40+40x0+1 =

[kaffe]

68, duuuuh.

 

[PermaBanned]

BUT IT'S DIVISIBLE BY ONE AND ITSELF DUDE!

Ah, nerd debates

 

[Shayper]

BUT IT'S DIVISIBLE BY ONE AND ITSELF DUDE!

Ah, nerd debates

BUT THAT ISN'T WHAT CONSTITUTES A PRIME NUMBER!!!!!!!!!!oneoneeleven.

 

[MobyDick]

ok.... I have a question 6/2(3+3)

Am I correct in thinking you would multiply the 2 numbers?

Stelly

I get 1/2

6/2(3+3)
6/2(6)
6/12
1/2

 

[SexyGreyFox]

Without wanting to insult thick people, how can people not know BODMAS?

I did my O Levels in 1974 - never heard of it.

 

[Glaucus]

I get 1/2

6/2(3+3)
6/2(6)
6/12
1/2

There isn't any way to write equations on line (well there is but that hasn't happened here). So for that to work. It would need to be written.
6/(2(3+3)), otherwise it's just bad grammar as otherwise there's no indication of where the (3+3) bit comes.

 

[quickshot89]

Its 41 =/

Use bodmas (and i dont care if you say bidmas, i will use the method ive used for 14years thank you )

 

[RomanNose]

This isn't a quadratic equation though, the equation is. OT designed to have two answers and there's no reason for it to have two answer. It's is poor grammar(or what ever the maths equivalent is).

Agreed, it's a stupid question and there is no correct answer. The polish have some weird notation called RPN which is hilarious.

 

[UncleRuckus]

I get 1/2

6/2(3+3)
6/2(6)
6/12
1/2

6 / 2 * 6

At this point here they share the same precedence; so you work from left to right

 

[gillywibble]

I selected 41 on Failbook and got a message from someone saying I was wrong

 

[Tachyon]

I am bad at maths. I thought it was 1, and still don't understand why it's not.

Most importantly, I don't actually care why it isn't 1.

That sums up what I'm thinking too.

 

[ripoffthemonkey]

please discuss this equation...

Discuss what? 41. Done.

I have not see this on facebook yet (god help me when I see friends posting it) but how on earth can you arrive at 1. Im really bad at maths, I mean really really bad, failed A level bad, but I can work this out....

 

[sigma]

bodmas y0

 

[Tibbz2]

Well as it is written there it is ofc 41

BIDMAS RULES.

 

[Richie]

Weird... I got heckled by many a person on here the other day for mentioning how daft some people are for not being able to point out America, Japan and Europe on a map.... heh...

Again, just one of these things that people really ought to know...

 

[Tachyon]

I have 2 calculators here, one gives 1 and the other gives 41.

 

[muon]

I get 1/2

6/2(3+3)
6/2(6)
6/12
1/2

In the last ocuk thread I remember, I said 18. It's in a single line and brackets aren't used to clarify and hence you go left to right.

However, some people started bringing in the idea that when you put 2x where x=3+3 you automatically make it the coefficient. They strictly differentiate this from 2*x where x=3+3. Seemed a bit of a tenuous argument to me.

 

[Hatter The Mad]

I'm not getting into one of these discussions again

 

[haaammit]

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

 

[muon]

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

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=40+40x0+1=