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[Dasser]

fist you do what's inside the parenthesis, then multiply, then divide.

The correct result is 1. Bunch of retards ITT

[mike8190]

Fuk I learned PEMDAS but forget it. So when I looked at it I got 16 (the new way). Am I a genius?

I do agree with other posters saying better use of perentheses would correct the ambiguity.

That said, with this new standard, how many kids are gonna go home, get help from their parents and come to school with the wrong answers? This is confusing as fuk if a kid is learning one way in school, being corrected by parents, etc etc.

[NaturalLayne4]

If you think the answer is one.... well I feel bad for you son.

I got 288 problems but math ain't one

[SaviorSelfJT]

Do this in the K programming language, you will get 1.

It has no order of operations, just respects parens and parses right to left.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K_%28pr...ng_language%29

[exbuffstuff]

I must be sofa king we toaded as it took me a few minutes to figure out how the fuk these morons are coming up with 16.

[S0Jack3d]

how can mirrors be real if our eyes arent real?

[IReallyLoveOats]

16, Excel can confirm.

1 is the answer if you still believe your dumbchit $40k/year grade school teachers.

It's left to right, don't take PEMDAS for doctrine. M and D are equal priority, it's left to right.

[whitepaper]

20/5(2x2)= 1
(20/5)(2x2)=16

don't know why it has to be so difficult.

And that is how it was written.


When will people understand that when things are typed/digital, there is only ONE answer. As the digital syntax/standard requires the use of brackets.



The only reason brackets aren't used properly these days is because people are used to WRITING these equations down. In today's world, the use of brackets is becoming more and more important.


You give that same equation in the op to anyone who programmes or is involved with mathematics in a serious sense will tell you it's 1.

[chillster84]

lol how df do these threads get so many pages. answer is 1

[johnnyboi123]

PEMDAS

20/5(2*2)
parentheses: 20/5 (4)
Multipication: 20/20
division: = 1

[StreetSharks]

innnn 7th page


whos winning so far? 1 or 16?

[IReallyLoveOats]

Excel's confirmation > miscer bromath

it's 16


lol


/thread


left-to-right brahs, no need to follow your $40k year dumbchit schoolteachers misinformation.

[BigMass]

whomever negged me for my answers needs to go back and watch this. And people using excel and other **** are a clowns. Humans programmed those and with programs you cant have two different answers to the same equation. They picked one convention but there are 2 answers because the question itself is faulty. You use brackets or write it like my previous post. They way it's written here leaves it open to interpretation. No real serious mathematician would write it that way to begin with.

[Trillical]

This thread again. Every time I see this thread, I can't tell if people are trolling or just legit don't know basic math.

[Zbrah17]

lmao I fukking love these kind of threads












and its 16

[DaKingJames]

I agree more with the common core answer.

And order of operations is arbitrary. It's just a way of standardizing the way expressions are written so kids can do problems in school. In real life, the situation you're trying to calculate for will dictate the order in which you process parts of a function.

Tl;dr- I ain't mad

The purpose of written math is to be able to communicate. It's like teaching broken grammar and spelling because its just a "different" method.

[DaKingJames]

I must be sofa king we toaded as it took me a few minutes to figure out how the fuk these morons are coming up with 16.

16 is the correct answer if you actually use the current order of operations... so there's that.

[cavymeister]

I agree more with the common core answer.

And order of operations is arbitrary. It's just a way of standardizing the way expressions are written so kids can do problems in school. In real life, the situation you're trying to calculate for will dictate the order in which you process parts of a function.

Tl;dr- I ain't mad

this.

[DaKingJames]

its simple really...

20/5(2*2)

20/
5(2*2)=20

20/20=1

you realize you're missing an operation?

[cavymeister]

The purpose of written math is to be able to communicate. It's like teaching broken grammar and spelling because its just a "different" method.

Sure, but teaching someone with poorly written math problems is like teaching spelling with worksheets from a printer that is almost out of ink.

[DaKingJames]

Sure, but teaching someone with poorly written math problems is like teaching spelling with worksheets from a printer that is almost out of ink.

It's not ambiguous if you actually follow the rules. Someone with a poor grasp of grammar would think properly written sentences to be confusing.

[Rayaarito]

You give that same equation in the op to anyone who programmes or is involved with mathematics in a serious sense will tell you it's 1.

lol do you even program bro? write it exactly as it's written and any program will give you 16

[McFlavour]

its 16 but lets just all agree to disagree

[thatoneguy1990]

It's 1 *******s.

Parentheses and order of operations not even once.

At least I get some use out of calc 3 and diffeq... Actually this chits algebra level

[zinkhan99]

It's 1 *******s.

Parentheses and order of operations not even once.

At least I get some use out of calc 3 and diffeq... Actually this chits algebra level

Let me guess, addition is before subtraction too because PEMDAS ? Understanding of PEMDAS not even once.

[SKIN__N__BONES]

It's 1 *******s.

Parentheses and order of operations not even once.

At least I get some use out of calc 3 and diffeq... Actually this chits algebra level

left to right brah. its 16

[Gt3x24x7]

20/5 (2x2)
4 (4)
4x4
16

Wat

PEMDAS

Parenthesis
Exponents
Multiplication
Division
Addition
Subtraction

[SKIN__N__BONES]

PEMDAS

Parenthesis
Exponents
Multiplication
Division
Addition
Subtraction

multiplication and division are equal and thus you go left to right

Its
P
E
MD=equal so left to right
AS=equal so left to right

[srom12]

Lol @ potatoes ITT. Simple maths.

Answer is always 1. What the hell did they teach you in school?

[usethejitz]

these threads always bring the lols