Another Math Problem - Off-topic

6 ÷ 2 (2 + 1) =x

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Edit after so many days:
The answer doesn't matter. No matter what happens, I'll be proved right AND wrong, having been the point of countless arguments forthcoming in the thread you're about to read.
Its so pointless/repetative/annoying, I don't even wanna argue.

If you use order of operation the answer is 9.
Multiplication and*Division (left-to-right)
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85gallon said:
6 ÷ 2 (2 + 1) =x
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My answer is with respect to BODMAS, just to clear things up

Lol I know BIDMAS but whats BODMAS(Is it Brackets of divison Multipication Addition and Subtraction
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batman38102 said:
Lol I know BIDMAS but whats BODMAS(Is it Brackets of divison Multipication Addition and Subtraction
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Lol its the other way round for me
Its that only...
Will have to google bidmas in the morning

a.cid said:
Lol its the other way round for me
Its that only...
Will have to google bidmas in the morning
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There's only bodmas!
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In the USofA they use PEMDAS.
Parenthases, exponent, multiplication, division, addition and subtraction.
Annd the result is
x = 9;

I'm curious, why is there a thread dedicated to such a basic math formulae
Smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics.
- Fletcher Knebel

jugg1es said:
I'm curious, why is there a thread dedicated to such a basic math formulae
Smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics.
- Fletcher Knebel
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It was started by a noob, not like he knows better

Since pemdas and bodmas as are used in various areas left to right for multiplication and division is used by default for mathematicians yielding 9 as the answer
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Problem solved. Spiderman time?
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Sounds good to me
Smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics.
- Fletcher Knebel

PEMDAS, BIMDAS, whatever you want to use, the way it's written the answer is 1. You only get nine if you divide first, which is not how it works. Order of operations states that you take care of the parenthetical operators first, then multiplication, then division.
Honestly, the problem is poorly written and would never appear in a text or problem set that way.

MissionImprobable said:
PEMDAS, BIMDAS, whatever you want to use, the way it's written the answer is 1. You only get nine if you divide first, which is not how it works. Order of operations states that you take care of the parenthetical operators first, then multiplication, then division.
Honestly, the problem is poorly written and would never appear in a text or problem set that way.
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Multiplication and division are on the same level and go from left to right.

MissionImprobable said:
PEMDAS, BIMDAS, whatever you want to use, the way it's written the answer is 1. You only get nine if you divide first, which is not how it works. Order of operations states that you take care of the parenthetical operators first, then multiplication, then division.
Honestly, the problem is poorly written and would never appear in a text or problem set that way.
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You dare question Google!?!?

85gallon said:
6 ÷ 2 (2 + 1) =x
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so...im ten yrs old...i moved from romania to uk...go to school and then i give that to the class...nobody did that! The teacher didnt know to do this xD funny...really...uk schools-low...can u do it?:
a+b=522
a+c=303
c+b=425
Find a, b and c...

Obviously none of you people know the maths.
Everyone who knows maths knows that: X = Purple.

raducu7890 said:
so...im ten yrs old...i moved from romania to uk...go to school and then i give that to the class...nobody did that! The teacher didnt know to do this xD funny...really...uk schools-low...can u do it?:
a+b=522
a+c=303
c+b=425
Find a, b and c...
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a + b = 522
a + c = 303
c + b = 425
a + b + a + c = 522 + 303
2a + b + c = 825
2a + b + c - (b + c) = 825 - 425
2a = 400
a = 200
200 + b = 522
b = 522 - 200
b = 322
200 + c = 303
c = 303 - 200
c = 103
I'm 40 - and I haven't forgotten my basic maths
Schooling in Romania is actually better than in the UK, mainly because most of the kids actually WANT to learn there.

