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#771
May 4 2011 05:09pm
Quote (L4d @ May 4 2011 06:06pm)
The last two equations you wrote, "6/2(1+2) or 6/(2(1+2))", are the same. They both = 1.


No, they are not, the / is the same as ÷. The parentheses completely change the equation.
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#772
May 4 2011 05:10pm
Quote (Panic_Fails_at_Diablo @ May 4 2011 06:07pm)
It is a fraction, but you're dividing the wrong numbers. Everyone knows that for this equation:

1+4
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1+9

You get 1/2. You solve for the top, then solve for the bottom, then divide the top by the bottom. But, this equation is actually:

(1+4)
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(1+9)

Both the equation in the numerator and the equation in the denominator are separate equations. You and a few others are interpreting 6÷2(1+2) as:

6
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2(1+2)

But in reality, it's not. The ÷ is not a fraction bar. The ÷ is a division symbol, and according to the order of operations, you solve as such:

6÷2 = 3
1+2 = 3
3*3 = 9

You are arguing the division sign, which could have, also, been written as 6/2(1+2), is changing the equation. It does not change anything that the division sign was used instead of 6/2. Also, it is not read as (6/2), because that changes the outcome to 9.
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May 4 2011 05:10pm
Quote (Impaler @ May 4 2011 03:08pm)
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i think this
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#774
May 4 2011 05:11pm
how is this thread still going lol are people really that dumb
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#775
May 4 2011 05:12pm
Quote (EnSoR @ May 4 2011 06:09pm)
No, they are not, the / is the same as ÷. The parentheses completely change the equation.

According to PEMDAS, I multiply before dividing, therefore both equations,"6/2(1+2) or 6/(2(1+2))", are the same.
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#776
May 4 2011 05:12pm
Quote (L4d @ May 4 2011 06:10pm)
You are arguing the division sign, which could have, also, been written as 6/2(1+2), is changing the equation. It does not change anything that the division sign was used instead of 6/2. Also, it is not read as (6/2), because that changes the outcome to 9.


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#777
May 4 2011 05:12pm
Quote (Panic_Fails_at_Diablo @ May 5 2011 12:09am)
I added parentheses to show you where you separate the equation. If you had passed 4th grade math, you would have figured this out by now.


the equation is not supposed to be seperated where you want to seperate it, if it would then the parentheses would be there to begin with

Quote (EnSoR @ May 5 2011 12:09am)
No, they are not, the / is the same as ÷. The parentheses completely change the equation.


the problem is that you placed the parentheses wrong -.-



fuck me, im gonna brush my teeth now, press F5, leave a last reply and then sleep for real

Quote (TeaRs- @ May 5 2011 12:11am)
how is this thread still going lol are people really that dumb


funny that you are part of them

This post was edited by eschutaz on May 4 2011 05:12pm
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#778
May 4 2011 05:12pm
Quote (L4d @ May 4 2011 06:10pm)
You are arguing the division sign, which could have, also, been written as 6/2(1+2), is changing the equation. It does not change anything that the division sign was used instead of 6/2. Also, it is not read as (6/2), because that changes the outcome to 9.


It is read as 6/2. Just do the order of fucking operations:

PEMDAS

Solve for the parentheses. (1+2) = 3. Right? "Yes."
Solve for the exponents. No exponents, so no solving to be done. Right? "Yes."
Solve for the multiplication or division, going from left to right. 6÷2*3 = 9. Right? "I DON'T FUCKING KNOW HELP!!"
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May 4 2011 05:13pm
Quote (eschutaz @ May 4 2011 06:12pm)
the equation is not supposed to be seperated where you want to seperate it, if it would then the parentheses would be there to begin with
the problem is that you placed the parentheses wrong -.-
fuck me, im gonna brush my teeth now, press F5, leave a last reply and then sleep for real

This - the brushing the teeth, because I'm eating ATM.
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#780
May 4 2011 05:13pm
Quote (TeaRs- @ May 4 2011 03:11pm)
how is this thread still going lol are people really that dumb


i am dumb
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