 1 or 0; 1 being true or 0 being false. Thats what got me through calculus in HS.
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