SimonTS said:
a + b = 522
a + c = 303
c + b = 425
a + b + a + c = 522 + 303
2a + b + c = 825
2a + b + c - (b + c) = 825 - 425
2a = 400
a = 200
200 + b = 522
b = 522 - 200
b = 322
200 + c = 303
c = 303 - 200
c = 103
I'm 40 - and I haven't forgotten my basic maths
Schooling in Romania is actually better than in the UK, mainly because most of the kids actually WANT to learn there.
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The things is, the teachers are putting maths in them...hard work...here(in UK, Year 6) nobody knows algebra...they know just :
% / - + °

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need some math help pls(urgent)

hey everyone i would be greatful to your'll if you could help me in math-geometry...this is slopes and lines
1:line through (-8,-2) and parallel to the line x = 5
2:Line through (-1,3) and parallel to the line 3x + 5y = 15
3:line through (8,0) and perpendicular to the line 3x + 4y = 12
pls give me the solution and the way of solving it
thanx
1st one is easy,...
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thanx for your help in math but i need to give a answer in number so what should i write?
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OK,... So the line they gave you was x=5. This is because x IS ALWAYS 5.
So on the line that I've put, the value for y is changing,... but ,... x IS ALWAYS ????
So,......
ddotpatel said:
OK,... So the line they gave you was x=5. This is because x IS ALWAYS 5.
So on the line that I've put, the value for y is changing,... but ,... x IS ALWAYS ????
So,......
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thats what given in the textbook
we need to find the solution and not the graph
Edit: Y = a(x-x0)+y0 as far as I remember
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Im LEADING you to the answer!!!!!!
Answer what I just asked you!!!!!
x IS ALWAYS ???????
x= .........
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x = -8
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Im LEADING you to the answer!!!!!!
Answer what I just asked you!!!!!
x IS ALWAYS ???????
x= .........
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oh ok thanx thats for the first one right?
sorry m just a bit tensed that i cant pay proper attention
2:Line through (-1,3) and parallel to the line 3x + 5y = 15
When x=0
3(0) + 5y = 15
5y=15
Y=3
So when x=0,.. y=3 ,...(0,3)
When y=0
3x + 5(0) = 15
3x=15
X=5
So when y=0,.. x=5,.. (5,0)
Plot both on graph, then join the two.
ddotpatel said:
2:Line through (-1,3) and parallel to the line 3x + 5y = 15
When x=0
3(0) + 5y = 15
5y=15
Y=3
So when x=0,.. y=3 ,...(0,3)
When y=0
3x + 5(0) = 15
3x=15
X=5
So when y=0,.. x=5,.. (5,0)
Plot both on graph, then join the two.
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ok but what solution should i write to the question? we arnt doin drawing of graphs just the writing works
In 2 and 3, first isolate y.
Then take the multiple of x, and use it as a in the function I wrote earlier. x0 and y0 are the coordinates you're given
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Legend112 said:
In 2 and 3, first isolate y.
Then take the multiple of x, and use it as a in the function I wrote earlier. x0 and y0 are the coordinates you're given
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Isolate y,...
5y=15-3x
Y=3 - 3/5x
Is 3/5 the multiple of x to use?
y= 3/5(3/5 -...... WOAH this is getting confusing. Haven't done maths in 10 years!!!
I hate slope, always will. I'd help but, I hate it.
ddotpatel said:
Isolate y,...
5y=15-3x
Y=3 - 3/5x
Is 3/5 the multiple of x to use?
y= 3/5(3/5 -...... WOAH this is getting confusing. Haven't done maths in 10 years!!!
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i know i'm sitting for two hrs now and these are the last two problems i'm stuck on i just dont get an answer....
thanx for your help and time
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is 2:Line through (-1,3) and parallel to the line 3x + 5y = 15 the full question,... or is it asking for gradient and intersect???
Quick, i wana go sleep,... Its half 2 here!!!
ddotpatel said:
Isolate y,...
5y=15-3x
Y=3 - 3/5x
Is 3/5 the multiple of x to use?
y= 3/5(3/5 -...... WOAH this is getting confusing. Haven't done maths in 10 years!!!
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Yes but -3/5
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is 2:Line through (-1,3) and parallel to the line 3x + 5y = 15 the full question,... or is it asking for gradient and intersect???
Quick, i wana go sleep,... Its half 2 here!!!
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thats the whole question
Legend112 said:
Yeah the solution for 2 should be:
-3x/5+2.4
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thanx mate
Niiice,... I can leave you in Legend's capable hands then.
Gnyt!

