40+40x0+1 =

Quink said:
40+40x0+1

No brackets - therefore

40+40=80
80x0=0
0+1=1

Equation = 1

Fact

Dimple - they may all be liars, but you should still vote. If you don't vote, you have no right to criticize the country about anything :)
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Trolls gonna' troll.

If you're not trolling then I suggest you consult 8 year old's maths textbook :p (if and when you have children that is)
 
godinman said:
+1 tbh. All you people saying, 'How can you be that dumb?!' (whilst, I assume, masturbating furiously at your own smug intellect), it obviously isn't that simple, some people aren't that good at maths and would go through it step by step.

And with my basic understanding of maths, shouldn't it be 40+(40x0)+1 or something to get 41 as the answer?
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Essentially, applying the rules of Maths (BODMAS as mentioned) makes the formula the same as the one you've given above. The brackets are implicit.

Brackets can be used to change the calculation order, but there is a default approach that should be taken.

I would say though, it certainly isn't uncommon for people to not understand it. I usually write things out with explicit rather than implicit brackets if I have to share it with anyone else precisely to prevent the problems this equation highlights.
 
If you are a calculator that doesn't allow you to enter the entire sum in one go then it's 1

If you are a calculator that allows you to enter the entire sum in one go before processing the outcome (a scientific one) then it's 41
 
anyon said:
What is -3^2 ?
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9 and yes 3 ^ 2 is also9.


two negatives make a positive. except when you vote for blair twice that isn't a postive. Allthough the Americans got it right vote for Bush twice and he will never come back again which was a positive.


now how about some real maths
 
TwsT said:
If you are a calculator that doesn't allow you to enter the entire sum in one go then it's 1

If you are a calculator that allows you to enter the entire sum in one go before processing the outcome (a scientific one) then it's 41
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So if you use a calculator that does not follow the correct rules for mathematics then the answer is ok "coz it says so on the screen" ? :confused:
 
I'm convinced I must have been off the day they taught this devilish order of operations. It doesn't even sound vaguely familiar to me, I thought I was fairly crap at maths but I'm going to have to upgrade that to bloody woeful at maths now. All the fancy sums I done at school had brackets round the bits they wanted me to do first.
 
Richie said:
No it aint.

The correct answer of 41 has been given many times in this thread:

40+40x0+1
=
40+0+1
=
41
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No - 40+(40x0)+1 = 41

40+40x0+1 = 1

One equation has brackets, one does not. You can't just make brackets appear out of thin air.

If there are meant to be brackets - put them in. More to the point - who actually really cares?

Meh
 
Westyfield2 said:
Without wanting to insult thick people, how can people not know BODMAS?

It's pre-GCSE maths! I've filled my head with a lot of **** since then, but even I can still remember it!
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I worked this out as 1 as I took it one number at a time..
I did O level maths and either I have forgotten or it was never mentioned, but Id swear blind Id never heard of BODMAS:eek:
 
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