complex math
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complex math: 10 + 10 * 0
20
5%
 5%  [ 4 ]
10
66%
 66%  [ 46 ]
zero
27%
 27%  [ 19 ]
Total Votes : 69

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PostPosted: Tue, 24th May 2011 05:46    Post subject: complex math
taken from ixigia's post in the epic thread
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PostPosted: Tue, 24th May 2011 05:49    Post subject:
I voted 10. I was vote #1
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PostPosted: Tue, 24th May 2011 05:51    Post subject:
lol ofc anything times 0 is 0!!!


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PostPosted: Tue, 24th May 2011 05:51    Post subject:
Ohh just read epic thread post Sad
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PostPosted: Tue, 24th May 2011 05:52    Post subject:
ok. one of us is stupid. can't be me, I voted 0 !


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PostPosted: Tue, 24th May 2011 05:57    Post subject:
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PostPosted: Tue, 24th May 2011 06:27    Post subject:
PumpAction wrote:
ok. one of us is stupid. can't be me, I voted 0 !


I remembered it from grade school.
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PostPosted: Tue, 24th May 2011 06:33    Post subject:
i voted 0 and then realised its 10, too early in the morning Sad
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PostPosted: Tue, 24th May 2011 07:27    Post subject:
Difference between:

10 + 10 * 0

and

10 + (10*0)

?


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PostPosted: Tue, 24th May 2011 08:15    Post subject:
fisk wrote:
Difference between:

10 + 10 * 0

and

10 + (10*0)

?


Yeah, theres a big difference there. Put ( ) somewhere and i can justify if ppl get 20 or 10 as an answer.

Otherwise.... anything x0... = 0. common ppl =D
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PostPosted: Tue, 24th May 2011 08:49    Post subject:
Now I really wish that the rapture occurred....


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PostPosted: Tue, 24th May 2011 08:52    Post subject:
wtf. i suck or something. Tried some online calculators and they say 10.
They all put a ( ) in the equation.
Some hidden rule that * goes before + or something? Dont remember that from school.
I remember the difference if there's " ( ) " involved but no rules if * or +/- goes first.
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PostPosted: Tue, 24th May 2011 08:59    Post subject:
This should be common knowledge:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_operations#The_standard_order_of_operations


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PostPosted: Tue, 24th May 2011 09:01    Post subject:
Multiplication is done before addition and thats why i can't get any other answer than 10. check order of operations on wikipedia.

EDIT: Damn! too slow.
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PostPosted: Tue, 24th May 2011 09:28    Post subject:
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PostPosted: Tue, 24th May 2011 09:29    Post subject:
Fuck this crap.... i was allready terrible on school and now you guys tell me that one of the base things i still remember is wrong taught? FFS Sad


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PostPosted: Tue, 24th May 2011 09:31    Post subject:
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PostPosted: Tue, 24th May 2011 09:40    Post subject:
10 of course. you first do the * stuff.





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PostPosted: Tue, 24th May 2011 09:42    Post subject:
what kind of fucking idiot can't do this?
i mean seriously, your mom was probably thinking she was going to lay a huge shit and in fact gave birth to your dumb ass

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kill yourself

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really, do it


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PostPosted: Tue, 24th May 2011 09:53    Post subject:
Thought this would be about cauchy and all his awesomeness Sad
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PostPosted: Tue, 24th May 2011 10:01    Post subject:
garus wrote:
Tarek wrote:
Some hidden rule that * goes before + or something? Dont remember that from school.
I remember the difference if there's " ( ) " involved but no rules if * or +/- goes first.


Jesus . How the heck did you even get right results in ANY calculation you did? Surprised


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Ye, thats kinda my question too... cant understand why i cant remember that. Did fine in school. tho it was 10years ago. =/ i suck.
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PostPosted: Tue, 24th May 2011 11:01    Post subject:
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PostPosted: Tue, 24th May 2011 11:14    Post subject:
No chance in hell getting this correct on my own, and i don't mind 1 bit Very Happy
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PostPosted: Tue, 24th May 2011 11:19    Post subject:
I wheep for the future. No wonder western countries are falling behind the east...


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PostPosted: Tue, 24th May 2011 11:44    Post subject:
I wish I had all the adresses of the people who thought, think or will think that the answer to this question is anything but 10. I'd personally come and steralize you to save our genepool.
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PostPosted: Tue, 24th May 2011 11:44    Post subject:
I was fucking boggled by the amount of stupidity in this thread, until I read the epic thread, realizing it's all sarcasm (hopefully)
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PostPosted: Tue, 24th May 2011 11:49    Post subject:
It depends on if you use prioritised ordering or left-right ordering. The prioritised ordering is the common one used in mathematics but it's not the only way to count. I guess the question is basically a trick question where students and mathematicians will use the ordering principle while others will use the non-scientific standard. And hence the reason it causes confusion since the question isn't complete except for math students taking all this for granted, mocking other people who don't have the order of operands ingrained into the spine.

Hence the reason why Calculator (in Win) will give 0 in standard mode and 10 in scientific mode.

So both answers are correct.


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PostPosted: Tue, 24th May 2011 11:59    Post subject:
Umm no they're not. 10 is the correct answer if the problem is formed as it is.

Non-scientific mode of the calculator relies that you enter the operands in the proper order, not left from right.
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PostPosted: Tue, 24th May 2011 12:07    Post subject:
In any case, it's a silly thing to use as fuel to mock people who come up with 0. Math nerds and students will obviously have the order of operations rule come automatically. Other people who haven't studied math for years, never studied higher level math etc. or may simply have forgotten those rules aren't to blame here, it's the trolls who use this as an example to troll around.


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