[Q] Old timer needs help with algebraic equation

Guys, I've been approached by a young girl and she asked me to show her the answer to the root of 69 using only integers. My algebra computation unit (aka brain) is quite unused up to the point that A, L, G and E has completely rusted of the equation. I suppose the answer could be:
69 <3 i
but that is a little too cheeky. What do you think guys?
sakai4eva said:
Guys, I've been approached by a young girl and she asked me to show her the answer to the root of 69 using only integers. My algebra computation unit (aka brain) is quite unused up to the point that A, L, G and E has completely rusted of the equation. I suppose the answer could be:
69 <3 i
but that is a little too cheeky. What do you think guys?
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.... sqrt(69)....is "eight something" ("eight" is pronounced like "a.." errmm)
Here's the actual answer, though:
1. Find the closest perfect square -- 64, in this case. Subtract 64 from 69. The result is 5. Add two zeros after the result.
8.
√69
-64
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5|00
2. Double the number above the radical sign (exclude the period), and place the new number next to 500.
_8. _
√69
-64
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(16_) 5|00
3. Fill in the blank with a number, such that 16x times x is less than or equal to 500.
8.3
√69
-64
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(163) 5|00 (16x times x)
-489 <--163 times 3 = 489
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11|00
4. Repeat steps 2-3:
8.3_ √69
-64
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(163) 500
-489
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(166_) 11|00 <--double 83, and you get 166. remember, you exclude periods
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8.30 √69
-64
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(163) 5|00
-489
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(1660) 11|00
- 0
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1100|00
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8.30_
√69
-64
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(163) 5|00
-489
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(1660) 11|00
- 0
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(1660_) 1100|00
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8.306
√69
-64
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(163) 5|00
-489
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(1660) 11|00
- 0
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(16606) 1100|00
- 99636
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10364|00
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8.306
√69
-64
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(163) 5|00
-489
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(1660) 11|00
- 0
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(16606) 1100|00
- 99636
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(16612_) 10364|00
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8.3066
√69
-64
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(163) 5|00
-489
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(1660) 11|00
- 0
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(16606) 1100|00
- 99636
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(166126) 10364|00
- 996756
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You can keep going, but the answer we have so far (8.3066) should be sufficient.
Using a calculator, we get: 8.3066238629180748525842627449075
*I learned this method from this site a while ago. ("Finding Square Roots Using an Algorithm)
EDIT: For some reason, when I submitted the post, the spacing I took a long time to create (to make the steps easier to follow) was erased. Now, everything's jumbled up. Sorry about that.
It's a joke post... GIS for 69 with safesearch off if you don't know what I mean...
and <3 is *heart*
sakai4eva said:
It's a joke post... GIS for 69 with safesearch off if you don't know what I mean...
and <3 is *heart*
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I'm not stupid:
sumflipnol said:
.... sqrt(69)....is "eight something" ("eight" is pronounced like "ate" errmm)
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I just wanted to do the actual computations...I suck at square roots, and my previous post is a good bookmark in the event that I need a refreshment of square root algorithms.
sumflipnol said:
I'm not stupid:
I just wanted to do the actual computations...I suck at square roots, and my previous post is a good bookmark in the event that I need a refreshment of square root algorithms.
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ahahahaha...
I thought you fell into the trap... thanks for making my day with a serious answer to a stupid post.
And here's the fast way:
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=square+root+of+69
sakai4eva said:
ahahahaha...
I thought you fell into the trap... thanks for making my day with a serious answer to a stupid post.
And here's the fast way:
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=square+root+of+69
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Heheh. I suppose the grasshopper is learning the ways of the OT section.
Yeah, wolframalpha is my friend during my calculus classes. I even got the Android app for it.
sumflipnol said:
Heheh. I suppose the grasshopper is learning the ways of the OT section.
Yeah, wolframalpha is my friend during my calculus classes. I even got the Android app for it.
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^Obligatory.
It's between me turning this place into a despicable image board and the llamas messing this place up
thx for the headaches
husam666 said:
thx for the headaches
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Obviously you need to widen your musical horizons... or at least club more
Old timer?
orb3000 said:
Old timer?
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Refers to this posts for the reason why I wrote "old timer"
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10668478&postcount=7
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^Obligatory.
It's between me turning this place into a despicable image board and the llamas messing this place up
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so we haz a new rival???
T.C.P said:
so we haz a new rival???
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Wahahahaha...
ahahaha...
ahah...
ha...
Ahem...
No. I wouldn't put llamas on the same level as I am, that they can be my "rivals" so to speak. You don't see the cook fighting with the cattle, do you?
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Old timer?
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Ahahahaha....
GET OFF MY LAWN!
/hopefully not too obscure

