Can you do this simple maths problem?
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Yes I can
nato2101
Prince
Is it (48/2)(9+3) or 48/(2(9+3))?
Going by what I was told in the other thread it would be 24(12)= 288
although I would previously have said 2
Going by what I was told in the other thread it would be 24(12)= 288
although I would previously have said 2
ParadigmShifter
Random Nonsense Generator
288. As explained in another thread.
Terrible non-use of brackets though to make the intention clearer.
Terrible non-use of brackets though to make the intention clearer.
Integral
Can't you hear it?
NickyJ
Retired Narrator
Way too easy. 288 as has been posted before. Gimme a harder one!
Kozmos
Jew Detective
In the Balkans saying 8 can be interpreted as desiring sex.
ParadigmShifter
Random Nonsense Generator
Fair enough...
'Pooh', said the Wizard, 'is where we are now. The railway starts here and runs in a straight line via 39 intermediate and equally spaced stations to the terminus at Oz.
'Unfortunately, the railwaymen are on strike, so you'll have to go by bus. The bus goes along the Yellow Brick Road, which runs in a straight line from here to the outlying village of Bah, where it turns through a right-angle and goes in a straight line back to first railway station after Pooh. From there it goes in a straight line to the next outlying village, where it again turns through a right-angle and proceeds in a similar zig-zag fashion all the way to Oz, alternately calling at railway stations and outlying villages. Each of the 80 straight stretches of road is a different whole number of miles long. Rail distances are also whole numbers of miles.
'The fare is on ozzle per mile, but you needn't be alarmed, as all distances are as short as they can possibly be.'
I was alarmed, and it turned out I had good reason to be. My money was running short, for the Wizardry of Oz had been suffering from hyper-inflation recently.
Unfortunately the Wizard had vanished before I could ask him the vital question, HOW LONG IS THE Yellow Brick ROAD?
(Christmas problem from the 1976 Yorkshire Post, reprinted from one of my maths textbooks: extremely hard 10* difficulty, perhaps a bit easier with a computer program)
'Pooh', said the Wizard, 'is where we are now. The railway starts here and runs in a straight line via 39 intermediate and equally spaced stations to the terminus at Oz.
'Unfortunately, the railwaymen are on strike, so you'll have to go by bus. The bus goes along the Yellow Brick Road, which runs in a straight line from here to the outlying village of Bah, where it turns through a right-angle and goes in a straight line back to first railway station after Pooh. From there it goes in a straight line to the next outlying village, where it again turns through a right-angle and proceeds in a similar zig-zag fashion all the way to Oz, alternately calling at railway stations and outlying villages. Each of the 80 straight stretches of road is a different whole number of miles long. Rail distances are also whole numbers of miles.
'The fare is on ozzle per mile, but you needn't be alarmed, as all distances are as short as they can possibly be.'
I was alarmed, and it turned out I had good reason to be. My money was running short, for the Wizardry of Oz had been suffering from hyper-inflation recently.
Unfortunately the Wizard had vanished before I could ask him the vital question, HOW LONG IS THE Yellow Brick ROAD?
(Christmas problem from the 1976 Yorkshire Post, reprinted from one of my maths textbooks: extremely hard 10* difficulty, perhaps a bit easier with a computer program)
NickyJ
Retired Narrator
That's worse than extremely hard!
(I'm not good at long story problems)
A root of 69 is 8 something.
ParadigmShifter
Random Nonsense Generator
Obama could do it, I bet. (The yellow brick road problem).
You need to find the smallest number which can be expressed as a sum of 2 squares in 40 different ways, to get you started.
EDIT: Spoiler for the probable answer, you just need to show your working in arriving at this number
You need to find the smallest number which can be expressed as a sum of 2 squares in 40 different ways, to get you started.
EDIT: Spoiler for the probable answer, you just need to show your working in arriving at this number
Spoiler :
Dreadnought
Deity
So, you play League of Legends?
Kozmos
Jew Detective
It's more involving a verbal comeback and in it it is implied that women can be transported with thy shaft.
Quackers
The Frog
I got a 2.
rugbyLEAGUEfan
Deity
As did I and initially swore you were all wrong. But it's 288. You just do everyting in the order it comes. Not 48 divided by .....2 times 12
ParadigmShifter
Random Nonsense Generator
Well that's not strictly true because
48/12+12 = 16
It's all about operator precedence, and multiplication and division have the same precedence (so are evaluated from left to right).
EDIT: Drunk again
48/12+12 = 16
It's all about operator precedence, and multiplication and division have the same precedence (so are evaluated from left to right).
EDIT: Drunk again
rugbyLEAGUEfan
Deity
Oh I meant " in order due to the fact there are no additions or subtractions to divert from the rule" . Does not sound nearly as cool as "operator precedence" thoughWell that's not strictly true because
48/12+12 = 16
It's all about operator precedence, and multiplication and division have the same precedence (so are evaluated from left to right).
EDIT: Drunk again
nato2101
Prince
Well that's not strictly true because
48/12+12 = 16
It's all about operator precedence, and multiplication and division have the same precedence (so are evaluated from left to right).
EDIT: Drunk again
What's new?
The associative law does not work for division. This is what.. high school, college stuff, the very beginning.
ParadigmShifter
Random Nonsense Generator
It's nowt to do with associativity though. It's operator precedence.
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