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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Central TX west of Houston
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Quote:
Originally Posted by AirKuhl
You are technically correct but it's a hollow victory. By that logic, you should get the same answer if written a tiny bit differently:
48
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2(9+3)
But 99 of 100 people seeing that will say the answer is 2.
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That's because the answer is 2.
Quote:
Originally Posted by NotaBRG
That's not a tiny bit different, that's another equation all together.
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^ what he said
This
48
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2(9+3)
is the same as
48/(2(9+3))
but is not the same as
48/2(9+3)
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