Need help with this math problem.

So here's the problem.
Jones invested $18,000 in two accounts. One account pays 6% simple interest and the other pays 8% interest. Her total interest for the year was 1290. how much did she have in each account?
I know the answer because i looked for a solution and here it is.
6% account has x dollars 8% account has 18000-x dollars Interest = Principle * Rate * Time Interest from 6% account = x(0.06)(1) = 0.06x Interest from 8% account = (18000 -x)(0.08)(1) = 0.08(18000 - x) Total interest: 0.06x + 0.08(18000 - x) = 1290 0.06x + 1440 - 0.08x = 1290 -1440 -1440 -0.02x = -150 x = 7500 6% account has 7500 which earns 450 interest 8% account has 18000-7500 or 10500 dollars which earns 840 interest checks out to give a total of 1290 interest.
What i need to know is why was the 8% used to multiply on (18,000-x) instead of 6%?
I think the equation should read:
0.06x + 0.08y = $1290
Since the two variable represent different accounts. In this equation x would equal the amount in the account receiving 6% interest and y would equal the amount in the account receiving 8% interest. You substitute "18000 - x" because that is what y equals:
y= 18000 - x
So using substitution the equation would be:
0.06x - 0.08(18000 - x) = 1290
Now you only have 1 variable and it makes it much easier to solve the problem.
My real question is why was the 8% used to multiply with the 18,000 instead of the 6%?
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You could have had it set up this way:
X=18000-y
You could have multiplied that by the 6%, but as you would work it out you'd have to get rid if the negatives at the end.
The equation would be:
.06(18000-y)-.08y=1290
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slow_DC4 said:
You could have had it set up this way:
X=18000-y
You could have multiplied that by the 6%, but as you would work it out you'd have to get rid if the negatives at the end.
The equation would be:
.06(18000-y)-.08y=1290
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This would give me a different answer.
$7500 in the 6% account would earn you $450
$10500 in the 8% account would earn you $840
The question could read: what is the bank account that would give you 6% interest 1.6 yeah!
iynfynity said:
This would give me a different answer.
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Sorry, second equation should be
.06(18000-y)+.08y=1290
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OMG maths reached XDA , i'll kill myself , as i'm very stupid in maths
i can't even look at the numbers
If this is boring boring anyone. Try this.
If you have 1 $ which doubles (1 - 2 - 4 - 8 - 16) everyday, how long will it take to make you a billionaire.
Find out yourself and be surprised.
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4silvertooth said:
If this is boring boring anyone. Try this.
If you have 1 $ which doubles (1 - 2 - 4 - 8 - 16) everyday, how long will it take to make you a billionaire.
Find out yourself and be surprised.
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I'll do this in java later.
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I'll do this in java later.
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While you are at it try this amazingly simple junior school equation and tell me the value of X
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While you are at it try this amazingly simple junior school equation and tell me the value of X
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X=i?
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Get "alpham plus" and it will show the work for you!
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4silvertooth said:
If this is boring boring anyone. Try this.
If you have 1 $ which doubles (1 - 2 - 4 - 8 - 16) everyday, how long will it take to make you a billionaire.
Find out yourself and be surprised.
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That depends on who you talk to, as some areas of the world consider 1000 millions to be 1 billion in which case it would be 31 finally equating to
1,073,741,824
But if you go for a million millions = 1 billion it would be 41 with a final of
1,099,511,627,776
I feel sick and my brain hurts.
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While you are at it try this amazingly simple junior school equation and tell me the value of X
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-1?
sent from nowhere.
checkbox111 said:
That depends on who you talk to, as some areas of the world consider 1000 millions to be 1 billion in which case it would be 31 finally equating to
1,073,741,824
But if you go for a million millions = 1 billion it would be 41 with a final of
1,099,511,627,776
I feel sick and my brain hurts.
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31 is also my answer when it's 1,000,000,000. How do you show this in an equation? I solved mine in Java.
iynfynity said:
31 is also my answer when it's 1,000,000,000. How do you show this in an equation? I solved mine in Java.
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Geometric Sequencing
S = (first term)*(1 - r^n)/(1-r)
In this case the first term is 1, the ratio, r, is 2 (the amount of
$'s doubles every day) and n (the number of terms) is 31.
checkbox111 said:
Geometric Sequencing
S = (first term)*(1 - r^n)/(1-r)
In this case the first term is 1, the ratio, r, is 2 (the amount of
$'s doubles every day) and n (the number of terms) is 31.
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So now get a bussiness which doubles your money, and get rich fast.
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4silvertooth said:
So now get a bussiness which doubles your money, and get rich fast.
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Yes! but first learn to spell
checkbox111 said:
Yes! but first learn to spell
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Just an extra s. U s. Just remove the ass (s) after you(u) to get it right.
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.9999999999 = 1?

