48÷2(9+3) = ??? - Page 5

jimhelm · 04-15-2011, 09:49 AM

the ANSWER is cock

Spexxvet · 04-15-2011, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by jimhelm

the ANSWER is cock

What is in that vagina, Alex?

infinite monkey · 04-15-2011, 10:13 AM

beeep beeep beeep beeep

Yes, monkey?

What is "in the mouf" Alex.

Spexxvet · 04-15-2011, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by jimhelm

the ANSWER is cock

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Originally Posted by Spexxvet

What is in that vagina, Alex?

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Originally Posted by infinite monkey

beeep beeep beeep beeep

Yes, monkey?

What is "in the mouf" Alex.

I'd like "names for male animals" for $1,000.

Cloud · 04-15-2011, 11:40 AM

so, the "brackets" in the order of operations refers to parentheses? what do English people call brackets?

and why would you want to multiply, when the equation clearly reads, "forty-eight divided by . . . "

very confusing! am frankly glad that I don't know the answer and don't need to know the answer!

BigV · 04-15-2011, 11:43 AM

I agree with the folks that have already said that this is an ambiguously written problem.

As a thread starter and fuel for conversation, it's pretty good.

As a example arithmetic question, it is poorly written, if the intent was to help the student learn about the order of operations.

In Flint's opening post, he says

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Originally Posted by Flint

**Title of thread** 48÷2(9+3) = ??? **end title**

Just a simple test of your math skills. What is the correct answer, and why?

Others have given the (pretty easy) justification for why "2" is the answer; I've seen justifications for "288". Which is correct? Well, that depends on the author, doesn't it? Well, Flint? What is the correct answer, and why?

I could just as easily say the correct answer is "???" because it says so right there in the thread title. That's "correct", isn't it? I could say "the correct answer is what the teacher says is the correct answer" or "whatever gets me an A on this test". Those answers are equally valid given the level of ambiguity here. What if we're assuming this equation is written in base 10 but it's really base 12? Then the "correct" answer would be just as uncertain given the way it's written, but it wouldn't be 2 or 288. After all, (skyshide), since we should make the fewest assumptions, assuming base 12 is equally likely as base 10, and both sufficiently explain the data already given.

So, as a plain arithmetic problem, I say the answer is 2.

If it's not plain arithmetic, then that's an entirely different problem.

Spexxvet · 04-15-2011, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

what do English people call brackets?

Possum Pbweed.

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Originally Posted by BigV

As a example arithmetic question, it is poorly written, if the intent was to help the student learn about the order of operations.

It may be intended to teach the left to right convention.

monster · 04-15-2011, 11:51 AM

Oh Lordy, Miss O'Hara, Tara is all but deserted -the yankees have done taken all the darkies and trampled all the cotton. Looks like you're just going to have to do the work for yourself. Ain't no-one to pump your gas now or -Lord forbid you should blister your poor dainty fingers- type "brackets" into Wikipedia and see what comes up.

infinite monkey · 04-15-2011, 11:53 AM

since feeling is first
who pays any attention
to the syntax of things
will never wholly kiss you;

wholly to be a fool
while Spring is in the world

my blood approves,
and kisses are a better fate
than wisdom
lady i swear by all flowers. Don't cry
- the best gesture of my brain is less than
your eyelids' flutter which says

we are for each other; then
laugh, leaning back in my arms
for life's not a paragraph

And death i think is no parenthesis

--e.e. cummings

SteveDallas · 04-15-2011, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by infinite monkey

And death i think is no bracket

Fixed.

infinite monkey · 04-15-2011, 11:59 AM

oh for christ's fuck

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I'd like "names for male animals" for $1,000.

Alex: This hairy and regressive creature lives in the depths of cellars and regularly pounds his chest and salivates at the sight of boobies.

infinite monkey · 04-15-2011, 12:01 PM

Webster was American.

infinite monkey · 04-15-2011, 12:09 PM

Wow, I'm too dumb to be here.

Nirvana · 04-15-2011, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by infinite monkey

Wow, I'm too dumb to be here.

May I join you?

infinite monkey · 04-15-2011, 12:17 PM

Damn, it's like some knights of some round table all up in heah.

So, tell me, (no matter what you call the damn things) how does making them curvy or making them squared have anything to do with the conundrum of the problem?

It's like...oh you know what? That 9 has a curvy bottom, therefore it must be multiplied by the half-life of the foundation of the numerator. Now, if it were STRAIGHT, that there would be a whole different story. That right there would tell you that the product of the synapse near the juncture would be 23. [\thinktanktrifecta]

04-15-2011, 09:49 AM	#1
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	the ANSWER is cock __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

04-15-2011, 11:40 AM	#5
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	so, the "brackets" in the order of operations refers to parentheses? what do English people call brackets? and why would you want to multiply, when the equation clearly reads, "forty-eight divided by . . . " very confusing! am frankly glad that I don't know the answer and don't need to know the answer! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

04-15-2011, 11:51 AM	#8
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Oh Lordy, Miss O'Hara, Tara is all but deserted -the yankees have done taken all the darkies and trampled all the cotton. Looks like you're just going to have to do the work for yourself. Ain't no-one to pump your gas now or -Lord forbid you should blister your poor dainty fingers- type "brackets" into Wikipedia and see what comes up. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

04-15-2011, 10:13 AM	#3
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	beeep beeep beeep beeep Yes, monkey? What is "in the mouf" Alex.

04-15-2011, 11:53 AM	#9
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	since feeling is first who pays any attention to the syntax of things will never wholly kiss you; wholly to be a fool while Spring is in the world my blood approves, and kisses are a better fate than wisdom lady i swear by all flowers. Don't cry - the best gesture of my brain is less than your eyelids' flutter which says we are for each other; then laugh, leaning back in my arms for life's not a paragraph And death i think is no parenthesis --e.e. cummings

04-15-2011, 12:01 PM	#12
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Webster was American.

04-15-2011, 12:09 PM	#13
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Wow, I'm too dumb to be here.

04-15-2011, 12:17 PM	#15
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Damn, it's like some knights of some round table all up in heah. So, tell me, (no matter what you call the damn things) how does making them curvy or making them squared have anything to do with the conundrum of the problem? It's like...oh you know what? That 9 has a curvy bottom, therefore it must be multiplied by the half-life of the foundation of the numerator. Now, if it were STRAIGHT, that there would be a whole different story. That right there would tell you that the product of the synapse near the juncture would be 23. [\thinktanktrifecta]

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