OT: How old are you ?

Hunkpapa · #1 March 10th, 2003, 06:38 PM

32...but still think I am 25

Alpha Kodiak · #2 March 10th, 2003, 06:43 PM

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Originally posted by David E. Gervais:

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Originally posted by Ragnarok:
Well my age could be said to be like this in a couple months:
I'm 32 X 3 / 2 - 20 + 8 / 2.

When I ran the numbers I got 18!! This number was arrived at by doing the calculations in the order they appear.. 32x3 = 96, 96 / 2 = 48, 48 - 20 = 28, 28 + 8 = 36, 36 / 2 = 18!

I tried to get 32 but the closest I could get was 34.. ((32 x 3) / 2) - ((20 + 8) / 2) = 34!

So my question is How you get 32 as the answer Fyron?

Cheers!

According to standard algebraic precedence of operation, division comes before addition, so the order should be:

((32 x 3) / 2) - 20 + (8 / 2)

48 - 20 + 4 = 32

Fyron · #3 March 10th, 2003, 09:10 PM

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Originally posted by Alpha Kodiak:

quote:
Originally posted by David E. Gervais:

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Originally posted by Ragnarok:
Well my age could be said to be like this in a couple months:
I'm 32 X 3 / 2 - 20 + 8 / 2.

When I ran the numbers I got 18!! This number was arrived at by doing the calculations in the order they appear.. 32x3 = 96, 96 / 2 = 48, 48 - 20 = 28, 28 + 8 = 36, 36 / 2 = 18!

I tried to get 32 but the closest I could get was 34.. ((32 x 3) / 2) - ((20 + 8) / 2) = 34!

So my question is How you get 32 as the answer Fyron?

Cheers!
According to standard algebraic precedence of operation, division comes before addition, so the order should be:

((32 x 3) / 2) - 20 + (8 / 2)

48 - 20 + 4 = 32

Exactly. I did proper mathematics, not screwey mathematics.

Ragnarok · #4 March 10th, 2003, 09:15 PM

Well, when I gave the problem I never told you it was proper math now did I? Math is math.

And yes David, you got it right.

Buy a drink on me at the Cantina for figuring out the problem.

Fyron · #5 March 10th, 2003, 09:34 PM

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Math is math.

Yes, math is math. What you did is not math. There are mathematical standards for a reason, you know.

Ruatha · #6 March 10th, 2003, 10:11 PM

Yep. I didn't post but calculated before Fyron posted.
I was surprised you had aged so rapidly!! (32 is the answer)

Ragnarok · #7 March 10th, 2003, 11:40 PM

Yes there are standards.

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What you did is not math.

Actually yes it was math. If it wasn't math I wouldn't have numbers and a possible right answer if you did the math the way I intended you to do it. Just because I didn't follow the standards of math doesn't mean it's not math at all.