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Posted on 1/26/18 at 10:13 am to CaptainsWafer
Google isn't adding a parenthesis.
9 - 3 ÷ 1 ÷ 3 + 1
Dividing first left to right:
3/1 = 3
3/3 = 1
Now we have 9 - 1 + 1 = 9
ETA: of course I'd typically read 1/3 as a fraction and end up with 1, but I'm taking it as it is written.
9 - 3 ÷ 1 ÷ 3 + 1
Dividing first left to right:
3/1 = 3
3/3 = 1
Now we have 9 - 1 + 1 = 9
ETA: of course I'd typically read 1/3 as a fraction and end up with 1, but I'm taking it as it is written.
This post was edited on 1/26/18 at 10:15 am
Posted on 1/26/18 at 10:14 am to Duke
quote:
9 - 3 ÷ 1 ÷ 3 + 1
Way to change the problem.
Posted on 1/26/18 at 10:15 am to TDsngumbo
quote:
9 – 3 ÷ 1/3 + 1 = ?
1
This post was edited on 1/26/18 at 10:16 am
Posted on 1/26/18 at 10:15 am to LNCHBOX
quote:
What's funny is, OP should have just posted the image that goes along with this problem that makes solving it simple and argument free:
Within that picture, the answer is 1, I agree. Fraction bars are considered a grouping symbol.
Posted on 1/26/18 at 10:16 am to slackster
quote:Correct
Within that picture, the answer is 1, I agree. Fraction bars are considered a grouping symbol.
Posted on 1/26/18 at 10:16 am to LNCHBOX
I'm reading it as the calculator would. I added an edit explaining how you'd typically read it as 1/3. Which of course would leave you with 9 - 9 + 1 = 1
Posted on 1/26/18 at 10:19 am to lsupride87
I just want to thank the OP for wasting a large chunk of my Friday morning.
Posted on 1/26/18 at 10:19 am to slackster
quote:Taking this, wouldn't 1.5 as an answer make more sense than 1?
Fraction bars are considered a grouping symbol.
Eta: nevermind. Didn't realized what picture you were referencing
This post was edited on 1/26/18 at 10:20 am
Posted on 1/26/18 at 10:19 am to LNCHBOX
Please provide a case where / and ÷ mean different things.
Posted on 1/26/18 at 10:20 am to Displaced
And/or
And is not divided by or.
And is not divided by or.
Posted on 1/26/18 at 10:20 am to LNCHBOX
quote:
Yet you posted anyway.
It's not worth arguing because 9 - 3 ÷ 1/3 + 1 = 9, and 9 - 3/1/3 + 1 = 9. However, 9 - 3 ÷ .33 + 1 = 1, and that's the question being asked in your picture.
Posted on 1/26/18 at 10:20 am to Displaced
quote:
Please provide a case where / and ÷ mean different things.
With zero context, nowhere. I already explained why this problem could be interpreted different ways. Not doing it anymore.
Posted on 1/26/18 at 10:21 am to slackster
quote:
It's not worth arguing
The previous 10 pages disagree.
Posted on 1/26/18 at 10:21 am to slackster
quote:
It's not worth arguing because 9 - 3 ÷ 1/3 + 1 = 9
Assumption. It would never be written that way. Which is why this goes on forever.
Posted on 1/26/18 at 10:22 am to TDsngumbo
How many more threads do we need showing that people do not know order of operations?
The answer is 1. If you say anything else, you're wrong, and you're dumb.
The answer is 1. If you say anything else, you're wrong, and you're dumb.
Posted on 1/26/18 at 10:22 am to Displaced
quote:It doesnt, ever
Please provide a case where / and ÷ mean different things.
as written in op, the answer can and only is 9
The picture meme posted earlier is 1, as a horizontal line can represent a fraction. But a / can only represent true division in math
Posted on 1/26/18 at 10:22 am to CaptainsWafer
How about one that, you know, applies to math....
Posted on 1/26/18 at 10:22 am to MLCLyons
quote:
The answer is 1. If you say anything else, you're wrong, and you're dumb.
Posted on 1/26/18 at 10:22 am to Displaced
Oh well specify.
Was waiting to see your response.
Was waiting to see your response.
This post was edited on 1/26/18 at 10:23 am
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