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Old 01-13-2012, 02:22 PM   #1 (permalink)
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So do you guys remember your maths?

Ok let's see here. I've seen a couple of posts both on reddit and facebook. In these, people get the answer to a seemingly simple mathematical question wrong. This is mainly due to a correct understanding of a mathematic concept, but failure in application of it. That is that anything multiplied zero, equals zero. I don't wan't to reveal a whole lot more, since that would be giving away the answer.

So with that in mind, try and post the answer to this really simple question:

40/20+40+40*0=?

If you'd like you can post your results, but I'd ask you to not post how you got there just yet. I wanna see if people get different results. I honestly hope everyone gets it right. That would mean we aren't morons.

Maybe we'll do more mathematical questions afterwards.

We'll cross that bridge when we get there.

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Last edited by The Don; 01-13-2012 at 02:25 PM. Reason: Try and do it in your head first, and then verify with a calculator. Some of you might experience something interresting.
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Old 01-13-2012, 02:24 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Old 01-13-2012, 02:37 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Yeah, 42.



But now everyone's just gonna say 42.
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Old 01-13-2012, 02:38 PM   #4 (permalink)
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i only said it because i knew you were going to say it, ex.
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lol!

I didn't mean cuz of me. I mean like, just one person saying it, that's not enough. If you got two people to fall back on just in case they're both wrong, you're three, and three dumb asses can feel comfortable together. You're the three stooges.

But two?

Nah. Two dumb asses can't get nowhere.
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Old 01-13-2012, 02:46 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Old 01-13-2012, 02:56 PM   #8 (permalink)
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lol!

I didn't mean cuz of me. I mean like, just one person saying it, that's not enough. If you got two people to fall back on just in case they're both wrong, you're three, and three dumb asses can feel comfortable together. You're the three stooges.

But two?

Nah. Two dumb asses can't get nowhere.
i wasnt being for serious. how would i have known you'd even respond to the topic?
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That is that anything multiplied zero, equals zero.
spoiler alert.

(40 / 20) + 40 + (40 * 0) = 42

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its called order of operations man. please excuse my dear aunt sally n stuff
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No really, I think Mikey got it.
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My kids started Algebra in grade three. Now if I remember correctly..i never started Algebra until grade 8. it makes me feel inferior to my child to pretend i know anything whatsoever about Math..so I am honest from the beginning....by laughing it off and telling her that Math was not a subject we learned when i attended school..
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I see 42.

So does Google...lol

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I came to post this in Random but fuck it, this fits.

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i wasnt being for serious. how would i have known you'd even respond to the topic?

uh, because you're a psychic??


Am I totally off base here?








K here's a slightly harder one that you must solve inside your head, no calculator or pen/paper:

(14 / 4 - 2/(2^2)) / 3






^2 means squared just in case you're not familiar with the signage
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( 14/4 - 1/2 ) / 3
( 12/4 ) / 3
3/3
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amiright?

edit cuz 3/3 isnt 3
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7/2 - 1/6 = 20/6 = 10/3 = 3.333333333333333333 33333333333333333333 33333333333333333333 33333333333333333333 33333333333333333333 33333333333333333333 33333333333333333333 33333333333333333333 33333333333333333333 33333333333333333333 33333333333333333333 33333333333333333333 33333333333333333333 33333333333333333333 33333333333333333333 33333333333333333333 33333333333333333333 33333333333333333333 33333333333333333333 33333333333333333333 33333333333333333333 33333333333333333333 33333333333333333333 33333333333333333333 33333333333333333333 33333333333333333333 33333333333333333333 33333333333333333333 33333333333333333333 33333333333333333333 33333333333333333333 33333333333333333333 33333333333333333333 33333333333333333333 33333333333333333333 33333333333333333333 33333333333333333333 33333333333333333333 33333333333333333333 33333333333333333333 33333333333333333333 33333333333333333333 33333333333333333333 33333333333333333333 33333333333333333333 33333333333333333333 33333333333333333333 33333333333333333333 33333333333333333333 33333333333333333333 33333333333333333333 33333333333333333333 33333333333333333333 33333333333333333333 33333333333333333333 33333333333333

Edit, sorry, misread the question.

(7/2- 1/2)/3 =(6/2)/3=1
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