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6

6÷2(1+2) = ?

  • 9

    Votes: 94 54.3%

  • 1

    Votes: 77 44.5%

  • 7

    Votes: 2 1.2%
  • Total voters
    173
you never addressed 'twenty one thousand' and the dash issue. is 21 two words? Or one word because of a mandatory dash?

and how about street numbers, where rarely do you say "hundred," like

123 Main St
"one twenty three"

I'm just saying that it's quite hard to come up with a single answer unless you are much more specific about what's allowed, etc. Through these "debates" you have been narrowing it down, but we're not quite there yet.
 
Bob Maxey said:
Don't compilers have a specific way to evaluate expressions? Just to avoid problems down the road?
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There are always gray areas, due to optimizations.

When FORTRAN 77 was ratified, the VAX would eval this left to right and get 9 - the Cray would do all mults first, and get one.

Best practices are always be unambiguous and use parens - because even though that all got cleared up years ago for most, it can always re-surface.

BTW - This thread is for fun. If the personal jabs don't simmer down, it's going to head for the lock, right quick. Thank you for being friendly and polite to each other - and this is just a general warning, not singling anyone out, don't think that's needed.
 
Quick follow-up I want to share in response to a PM I got where someone felt singled out on this:

EarlyMon said:
OK, I got as far as "seemed to be aimed at me" and I'm stopping reading to respond.

Nothing could be further from the truth.

I tell the truth and shoot it square. If I'd meant you, I'd have sent you a PM and deleted your post.

Here's the deal I've found - threads often develop a vibe. This one has turned into a kinda sour vibe.

Your fault, his fault, even my fault - in the end it doesn't matter when we all get together in a thread and an outsider (I've not been there in a while) comes in and sees sour.

Therefore, mine was a friendly nudge to just move things back to center. For everyone.

Nothing personal - not punishing - just moderating, as in, how about a little moderation in all things (more middle of the road, iow)?

And applying that to no one in particular as I'd honestly posted and meant. ;)

OK - when time permits, I'll read the rest of your message - meanwhile - hope this helps, please let me know!
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Cool? Cool. ;)
 
EarlyMon said:
There are always gray areas, due to optimizations.

When FORTRAN 77 was ratified, the VAX would eval this left to right and get 9 - the Cray would do all mults first, and get one.

Best practices are always be unambiguous and use parens - because even though that all got cleared up years ago for most, it can always re-surface.

BTW - This thread is for fun. If the personal jabs don't simmer down, it's going to head for the lock, right quick. Thank you for being friendly and polite to each other - and this is just a general warning, not singling anyone out, don't think that's needed.
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See . . . no clear answers. We are all either correct or wrong or wrong or correct. Perhaps it is a draw because either way we evaluate it we get a correct answer, just not the real correct answer, but correct no matter how much your Curta balks. Simple math. Or not so simple math. Perhaps it really does not matter.
 
XplosiV said:
American bast***ised English, you know the one, with all the wrong spellings ;) So "written in queens English" is to assert that it should be written in British standard English.
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B@st@rdised you've said?


[not my words]Varieties of English

From around 1600, the English colonization of North America resulted in the creation of a distinct American variety of English. Some English pronunciations and words "froze" when they reached America. In some ways, American English is more like the English of Shakespeare than modern British English is. Some expressions that the British call "Americanisms" are in fact original British expressions that were preserved in the colonies while lost for a time in Britain (for example trash for rubbish, loan as a verb instead of lend, and fall for autumn; another example, frame-up, was re-imported into Britain through Hollywood gangster movies). Spanish also had an influence on American English (and subsequently British English), with words like canyon, ranch, stampede and vigilante being examples of Spanish words that entered English through the settlement of the American West. French words (through Louisiana) and West African words (through the slave trade) also influenced American English (and so, to an extent, British English).
Today, American English is particularly influential, due to the USA's dominance of cinema, television, popular music, trade and technology (including the Internet). But there are many other varieties of English around the world, including for example Australian English, New Zealand English, Canadian English, South African English, Indian English and Caribbean English.
[/not my words]

History of the English Language


[My own opinion] Only because something is/was used by the bigger amount of people doesn't mean that it's/was actually better.
Think Microsoft Windows, IPhone, VHS...

Just saying that English is not the best Language out there and the only reason that it's such a popular choice today is because of the American technology, TV, music and movies influence, so don't act so protective and self righteous, your English is as good as theirs.[/My own opinion]

P.S. Now for the math questions:

69 :D
 
Bob Maxey said:
See . . . no clear answers. We are all either correct or wrong or wrong or correct. Perhaps it is a draw because either way we evaluate it we get a correct answer, just not the real correct answer, but correct no matter how much your Curta balks. Simple math. Or not so simple math. Perhaps it really does not matter.
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What amazes me is even after the explanations that say it should clearly be 9, there were more votes and its still almost even...the gap of votes for 1 closed some.

I'm gonna have to remember this problem and throw it out to some ppl that would appreciate it, get a kick out of it.
 
EarlyMon the Pokemon dude!!

Howzit buddy!

What is FORTRAN 77????

Please let me know buddy :)

Is it a programming language?

Does it use stuff like functions (Javascript for method) and other stuff? :D

Please let me know ;)

Regadrs

Stinky Burger
 
EarlyMon said:
One of the earlier programming languages, it stands for FORmula TRANSlation.
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Awesome!!!

Thank you!! :D

Hmm I wonder how it works hey?

Is it hard to work with?

Hmm i must check this out man thanx dude! :D
 
dan330 said:
dont even bother... pascal is so history.

HTML is better for you
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Ja!

I dig HTML dude :)

I made a site for my dads company! :D

But it is slightly lame lol

I did check that Pascal thingy, yes it looks a little old :(

But good to know general knowledge a little bit though! ;)

Thanx dan the man who toured Japan in his smahed up van :)
 
9. While i haven't read this entire thread, I think most people who get 1 are doing their multiplication wrong. I was always tough that when given two sets of operations given the same PEMDAS priority, you go left to right. So 6/2(3) should be (6/2)3, not 6/(2*3)

At least, that's what I have always been instructed. And it seems like on the first page someone said google got the same answer, and google knows whats what. ;)
 
A.)Check the logic .(Both appear to be true)
B.)Check who is winning (No clear winner )
C.)Check for options like 1,0,
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,.....(1 is present.....)
D.)eenie minnie mini mo (I say the answer is 5.5 North East under permissble errors )
 
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