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Apr 17, 2011 | 03:47 PM

#61

nofearofdanger

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tl;dr, troll thread.

The question is ambiguous because of the use of the /. More brackets are required, or a longer division line '_____' is required to specify what the equation is doing.

Apr 17, 2011 | 03:47 PM

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nofearofdanger

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However, if I had to pick it would be 2.

Apr 17, 2011 | 06:39 PM

#63

PeaceLove&S2K

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From: San Diego, CA

Quote:

Originally Posted by GrandMasterKhan

written on paper it would show as:

48
------
2(9+3)

therefore it should have been entered into the calculators as

48/(2(9+3))

doing it this way will result with the same exact answer every time on all of the above calculators

But you haven't seen it written on paper.

Maybe it was written as:
48
--- (9+3)
2

Apr 17, 2011 | 08:10 PM

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DFWs2k

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From: Denton, TX

Quote:

Originally Posted by nofearofdanger

tl;dr, troll thread.

The question is ambiguous because of the use of the /. More brackets are required, or a longer division line '_____' is required to specify what the equation is doing.

That's like saying every question ever asked is ambiguous because there are right and wrong answers.