Someone explain that to me
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Well it will only equal one if you are rounding up to the nearest whole number! Other wise it obviously is itself.
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Uhh, no? 0.999999 is 0.999999 not 1...
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Go into the calculator, type in .9999999999 (ten 9's) and hit equals. My friend was telling me about how it equals 1, he learned it in pre-calc today or something
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Its close enough for government work
Yes, there's some skewed logic that makes .999 repeating equal 1. I'll have to look in my calc book and find it.
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Go into the calculator, type in .9999999999 (ten 9's) and hit equals. My friend was telling me about how it equals 1, he learned it in pre-calc today or something
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beneath-a-burning-turtle said:
Go into the calculator, type in .9999999999 (ten 9's) and hit equals. My friend was telling me about how it equals 1, he learned it in pre-calc today or something
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Or better yet.
58008 = Boobs.
Somebody explain the math for that.
Here's the mathematical proof.
That's the version that makes the most sense to me but there's tons more here
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063_XOBX said:
Or better yet.
58008 = Boobs.
Somebody explain the math for that.
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0.1134
beneath-a-burning-turtle said:
Go into the calculator, type in .9999999999 (ten 9's) and hit equals. My friend was telling me about how it equals 1, he learned it in pre-calc today or something
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Actually its nine 9's
And here's another explanation.
m1l4droid said:
Guys, I'm happy for you, and Ima let you finish, but .9999...=1 is only approximate.
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Did you even read the two links I provided?
Is 0.9999999999 = 1?
No. The clue is in the question.
Mathematicians make assumptions, and this is a classic case of that. They're saying, "It's so close to 1 that we may as well call it that." I'd love to see the mathematician that agrees with the thread title working for NASA and calculating safety measures for rockets. (Actually I wouldn't because it would mean people would likely die!)
It's because your calculator wants to output numbers beginning with a whole integer. 0.999 instead of .999. So it cuts off the last digit and rounds with it. 9 is greater than 5 and so it rounds up. Then carries the addition over to make it 1.
Does that make sense without having to go into great detail? Once you get into advanced mathematics, you need to learn how all the different types of calculators are programmed to operate. Cause you learn you can't trust them because of problems like the one you are using. So you learn some don't follow order of operation, some round off the last digit, some cut it off.
It's why I always liked programming my formulas and theorems in cpp and getting the answers that way with the libraries that we made in my group.
Archer said:
Is 0.9999999999 = 1?
No. The clue is in the question.
Mathematicians make assumptions, and this is a classic case of that. They're saying, "It's so close to 1 that we may as well call it that." I'd love to see the mathematician that agrees with the thread title working for NASA and calculating safety measures for rockets. (Actually I wouldn't because it would mean people would likely die!)
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No. 0.999... or .9999 repeating is equal to 1.
veeman said:
No. 0.999... or .9999 repeating is equal to 1.
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Ummmmmmm..........................
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707 + 707 = 1414
1>0.999999999, but the approximation is close.
It depends on what you're working on. If you were building a part for an aircraft and needed accuracy to be +/- .0001, it's the same. However, if I ordered to trade to $0.999999999 x 10^15 for $1.00 x 10^15, you'd be getting ripped off.
boborone said:
It's because your calculator wants to output numbers beginning with a whole integer. 0.999 instead of .999. So it cuts off the last digit and rounds with it. 9 is greater than 5 and so it rounds up. Then carries the addition over to make it 1.
Does that make sense without having to go into great detail? Once you get into advanced mathematics, you need to learn how all the different types of calculators are programmed to operate. Cause you learn you can't trust them because of problems like the one you are using. So you learn some don't follow order of operation, some round off the last digit, some cut it off.
It's why I always liked programming my formulas and theorems in cpp and getting the answers that way with the libraries that we made in my group.
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An easy test to figure out if your calculator rounds the last digit or cuts it off is to do 10÷6. Is the last digit a 6 or a 7. If it's 6, it cuts off, 7 it rounds off.

