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| legoles3333 |
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what is 2 + 2 / 2?
the answer is not what you think |
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| TheJord |
| Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 7:40 am |
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| Using the order of calculation rule, it should be 3 |
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| Gate Troll |
| Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 11:12 am |
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legoles3333 wrote: what is 2 + 2 / 2?
the answer is not what you think
2/2 is 1, 1 + 2 = 3. Simple really. I’m not gonna fall for this:
2+2, 4/2, which would be 2. |
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| Celebrimbor |
| Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 4:26 pm |
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Depends on where you place the parantheses.
(2+2)/2 = 2
2+(2/2) = 3
The latter in my opinion is the correct one, because it agrees with the basic "order of operations" rule in algebra. |
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| NBarden |
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| Anautikus |
| Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 4:00 am |
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what’s 2^2*(-2) |
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| Shieldmaiden |
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| Anautikus |
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| lem0nhead |
| Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 8:05 am |
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| l3333 are you even gonna tell us what u think the answer is? |
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| Kralik |
| Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 7:37 pm |
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How about [(2^2)! / (2+2)]^2?  |
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