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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 04:27 PM
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Originally Posted by senor_flojo
with the srs biz out of the way, I will respond with "42"
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 04:41 PM
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^ and thats the issue. Progamming != Math necessarily. If you do the math, it's 2. If you plug it in somewhere, depending on their programming you would get either
Interesting. I did the math and got 288.

I don't see how Programming != Math, necessarily or otherwise. Operations at the same level of precedence are customarily evaluated left-to-right; there is nothing to suggest that (9 + 3) is part of the denominator.
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 04:43 PM
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Originally Posted by don2007
Any suggestion other than 2 is just ridiculous!
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Originally Posted by don2007
That is written out properly as a mathematical equation.
It's not an equation. Equations are conspicuous by having equal signs; this hasn't one.

It's an expression, not an equation.
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 05:05 PM
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Originally Posted by magician
Originally Posted by whiteflash' timestamp='1302562806' post='20455028
^ and thats the issue. Progamming != Math necessarily. If you do the math, it's 2. If you plug it in somewhere, depending on their programming you would get either
Interesting. I did the math and got 288.

I don't see how Programming != Math, necessarily or otherwise. Operations at the same level of precidence are customarily evaluated left-to-right; there is nothing to suggest that (9 + 3) is part of the denominator.

If they wanted to express (9+3) as part of the denominator, they should put parenthesis around the entire denominator to express such... Otherwise, follow order of operations, left to right.
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 06:06 PM
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I vote 288
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 07:21 PM
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288
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 07:32 PM
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 07:42 PM
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Originally Posted by YoZUpZ
Originally Posted by magician' timestamp='1302568887' post='20455291
[quote name='whiteflash' timestamp='1302562806' post='20455028']
^ and thats the issue. Progamming != Math necessarily. If you do the math, it's 2. If you plug it in somewhere, depending on their programming you would get either
Interesting. I did the math and got 288.

I don't see how Programming != Math, necessarily or otherwise. Operations at the same level of precidence are customarily evaluated left-to-right; there is nothing to suggest that (9 + 3) is part of the denominator.

If they wanted to express (9+3) as part of the denominator, they should put parenthesis around the entire denominator to express such... Otherwise, follow order of operations, left to right.
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I'm surprised anyone on here understands this, let alone two people. Essentially so its easy to see:





There is no arguing this, if you think it's two, you probably are bad at math anyway.
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 08:10 PM
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i learned ALWAYS do whats in the parentheses first.
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 08:27 PM
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Originally Posted by TheSteel
Originally Posted by YoZUpZ' timestamp='1302570355' post='20455378
[quote name='magician' timestamp='1302568887' post='20455291']
[quote name='whiteflash' timestamp='1302562806' post='20455028']
^ and thats the issue. Progamming != Math necessarily. If you do the math, it's 2. If you plug it in somewhere, depending on their programming you would get either
Interesting. I did the math and got 288.

I don't see how Programming != Math, necessarily or otherwise. Operations at the same level of precidence are customarily evaluated left-to-right; there is nothing to suggest that (9 + 3) is part of the denominator.

If they wanted to express (9+3) as part of the denominator, they should put parenthesis around the entire denominator to express such... Otherwise, follow order of operations, left to right.
[/quote]

I'm surprised anyone on here understands this, let alone two people. Essentially so its easy to see:





There is no arguing this, if you think it's two, you probably are bad at math anyway.
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48/2(9+3) has an implicit set of parenthesis around the denominator.
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