Divide by zero... brainstorm with zero and infinity calculations

What happens when you divide a number by 0? Since this is a dev forum, we know some maths what is your theory?
I especially love this one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_fallacy#Division_by_zero
Funny facts about them: (legend a = any number (including ∞), f = finite number)
a * 0 = 0;
∞ / f = ∞;
1 / ∞ ~ 0;
∞ * a = ∞;
2 * a = a; (theory above)
Anything else, you post it
0 = nothing
when you divide something by nothing
you open up the time/space warp hole
Sorry just posted what you had done in the url. Look before you leap!
Any CPU will throw an interrupt/exception if you try it.
This happens.
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Re: Divide by zero
stephj said:
From another thread we have:
x²-x² = x²-x²
On the left side: Take out x as a common factor.
x(x-x) = x²-x²
Treat the right side as the difference of two squares.
x(x-x) = (x+x)(x-x)
Cancel out the (x-x) on both sides of the equation.
x(x-x) = (x+x)(x-x)
x = (x+x)
x = 2x
1 = 2
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Wtf!!!
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stephj said:
From another thread we have:
x²-x² = x²-x²
On the left side: Take out x as a common factor.
x(x-x) = x²-x²
Treat the right side as the difference of two squares.
x(x-x) = (x+x)(x-x)
Cancel out the (x-x) on both sides of the equation.
x(x-x) = (x+x)(x-x)
x = (x+x)
x = 2x
1 = 2
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Ummm, that's flawed logic
x = 2x
0 = x
So x = 2x would be correct
0 = 2 * 0
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GT-I9100
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Gogeta said:
I can't upload any photos:banghead:
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Use imgur mushroom.
To OP.
You'd have to ask Chuck Norris since he's the only one that can do it
When you divide by zero, you blend a blender inside of another blender.
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*le enjoying popcorn*
+ my 2000th post:thumbup:
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Gogeta said:
*le enjoying popcorn*
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The reason I made this thread, found it on other forums, why not here too?
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vlt96 said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_fallacy#Division_by_zero
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Wut! That's cool. Anyway division by zero equals to infinity since zero fits infinite times into whatever number you pick. For negative numbers it's negative (-)infinity.
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master5hake said:
You'd have to ask Chuck Norris since he's the only one that can do it
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Bruce Lee.
Ichigo said:
Bruce Lee.
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The only person to have beaten Chuck Norris and lived to tell about it??
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ArmorD said:
Wut! That's cool. Anyway division by zero equals to infinity since zero fits infinite times into whatever number you pick. For negative numbers it's negative (-)infinity.
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I'm not really sure if division by zero equals infinity. I think the limit of a/b as b approaches zero is infinity. Thus a/0 cannot be defined.
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Divide by zero is called "UNDEFINED"
Sorry for my bad English.
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Stop with the memes!
I'm in advanced math. My friend who is boss at math says dividing by 0 is like getting nothing, and nothing is the same thing as 0.
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Then youd think youd have something to say ...lol
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