Soldato
I'm currently discussing the answer to this question with a mate, and we are at logger heads over it.
Divide 200 by half and add 30? What do you get?
Divide 200 by half and add 30? What do you get?
Settle a dispute?
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Soldato
430:
(200/0.5) + 30
(200/0.5) + 30
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430.
Dividing by half means dividing it by 0.5.
Dividing it by 2 makes 130.
Edit due to my own stupidity...
Dividing by half means dividing it by 0.5.
Dividing it by 2 makes 130.
Edit due to my own stupidity...
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Commissario
This. How can there be any discussion?
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Caporegime
I said 430...
My mate is saying 32.
He is saying because its ambiguous, he is reading it as half of 200, so he is doing
(200 / 100) + 30 = 32
My mate is saying 32.
He is saying because its ambiguous, he is reading it as half of 200, so he is doing
(200 / 100) + 30 = 32
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Caporegime
That's...not even an option
Soldato
Dividing by half is a thing, it’s not all that ambiguous.
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Soldato
Depends how you're wording it. Do you mean divide 200 by half as in the number 0.5. (But that's a strange way to phrase it)
Or more likely did you mean divide 200 by half. (As in divide 200 by half of itself)
Or divide 200 into half. i.e 100.
Or more likely did you mean divide 200 by half. (As in divide 200 by half of itself)
Or divide 200 into half. i.e 100.
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Soldato
Its a trick question
The term divide by half is really supposed to be divide in half, its poor english thats used by people who do mean divide in half.
However in maths, divide by half means divide by 0.5
No one says divide by half when they mean multiply by 2, but the maths is the same.
The term divide by half is really supposed to be divide in half, its poor english thats used by people who do mean divide in half.
However in maths, divide by half means divide by 0.5
No one says divide by half when they mean multiply by 2, but the maths is the same.
Caporegime
My word. Is your mate still in school?
Soldato
Using your mates logic he's still wrong, using the "and" to mean as well as, you'd need to add the 30 to the half number before dividing, so you'd get 200/(100+30) which equals 1.538461538461538, otherwise the challenge would say "and then add".
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32.
Trololol.
Trololol.
Soldato
You really want to be distancing yourself from this friend. They are not right in the head.
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The answer is 6.557377049180328
200
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0.5+30
200
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0.5+30
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