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Originally Posted by DARISC
Quote:Originally Posted by island911:
I don't get it? 48/24=2 . . .is there some thread on this?
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I'll use green next time I think that my post
is obviously enough sarcastic. (clearly I over-estimate s l o w people's sarcasm meter.)
I've purposely have been avoiding this thread, as it's stupidity from the start. (even by paRF standards) --it's like asking; what is meant by the phrase "whats inthe roadahead?
ans2: "whats in the road ahead?
ans228: "whats in the road a head?
or, the classic math ambiguity of 1/2x ...is it (.5)times a variable called X? ...or 1/(2x) {left to right rule}. . .or does it mean one-half the times ... ?
btw, as others have said; no one uses the ÷ symbol AND uses the implied multiplication of a number up against a bracket. --the "÷" symbol is used for grade-schoolers, who also us "x" or "*" for multiplication, and a strict
left to right standard.
mathematical notation is nothing more than a way to represent relations. And, just as with any language, all your base are abused to us ÷
To properly write the eqn (for for grade-schoolers) you would write either:
48÷2x(9+3) = ????
-or-
48÷2÷(9+3) = ????
To properly write the eqn for a math user...
48/(2(9+3)) = 2
-or-
48/2/(9+3) = 2
-or-
(48/2)(9+3) = 288
. . .altho' a math user would know the context from the beginning.