Legend Zero Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 [quote name='Dark' timestamp='1304127045' post='5177653'] To be fair, it was stated that mathematics is read from left to right, so when you see something such as 6/2(3), the default is to say that the 6/2 must be the first operation done. Again, because we are not sure what the slash encompasses and what it doesn't, we are required to assume that it is read standard left-to-right, and all "MD" in "PEMDAS" is done first [i]from left to right[/i], even if the answer of nine was against the author's intentions. [/quote] [quote name='Legend Zero' timestamp='1304126979' post='5177647'] tl;dr: TC is an idiot. [/quote] [quote name='Armadilloz' timestamp='1304127176' post='5177656'] Admiral Ackbar is all over this topic. [/quote] READY 2 MATH! [img]http://aps.schoolwires.net/1861101118113928800/lib/1861101118113928800/abacus.jpg[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 How is the TC an idiot? Sure, it was a terrible idea for a thread, but he was technically the first person in this thread to get it correct that the expression was worth 9. If anything, the person who posted right after the TC is the idiot for claiming the answer was 1 without addressing any of the ambiguity involved. At least when people said it could be "9 or 1", they addressed the ambiguity, but that doesn't detract from the fact that the answer [b]is[/b] 9 regardless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yasu Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 Ugh. This comes from f***ing /b/. Right now it's just trolls trolling trolls trolling trolls... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~/Coolio Prime\~ Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 [quote name='Legend Zero' timestamp='1304126201' post='5177612'] You don't assume in math....you want the [i]right[/i] answer. How come nobody else can see that the problem can be worked 2 ways? [/quote] I said assume, but it's a fact set in stone. When there is no priority in the equation, it's worked from left to right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Griffin Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 People. Brackets are not generally there to clarify, they're added to change the meaning. 6/2(1+2) = (6/2)(1+2), that's the correct way to read equations. There is no 'other' way and it's not ambiguous. It might be written incorrectly, and have been intended to mean something else, but that's the person writing it being terrible at maths, not maths being ambiguous. If you want to say 6/(2(1+2)), then say it. I don't know where you got this "PEMDAS" or whatever from, but it's not supposed to separate addition/subtraction or multiplication and division. That's like saying 1-4+5 = -8, because you do the addition first. Any decent calculator will agree. For that matter, the C++ programming language, and all other languages, agree. Considering most high-level maths is done on a computer, that means that even if you're somehow right, and Multiplication should come before Division, it's impractical to use that since the computer disagrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ieyasu Tokugawa Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 Holy crap Dark is in a non-religeous thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Griffin Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 Wait, Math isn't a religion? Dammit, I guess I'll go to Pastafarianism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Starrk Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 If you consider the Pythagoran Society a religion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tentacruel Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 It's a topic about math and you guys start talking about religion. Wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 [quote name='Tsukasa Hiiragi' timestamp='1304181436' post='5179065'] Holy crap Dark is in a non-religeous thread! [/quote] *religious [quote name='-Griffin' timestamp='1304181567' post='5179068'] Wait, Math isn't a religion? Dammit, I guess I'll go to Pastafarianism. [/quote] Yes, us Pastafarians need more converts. <3 [quote name='ADHD-Guitar' timestamp='1304183229' post='5179129'] It's a topic about math and you guys start talking about religion. Wow. [/quote] The forum is YCM. The subforum is Other. The subsubforum is General. The thread has been posted in by Dark. ARE YOU RETARDED OR SOMETHING? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ieyasu Tokugawa Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 [quote name='Dark' timestamp='1304184497' post='5179170'] *religious [/quote] I can never figure that out Also [IMG]http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/7508/derailment.jpg[/IMG] Uploaded with [URL=http://imageshack.us]ImageShack.us[/URL] I think I'm done here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exiro Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 [quote name='Dark' timestamp='1304184497' post='5179170'] *religious [/quote] non-religious**. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~The Dark one~ Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 i change my awnser it is 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~/Coolio Prime\~ Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 [quote name='-Griffin' timestamp='1304181298' post='5179058']I don't know where you got this "PEMDAS" or whatever from, but it's not supposed to separate addition/subtraction or multiplication and division. [/quote] It doesn't, PEMDAS itself says that MD and AS are done at the same time from left to right. They're just being stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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